Liz Lock
Liz Lock, was appointed in August 2025 following an open call. Liz, a Greater-Manchester based practitioner, specialises in photography, portraiture, book-making, and community and socially engaged practice. Liz will develop an ongoing partnership between the University of Salford and Salford Youth Service.
“I’m a photographer who enjoys documenting the lives of people in and around the North West of England and the landscapes they inhabit. I especially love working with portraiture and see it as a chance to spend a unique moment with someone.”
“I’m very excited to be selected for this opportunity to work alongside young people in Salford. Much of my work already focuses on what it’s like to be a young person today and I can’t wait to start running the photography and storytelling workshops with Salford Youth Service”.
Portraits by Liz Lock and photographs by members of her workshops with Salford Youth Service on display at Open Eye Gallery’s LOOK Climate Lab. Image courtesy of Rob Battersby.
As part of OFFSHOOT Liz Lock has been running photography and storytelling workshops with young people in Salford, providing social and community oriented ways for participants to both interact with nature and produce their own images.
Shown below are page spreads from a publication made with young people from Bridgewater Youth Centre. The images are part of a larger series exploring young people’s relationship to nature. These images were made during one of the workshops. The participants took cameras on an evening walk around Little Hulton where a game of Hide & Seek was captured on film.
Publication and all images are courtesy of Liz Lock and members of the Bridgewater Youth Service.