Wideyed is a non-profit photography collective based in the North East of England. Founded in February 2008, the group is dedicated to the creation, curation and promotion of compelling contemporary photography for exhibition and cross-media publication.

To date, Wideyed has produced in-house five solo exhibitions and four group shows. Its photographers played an active part in the 2008 edition of the Tees Valley Museums Photography Festival, leading workshops as part of the event as well as curating and producing 'Sisters in Chanel and Chador', the first UK solo exhibition of young Iranian photojournalist Newsha Tavakolian. Wideyed's most recent achievement has been 'BLINDBOYS WIDEYED', an experimental collaboration with Blindboys in South Asia, comprising of an exhibition and two site-specific interventions in Newcastle upon Tyne, March-April 2010

Wideyed's photographers and founding members are Lucy Carolan, Richard Glynn, and Louise Taylor. Collectively they own a high-end Imacon that can scan film stock up to 5"x4", a 17" Epson archival inkjet printer, a pool of cameras, studio and lighting equipment, and the proven expertise to make best use of it all - between them they have decades of experience in a variety of educational, professional and creative photographic practices.