British Journal of Photography

New Brighton Revisited by Martin Parr, Tom Wood, and Ken Grant

“It’s like the town itself is another artist in the show," says Tracy Marshall of an exhibition revisiting the iconic work made by Martin Parr, Tom Wood, and Ken Grant in New Brighton
Arles: Wiktoria Wojciechowska’s Sparks from Ukraine

"Most of the time we are acting, but maybe between gestures there is something," says Wiktoria Wojciechowska of her images from Ukraine, which have won two awards at Arles. Interview first published by BJP in March 2016
Arles: Paulien Oltheten is the 2018 New Discovery

The Dutch photographer impressed judges such as Cristina De Middel and Nathalie Herschdoerfer with a project from Paris' financial district which adds fiction and poetry to everyday life
Arles: Marina Gadonneix wins the €25,000 LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award

The 41-year-old scooped the prize with her project Phénomènes, a look at the tightly-controlled world of laboratories - and Indré Urbonaité won a special mention with her graduation project, State of Shame
Arles: Young guns on show at Arles’ Voies Off fringe festival

Featuring exhibitions, evening projections, portfolio reviews, and parties - this year sound-tracked by the Africa Fete Festival - the Voies Off is the place to discover and be discovered
Arles: Archive and found photography sweeps the board in the 2018 Prix du Livre

From a series of diptychs designed to stimulate senile dementia patients to - controversially - an alternative take on Bertolt Brecht's War Primer which was first published in 2011, Arles' book awards went to images from the archives
Issue #7874: Look & Learn

In our fourth annual education issue, we continue our focus on the world’s elite photography educators, looking and learning from those committed to lifelong experimentation
Arles: Les Rencontres d’Arles 2018 programme

Big names such as William Wegman, René Burri, Robert Frank, Raymond Depardon and Paul Graham are joined by emerging talent at the world's most prestigious photo festival
Announcing OpenWalls, Your Invitation to Arles

1854 Media and British Journal of Photography are welcoming entries to our first ever OpenWalls award, responding to the theme 'Home & Away'

Roger Grasas wins the Descubrimientos PHE 18 award

The Catalan photographer has won PHotoESPANA’s Descubrimientos PHE 18 Award for his series Ha Aretz, a project reflecting on the evolution, or involution, of ancient populations

13 July 2018

An insight into the Caspian by Chloe Dewe Mathews

Chloe Dewe Mathews is soon publishing a book titled Caspian: The Elements with the prestigious Aperture and Peabody Press; back in 2011 she won BJP's International Photography Award with images from her very first trip to the region

13 July 2018

Powerful Mantras from Rick Pushinsky

The London-based photographer finds inspiration in everyday scenes for a project designed to be shared

13 July 2018

Lionel Kiernan exposes Melbourne At Night

Lionel Kiernan’s MACK-shortlisted book, At Night, explores the mechanics of club life in Melbourne, and the interactions, desires, and dramas that collide in after dark

12 July 2018

Any Answers: Ken Grant

Starting out in his father's carpentry workshop, Ken Grant first pursued his interest in photography through a two-year technical course, studying with unemployed shipyard labourers in the mid-1980s. He's now a respected documentary photographer who also teaches at the Belfast School of Art; as his work on New Brighton goes on show alongside his early mentors Tom Wood and Martin Parr, and BJP caught up with him on his approach to pedagogy

12 July 2018

New Brighton Revisited by Martin Parr, Tom Wood, and Ken Grant

“It’s like the town itself is another artist in the show," says Tracy Marshall of an exhibition revisiting the iconic work made by Martin Parr, Tom Wood, and Ken Grant in New Brighton

12 July 2018

Arles: Wiktoria Wojciechowska’s Sparks from Ukraine

"Most of the time we are acting, but maybe between gestures there is something," says Wiktoria Wojciechowska of her images from Ukraine, which have won two awards at Arles. Interview first published by BJP in March 2016

9 July 2018

Arles: Paulien Oltheten is the 2018 New Discovery

The Dutch photographer impressed judges such as Cristina De Middel and Nathalie Herschdoerfer with a project from Paris' financial district which adds fiction and poetry to everyday life

9 July 2018

Photography and voyeurism in Paul Kooiker’s Nude Animal Cigar

“Ultimately, my work is about looking, and looking is the ultimate act of voyeurism," Paul Kooiker told BJP back in 2015, when he published his photobook Nude, Animal, Cigar. As he stages a major show at FOMU, Antwerp, we revisit the article

9 July 2018

Paul Kooiker gets a major show at FOMU

Untitled (nude) draws on Paul Kooiker's unsettling, uncomfortable work, and includes a room-sized installation of a new series, Eggs and Rarities, made specially for the museum

9 July 2018

Fractured Stories: Five standout submissions

An exclusive British Journal of Photography commission will give one photographer £5,000 to investigate fracking in the UK. With only four days left to enter, we share a selection of the strongest entries to date

6 July 2018

Going beyond the borders with Another Europe

“While this is not an explicitly political exhibition, I do hope that it will go some way to reminding the audience that we share deep cultural roots which go beyond geographic borders or treaty arrangements," says curator Hamish Park

6 July 2018

Arles: Marina Gadonneix wins the €25,000 LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award

The 41-year-old scooped the prize with her project Phénomènes, a look at the tightly-controlled world of laboratories - and Indré Urbonaité won a special mention with her graduation project, State of Shame

6 July 2018

Max Pinckers tracks the Margins of Excess between truth and fiction

From a missing ‘Balloon Boy’ to a poignant love story, Max Pinckers unearths tales of “subjective reality” for his latest work - finding a new documentary realism in the post-truth era

5 July 2018

Viviane Sassen on creativity and experimentation

“You need to photograph every day, make stuff every day and not be precious about it," says Viviane Sassen, whose exhibition Hot Mirror is on show at The Hepworth Wakefield until 07 October

5 July 2018

Kristine Potter’s portraits of masculinity

Building on her previous investigations of masculinity and the American soldier, Kristine Potter's new book Manifest turns to a parallel archetype - the cowboy

5 July 2018

Bill Stephenson’s portraits from the Streets in the Sky

"If you can relate to people and show an interest in them you get far better pictures," says Bill Stephenson, whose intimate insight into the last days of the Hyde Park flats in 1988 are going on show in Sheffield's Park Hill Estate this summer

5 July 2018

Photography and the environment: Three perspectives

Nichole Sobecki, Benoit Aquin and Toby Smith shed light on different aspects of undertaking a long-term environmentally-focused project

5 July 2018

Arles: Young guns on show at Arles’ Voies Off fringe festival

Featuring exhibitions, evening projections, portfolio reviews, and parties - this year sound-tracked by the Africa Fete Festival - the Voies Off is the place to discover and be discovered

4 July 2018

Arles: Archive and found photography sweeps the board in the 2018 Prix du Livre

From a series of diptychs designed to stimulate senile dementia patients to - controversially - an alternative take on Bertolt Brecht's War Primer which was first published in 2011, Arles' book awards went to images from the archives

4 July 2018