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  • Arko Datto’s study of the Indian pik-nik phenomenon

    “Picnicking is far from a simple affair in eastern India. In a land where the fleeting months of December to February offer the only time to ‘enjoy’ the otherwise unbearable tropical sun, picnicking is a winter's pastime that’s taken very, very seriously,” says Arko Datto, whose upcoming book explores the picnic phenomenon in eastern India

  • Q&A: Ronaldo Schemidt, World Press Photo of the Year winner

    As Ronaldo Schemidt wins the World Press Photo of the Year Award 2018, we look back to an interview we ran with the Venezuelan photographer earlier this year

  • Foam hosts retrospective of Malian photographer Seydou Keïta

    “He who has not had his photo taken with Seydou Keïta has not had his photo taken,” it was said of the Malian photographer, whose iconic portraits are now on show at Amsterdam’s Foam Museum

  • Tereza Zelenkova explores legend, myth and solitude in two upcoming solo shows

    “I guess a good way of looking at some of my works is as if they were illustrations for a book that does not exist,” says Czech photographer Tereza Zelenkova, who has upcoming solo shows in Amsterdam's FOAM and Ravestijn galleries

  • “What if birth, long shrouded and parodied by popular culture, was made visible?”

    “I am interested in what pictures can or cannot achieve as a means of describing felt experience,” says Carmen Winant of her latest work, My Birth

  • Winner of the BJP International Photography Award 2018 Announced

    Copenhagen-based collective Sara, Peter & Tobias have been announced as the winners of British Journal of Photography’s International Photography Award 2018

  • Francesca Woodman and Egon Schiele paired at Tate Liverpool

    At first sight two very different artists, Egon Schiele and Francesca Woodman's shared ability to show bodies in states of heightened emotion are foregrounded in Tate Liverpool's show

Portrait of Britain: Diversifying the Traditional Group Portrait

25 April 2018

Shortlist announced for the 2018 PHM Grant

The 35-strong shortlist for this year's PHM Grant is out, featuring image-makers such as Vasantha Yogananthan, Giulio Di Sturco, Colin Pantall, Bieke Depoorter, Poulomi Basu, and Panos Kefalos

25 April 2018

David Titlow is Eyeballing 1970s Citizens Band Radio culture

Before mobile phones and social medias, there was Citizens Band Radio - a now largely defunct technology whose culture has been unearthed by David Titlow. With the project going on show at PhotoEast festival from 24 May - 24 June, we revisit an article first published in August 2017

24 April 2018

Philadelphia’s horsemen reclaim their heritage in Cian Oba-Smith’s shots

Black Horsemen may seem unusual but the first winners of the Kentucky Derby were black jockeys, says the photographer. With his project going on show at PhotoEast festival from 24 May - 24 June, we revisit an article first published in September 2017

24 April 2018

PhotoEast festival puts Suffolk on the map for photography

PhotoEast, East Anglia’s biennial photography festival, returns for the second time to Ipswich between 24 May—24 June 2018, with highlights including Mark Power, Sian Davey, Julian Germain, and Matt Eich

24 April 2018

Stephen Gill, Chrystel Lebas and Dayanita Singh shortlisted for the 2018 Kraszna...

First awarded in 1985, the Kraszna-Krausz Best Photography Book award is highly prestigious; the winner will be announced on 17 May

23 April 2018

NEW: DEFENCE at Essex’s Coalhouse Fort pops up on 28 April

BJP contributor Gemma Padley has curated a pop-up show at the Coalhouse Fort in East Tilbury, Essex, a 144-year fort on the edge of the Thames Estuary. Here she explains the thinking behind the exhibition, which features artists such as Felicity Hammond, Dafna Talmor, and Corinne Silva

23 April 2018

Alys Tomlinson Named Photographer of the Year in the 2018 Sony World Photography...

British artist Alys Tomlinson has been named Photographer of the Year in the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards

20 April 2018

Senta Simond’s Rayon Vert on show, in print, and in BJP

Inspired by Éric Rohmer via Jules Verne, Senta Simond's Rayon Vert is on show Webber Gallery from 10 May and launched by Kominek Bücher at Offprint, and has won the Swiss photographer a spot in BJP's forthcoming Ones to Watch issue

19 April 2018

Announcing the 2018 Joop Swart Masterclass participants

The World Press Photo Foundation reveals the participants selected for the its flagship education programme

19 April 2018

Editions

4 April 2018

BJP #7871: Hamburg Triennial of Photography

6 March 2018

BJP #7870: The Figure – Adornment & Identity

7 February 2018

BJP #7869: The Community Issue

8 January 2018

BJP #7868: Group Projects

6 December 2017

BJP #7867: Cool + Noteworthy in 2017

6 November 2017

BJP #7866: Revolution!

5 October 2017

BJP #7865: Journeys

5 September 2017

BJP #7864: The Portrait Issue

1 August 2017

BJP #7863: Invisible World

Weekly Newsletter

Riga Photomonth opens in Latvia this May

Taking place annually in the Latvian capital since 2014, Riga Photomonth showcases some of the best new photography from northern and eastern Europe

18 April 2018

August Sander: Men Without Masks

“His work is a testimony to the human race, its classification without prejudice or judgement and the forefather of objective photography,” says art dealer Olivier Renaud-Clément of the late German photographer to whom a new show is dedicated, August Sander. Men Without Masks

18 April 2018

Arko Datto’s study of the Indian pik-nik phenomenon

“Picnicking is far from a simple affair in eastern India. In a land where the fleeting months of December to February offer the only time to ‘enjoy’ the otherwise unbearable tropical sun, picnicking is a winter's pastime that’s taken very, very seriously,” says Arko Datto, whose upcoming book explores the picnic phenomenon in eastern India

17 April 2018

Zanele Muholi’s Somnyama Ngonyama – Hail the Dark Lioness

“I’m reclaiming my blackness, which I feel is continuously performed by the privileged other," says the South African photographer, whose Lioness series of self-portraits is now going on show in Nottingham. Article first published on 10 July 2017

17 April 2018

Unveil’d hosts solo exhibition by Lola Paprocka plus talks programme in Bristol

In collaboration with Palm Studios, Unveil'd hosts a new solo show by award-winning photographer Lola Paprocka, plus four industry experts share their knowledge in a series of talks in Bristol

16 April 2018

A Portrait of our National Health Service

Lewis Khan’s selected portrait for Portrait of Britain 2017 was taken as part of a series produced during an artist residency at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital

16 April 2018

Michael Hoppen Gallery presents Thomas Mailaender solo show

From animal skins to lava stones, all materials are fit to print on for Thomas Mailaender. Opening April 18, Michael Hoppen Gallery presents its first solo show of the French artist's work, highlighting projects old and new

16 April 2018

Chloe Dewe Mathews goes In Search of Frankenstein in the Swiss Alps

“I looked at these beautiful, fragile expanses, searching for Frankenstein’s creature but realised I was in fact looking at another incarnation of the beast. The grey bulk of melting glacier became, like Frankenstein’s creation, an embodiment of human folly,” writes Chloe Dewe Mathews of her latest project In Search of Frankenstein

16 April 2018

Q&A: Ronaldo Schemidt, World Press Photo of the Year winner

As Ronaldo Schemidt wins the World Press Photo of the Year Award 2018, we look back to an interview we ran with the Venezuelan photographer earlier this year

13 April 2018

Ronaldo Schemidt wins World Press Photo of the Year 2018 award

"It's a classical photo, but it has an instantaneous energy and dynamic," remarks jury chair Magdalena Herrera of Venezuelan photographer Ronaldo Schemidt's winning photo 

13 April 2018

Portrait of Britain

25 April 2018

Portrait of Britain: Diversifying the Traditional Group...

16 April 2018

A Portrait of our National Health Service

13 April 2018

Finding Identity Through Illness: This Week’s People’s...

28 March 2018

There should be more dark-skinned models and self-love in...

23 March 2018

Portrait of Britain People’s Choice: I think my portrait...

21 March 2018

When shooting portraits, I often feel awkward, and I invite...

14 March 2018

This was a highly personal and difficult project for me to...

8 March 2018

A Portrait of Britain: I wanted to give a face to the girl I...

26 February 2018

I like to keep my subjects in continuous movement and...

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