British Journal of Photography

BJP’s Portrait Issue 2016, with Portrait of Britain

In Portrait of Britain, the BJP team envisaged an exhibition by the people, of the people and for the people. Now, in our new portraiture issue, we reveal the selected images which, for the month of September, will be displayed nationwide on JCDecaux digital screens in an unprecedented outdoor exhibition examining the face of modern Britain.
BJP’s Portrait of Britain exhibition to launch across the UK on 1st September

British Journal of Photography is pleased to present Portrait of Britain, our nationwide exhibition showing across JCDecaux’s digital network of screens in railway stations, shopping centres, high streets and bus stops around the UK.
Enter BJP’s International Photography Award 2017

British Journal of Photography’s International Photography Award 2017 is now open for entries, offering photographers around the world a chance to win a solo showcase at one of London’s leading galleries.
Class and Culture in Modern Britain

As Britain faces up to independence from the European Union, a new London group exhibition uses photography from the 1920s to the present day to examine perceptions of class and customs in our country, encapsulating how modern British identity has been created through social aspiration, multiculturalism, political protest and counter-culture.
Simon Baker on the New Tate Modern

Tate Modern has just opened an extension that gives it 60 percent more exhibition space, which means more room to show photography as part of the institution's newfound commitment to the medium, weaving it into exhibits alongside other art forms. BJP visits Tate's curator of photography ahead of the opening.

 Chinese artist Ren Hang Receives 2016 Outset | Unseen Exhibition Fund at Unseen 

The Chinese artist Ren Hang, born 1987, as the recipient of the 2016 Outset | Unseen Exhibition Fund, the curatorial committee for Outset | Unseen Exhibition Fund.

25 September 2016

Dieter De Lathauwer Wins Unseen Dummy Award

On Friday, 23 September, at Unseen, Amsterdam, an international jury chose Dieter De Lathauwer as the winner of the 2016 Unseen Dummy Award.

23 September 2016

Kenyan artist Elspeth Diederix receives Meijburg Art Commission at Unseen

Elspeth Diederix, born in Nairobi, was selected as the recipient of this year’s Meijburg Art Commission at Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam

23 September 2016

The Politics of Sport by Christto & Andrew, at Unseen Festival & Het...

Unseen campaign artists Christto & Andrew will make a site specific exhibition The Politics of Sport, with their current residence country Qatar in mind.

22 September 2016

Thomas Albdorf wins ING Talent Award at Unseen

The Austrian photographer Thomas Albdorf is the winner of the 2016 ING Unseen Talent Award. The award and the €10,000 prize to fund a new project was accepted at the opening event of Unseen Photo Fair, which took place in Amsterdam on 22 September.

22 September 2016

Visible Memories: Reclaiming the relics of the Soviet era

Pedestal, the first solo exhibition by Lithuanian artist Indrė Šerpytytė, addresses the recent past of her homeland, a country marked by the constant upheaval of occupation under decades of Soviet rule.

22 September 2016

Martin Roemers’ Metropolis launches at East Wing, Dubai

Just over a century ago, 13 percent of the world’s population lived in urban centres; the United Nations predicts that by the year 2050, close to six billion people or 75 percent of the global population, are expected to be concentrated in cities.

21 September 2016

Sigma introduce flagship lens of their sports line at Photokina

"This lens combines top-level optical performance with outstanding functionality for challenging shoots," Sigma say at their launch at Photokina.

21 September 2016

Panasonic Announces Development of LUMIX GH5, the World’s First 4K 60p/50p Video...

At Photokina, Panasonic today announced the LUMIX GH5, the world’s first Compact System (CSC) interchangeable lens camera capable of recording 4K 60p/50p and 4:2:2 10-bit 4K video3.

21 September 2016

Sony launches new flagship ɑ A-mount camera, the ɑ99 II

The new flagship A-mount model, announced at Photokina, has been designed without an optical low-pass filter to allow fine details and textures to be recorded.

21 September 2016

Clare Strand’s Hoopla Stand at Unseen Festival

British photographer Clare Strand is using the game of hoopla, the well-known fun fair attraction, as a new way of interacting between artist and art fair audience, at Unseen Photo Festival in Amsterdam.

21 September 2016

Anton Corbijn curates ‘artisanal’ group exhibition at Unseen

A new exhibition curated by internationally renowned Dutch photographer and film director Anton Corbijn shows the work of twelve artists who employ artisanal photographic processes to create contemporary work, part of a countermovement responding to the present-day digitalization and mass production of images.

21 September 2016