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OPEN FOR ENTRIES: OpenWalls Spotlight: BJP x WePresent. In collaboration with WePresent and Galerie Huit, one series winner and 25 single-image winners will have the opportunity to exhibit their work in the gallery’s Grand Salon. Enter now from just £5: 1854.photo/4s4K2G0
December 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The Chinese-born, Chicago-based artist's exhibition Resident Aliens at Yancey Richardson examines the personal lives and domestic spaces of immigrants 1854.photo/4p0sVT9
Guanyu Xu reveals memories necessitated by movement - 1854 Photography
The Chinese-born, Chicago-based artist's exhibition Resident Aliens at Yancey Richardson examines the personal lives and domestic spaces of immigrants
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December 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Martin Parr transcended his medium, writes Simon Bainbridge, becoming an instantly-recognisable figure in wider popular culture. 1854.photo/4j4Dq6H
Remembering Martin Parr - 1854 Photography
Martin Parr was one of the few photographers to transcend his medium, writes Simon Bainbridge, becoming not just an internationally-celebrated artist but an instantly-recognisable figure in wider popu...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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We are delighted to share the second artist from the @1854.photography commission, Francis Augusto, who brings his observational approach to create portraits exploring themes of representation and the spaces that spark change.

The sitters:
Alexis McGivern & Clarissa Salmon
Prof Steve Strand

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December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Catalysts, an initiative between the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk and @1854.photography brings together Vice-Chancellor's Award recipients and researchers whose stories reveal what catalysis means. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bodleian Libraries unveils Oxford University researcher portraits
Nineteen portraits are added to the Weston Library's permanent collection at Bodleian Libraries.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This year’s shortlisted portraits reflect a Britain animated by community, change and the human connections that bind place and identity. The full collection is featured in the Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 photo book, sponsored by WePresent. Pre-order now: 1854.photo/4pBHbTg
December 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Working with an archive of photographs made over a century ago, the artist folds the gaze back onto the Eurocentric lens that shaped the images in The Fold 1854.photo/3XUQF00
Returning the gaze: Hoda Afshar investigates a colonial obsession - 1854 Photography
Working with an archive of photographs made over a century ago, the artist folds the gaze back onto the Eurocentric lens that shaped the images in The Fold
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December 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Curator Hiba Abid stresses the importance of rectifying inaccurately archived photographic materials about MENA communities to resist erasure or over simplification 1854.photo/4q7uAXV
Niyū Yūrk: The Big Apple seen through the lens of its earliest Middle Eastern immigrants - 1854 Photography
Curator Hiba Abid stresses the importance of rectifying inaccurately archived photographic materials about MENA communities to resist erasure or over simplification
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December 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Using slow, analogue methods, the photographer reimagines Oxford academics as catalysts for change in a contemplative new portrait series 1854.photo/3Mr4fp8
Bodleian Catalysts Commission: Alys Tomlinson - 1854 Photography
Using slow, analogue methods, the photographer reimagines Oxford academics as catalysts for change in a contemplative new portrait series
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December 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The second artist of the Bodleian Catalyst Commission, Francis Augusto brings his observational approach to create portraits that explore themes of representation and the spaces that spark change 1854.photo/3Mltp8G
Bodleian Catalysts Commission: Francis Augusto - 1854 Photography
The second artist of the Bodleian Catalyst Commission, Francis Augusto brings his observational approach to create portraits that explore themes of representation and the spaces that spark change
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December 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
GIRLS: On Boredom, Rebellion and Being In-Between gathers decades of images, memories, from Jim Britt’s iconic Sisters to contemporary reflections on the rituals of growing up 1854.photo/4ph6rOG
What is girlhood? This exhibition seeks the answer - 1854 Photography
GIRLS: On Boredom, Rebellion and Being In-Between gathers decades of images, memories, from Jim Britt’s iconic Sisters to contemporary reflections on the rituals of growing up
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December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The first of three artists commissioned as part of this remarkable collaboration, Leia Morrison, brings her signature warm, collaborative style to capture some of the biggest change makers of our age. 1854.photo/48NlM3C

📷: Leia Morrison
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The Zimbabwean-born, London-based artist problematises his memories of childhood, speaking through his self-published book, They Still Owe Him a Boat 1854.photo/3XRlKS0
"Broken promises": Jono Terry investigates a 'colonial hangover' at Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe - 1854 Photography
The Zimbabwean-born, London-based artist problematises his memories of childhood, speaking through his self-published book, They Still Owe Him a Boat
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November 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The luxury brand is working with image-makers to create a new approach to travel photography that conveys subjective experiences over commercial work 1854.photo/4oX4neq
All aboard! Legendary hotel and trains company Belmond supports new photography - 1854 Photography
The luxury brand is working with image-makers to create a new approach to travel photography that conveys subjective experiences over commercial work
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November 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The London-based Moroccan photographer spent time in Marrakech's barbershops and with its young men to understand their globalised sartorial choices 1854.photo/4oYbHq8
What do hairstyles reveal about Moroccan youth? Zaineb Abelque investigates - 1854 Photography
The South London-based Moroccan photographer spent time in Marrakech's barbershops, photographing its young men
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November 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The twin brothers are working on a long-term book project reimagining a homeland rooted in Black beauty and belonging 1854.photo/4aayk6e
Jalan and Jibril Durimel are building a fictional republic in the tropics - 1854 Photography
The twin brothers are working on a long-term book project reimagining a homeland rooted in Black beauty and belonging
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November 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies invites new perspectives on social histories through mixed-media image making 1854.photo/4of2pWn
A new show at Autograph examines the power and legacy of collage as a creative act - 1854 Photography
I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies invites new perspectives on social histories through mixed-media image making
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October 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The almost two decades-old photobook is revisited to extend the conversation about a community facing erasure 1854.photo/48UhUyh
Andrew Miksys reissues BAXT, a documentation of the Roma community in Lithuania - 1854 Photography
The almost two decades-old photo book is revisited to extend the conversation about a community facing erasure
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October 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Discover the world through the lenses of Takashi Arai, Marina Caneve, Tom Fecht and Laetitia Vançon – finalists of this year’s Prix Pictet award, each offering a distinct interpretation of the theme Storm. 1854.photo/47NVygW
Storm – four takes on photography’s leading sustainability prize - 1854 Photography
Discover the world through the lenses of Takashi Arai, Marina Caneve, Tom Fecht and Laetitia Vançon – finalists of this year’s Prix Pictet award, each offering a distinct interpretation of the theme S...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Join us for the London launch of Landing by Maen Hammad, Palestinian-American photographer and skateboarder, on 1 Nov, 4PM at Oxford House, Bethnal Green - a conversation on freedom and resistance. Book your spot: 1854.photo/47ryrra
October 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Truth in photography under the spotlight at Photo Oxford, open from 25 October 1854.photo/3WTUQbG
Facets of truth as Photo Oxford opens - 1854 Photography
Founded in 2013 and with new director Katy Barron in charge, biennial international photography festival Photo Oxford returns with a theme that aims for both inclusivity and depth
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October 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This Will Not End Well is the artist’s first retrospective as a filmmaker; Milan, Italy is one of many stops on its major touring route 1854.photo/49kRB4v
Nan Goldin's lifelong documentation of saints and sinners receives a showcase at Pirelli HangarBicocca - 1854 Photography
This Will Not End Well is the artist’s first retrospective as a filmmaker; Milan, Italy is one of many stops on its major touring route
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October 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Exploring identity, responsibility, and resistance, Apparently in America uses photography to interrogate what it means to be “American” today 1854.photo/3KTFKAb
What does being American look like? This platform investigates the nation's aesthetics - 1854 Photography
Exploring identity, responsibility, and resistance, Apparently in America uses photography to interrogate what it means to be “American” today
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October 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
For its 11th edition, Prix Pictet delves into a dramatic expression of nature’s wild side and the defining characteristic of our age: Storm 1854.photo/4n9oCns
Prix Pictet: Twelve Photographers respond to a world weathered by Storm - 1854 Photography
‘Storm is the dramatic expression of nature’s wild side, yet it is also the defining characteristic of our age. We are constantly reminded that the precious ecosystems of our fragile planet are under ...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Don’t miss your chance to get exhibited in a group show at PhotoIreland in Dublin and at 10.14 Gallery in London! 20 single images and two bodies of work will be selected by our panel of judges composed of international industry figures. Enter Female in Focus x Nikon now: 1854.photo/4oc8JO2
October 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM