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British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Sep 3

Female in Focus x Nikon 2025 is now open for entries! Don’t miss your chance to get exhibited at PhotoIreland in Dublin and at 1014 Gallery in London, become a Member and enter now: 1854.photo/45MrSjp

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 23h

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

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 8d

How are technology, ethics and trust shaping photojournalism today? Lines of Engagement posed and explored this question with image-makers, researchers, picture editors and lawyers. 1854.photo/433sbnW

Lines of Engagement with contemporary photojournalism - 1854 Photography

Lines of Engagement, How Technology, Ethics and Trust Shape Photojournalism Today provided an urgent insight into the contemporary construction of visual narratives, hosted at the London College of Co...

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 13d

Daegu Photo Biennale reaches for a new conception of the world in which humans are part of a wider, more symbiotic flow. Artistic director Emmanuelle de l’Ecotais explains 1854.photo/4nVMlZ0

Daegu Photo Biennale tackles the Anthropocene - 1854 Photography

The South Korean festival reaches for a new conception of the world in which humans are part of a wider, more symbiotic flow. Artistic director Emmanuelle de l’Ecotais explains

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 18d

Rapidly expanding across the city’s historic venues since its 2018 inception, 212 Photography Istanbul puts the focus on discovery with an enticing mix of local and international artists 1854.photo/3W7FLTo

A photo festival in Istanbul boasts a female-led festival team and a dynamic discovery approach - 1854 Photography

Rapidly expanding across the city’s historic venues since its 2018 inception, 212 Photography Istanbul puts the focus on discovery with an enticing mix of local and international artists

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 18d

At MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, Dare to Look brings together over four decades of work by the Chilean artist 1854.photo/3IAR9US

"Letting oneself be photographed is highly courageous": A retrospective of Paz Errázuriz's intimate gaze - 1854 Photography

At MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, Dare to Look brings together over four decades of work by the Chilean artist

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 21d

Female in Focus x Nikon is now open for entries! Enter up to 10 images or 1 series and be exhibited in a group show in London and Dublin. Learn more: 1854.photo/47XufRY

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 21d

The Austin-born artist engages with the Texas African-American Photography Archive to reveal a compelling portrait of kinship in the American South 1854.photo/46B9MA7

Rahim Fortune paints with colour for his latest exhibition at CPW, Kingston - 1854 Photography

The Austin-born artist engages with the Texas African-American Photography Archive to reveal a compelling portrait of kinship in the American South

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 27d

A new publication offers a glimpse at the artist’s 30-year collection of personal workbooks, which are as much about her creative image treatments as her sense of duty to those she photographs 1854.photo/3VlD0Oc

Liz Johnson Artur’s workbooks reveal her experimental drive - 1854 Photography

A new publication offers a glimpse at the artist’s 30-year collection of personal workbooks, revealing a sense of duty to those she photographs

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 27d

In the first of a new article series sponsored by MPB, BJP talks to Suzie Howell about her shoot essentials and how they help create the serene imagery she is known for 1854.photo/4nyhQZ5

In the Bag: Suzie Howell - 1854 Photography

In partnership with MPB, British Journal of Photography delves into the kit that helps craft Suzie Howell's signature serene images

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 28d

The discontinued magazine receives a retrospective exhibition as part of Paris Design Week 1854.photo/4mhYoi6

Wahter Studio and Peter Halley discuss the legacy of INDEX Magazine - 1854 Photography

The discontinued magazine receives a retrospective exhibition as part of Paris Design Week

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 28d

Chris Steele-Perkins, Magnum photographer and one of the most acute chroniclers of postwar Britain, has died aged 78. His friend, the photographer Homer Sykes, shares a personal note 1854.photo/46oBOyI

Remembering Chris Steele-Perkins (1947–2025) - 1854 Photography

Chris Steele-Perkins, Magnum photographer and one of the most acute chroniclers of postwar Britain, has died aged 78

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 28d

The Saudi Arabian artist displays performance work alongside Iranian Shirin Neshat in Cartographies of Presence in London 1854.photo/4665CBj

Sarah Brahim's body as a cartography exploring ritual and gendered resistance - 1854 Photography

The Saudi Arabian artist displays performance work alongside Iranian Shirin Neshat in Cartographies of Presence in London

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · 28d

The British Nigerian, Oscar-nominated photographer makes his solo debut at Hope 93, Fitzrovia, in The Purpose of Light – stories of global activism 1854.photo/46h8Ctf

Misan Harriman highlights protest and resistance, from Palestine to Black civil rights - 1854 Photography

The British Nigerian, Oscar-nominated photographer makes his solo debut at Hope 93, Fitzrovia, in The Purpose of Light – stories of global activism

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Sep 9

Chris Killip: ‘Askam-in-Furness’ 1982 at Cooke’s Studios, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, will include almost 80 previously unseen prints and two letters from Killip to members of the community 1854.photo/3IfkFz8

Chris Killip's unseen images go on display in Cumbria - 1854 Photography

Chris Killip: ‘Askam-in-Furness’ 1982 at Cooke’s Studios, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, will include almost 80 previously unseen prints and two letters from Killip to members of the community

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Sep 3

Some 20 years after Périphérique, a new exhibition collates Mohamed Bourouissa’s celebrated series with three others to deepen his focus on the subject of cultural representation 1854.photo/4lUYSuk

"My work is in the tension": Mohamed Bourouissa's retrospective opens at MAST, Bologna - 1854 Photography

Some 20 years after Périphérique, a new exhibition collates the artist’s celebrated series with three others to deepen his focus on the subject of cultural representation

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Sep 3

Kenyan-born, Washington DC-based photographer Polly Irungu, founder of Black Women Photographers, is one of the few Black women photographers to work at the White House 1854.photo/3JD0dc9

Celebrating five years of Black Women Photographers - 1854 Photography

Kenyan-born, Washington DC-based photographer Polly Irungu, founder of the collective, is also one of the few Black women photographers to work at the White House

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Sep 3

Female in Focus x Nikon 2025 is now open for entries! Don’t miss your chance to get exhibited at PhotoIreland in Dublin and at 1014 Gallery in London, become a Member and enter now: 1854.photo/45MrSjp

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Aug 28

Cutting up the canon of photographic images gave Justine Kurland an interest in collage that has blossomed into The Rose, a celebrated exhibition on show and in print this summer 1854.photo/3JV6wHR

Over fifty women photographers use collage as a feminist form at CPW, Kingston - 1854 Photography

Cutting up the canon of photographic images gave Justine Kurland an interest in collage that has blossomed into The Rose, a celebrated exhibition on show and in print this summer

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Aug 27

OPENING NEXT WEEK: Female in Focus x Nikon 2025! Thanks to Nikon, the two series winners will also receive a Z Series mirrorless camera, along with two NIKKOR Z lenses of their choice. Become a Member now and get ready to submit your work: 1854.photo/47hlstE

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Aug 27

Winner of the Star Photobook Dummy Award 2024, Our Hidden Room portrays a complex yet loving father-son relationship 1854.photo/41MzUqb

Mohamed Hassan's hidden room - 1854 Photography

Winner of the Star Photobook Dummy Award 2024, Our Hidden Room portrays a complex yet loving father-son relationship

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Aug 21

Co-curator Fabiana Sotillo explains how the show has been structured and the importance of considering photography as a valid medium of fine-arts 1854.photo/3HwgU8l

Pérez Art Museum Miami explores the evolution of photography, from Marina Abramović and Zanele Muholi to Wolfgang Tillmans - 1854 Photography

Co-curator Fabiana Sotillo explains how the show has been structured and the importance of considering photography as a valid medium of fine-arts

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Aug 20

Don’t miss your chance to receive the next issue of BJP, where we ask how maps have been used as images, and images used as maps. Subscribe by 20 August to secure this issue as part of your package: 1854.photo/3HFCrLG

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Aug 19

We’re thrilled to announce the artists for the Bodleian Libraries x BJP Commission: Francis Augusto, Alys Tomlinson and Leia Morrison, creating portraits on Oxford Uni’s impact and diversity. Sign up to our newsletter to get all our updates: 1854.photo/3HItBNj

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Aug 18

The academic is based in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London but, she explains, her work centres around peace photography, what it looks like, and how it can contribute to harmony 1854.photo/4lyXGNh

"We know about war photography, but what about peace photography?": In conversation with Dr Tiffany Fairey - 1854 Photography

The academic is based in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London but, she explains, her work centres around peace photography

British Journal of Photography @1854.photography · Aug 18

We’re thrilled to reveal the cover of our next issue, featuring Elsa Leydier. Her vivid, alluring images conceal a radical intent. By dismantling photographic norms, Leydier exposes the hidden forces that shape how the world is pictured, and by whom. 1854.photo/3JdUwBd