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“As an emerging artist, this experience really helped me launch my career” - Anh Nguyen, OpenWalls 2025 Series Winner. For past winners, OpenWalls has been an important moment for visibility, confidence and new opportunities. Don’t miss out, enter now: 1854.photo/45qE0Gd
📚🪩 Portrait of Britain Book Launch X WePresent 📚🪩
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Protein Studios last night to celebrate the Portrait of Britain vol. 8 Book Launch! It was great to meet so many of the photographers featured in this edition of the award!
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Protein Studios last night to celebrate the Portrait of Britain vol. 8 Book Launch! It was great to meet so many of the photographers featured in this edition of the award!
January 23, 2026 at 3:36 PM
📚🪩 Portrait of Britain Book Launch X WePresent 📚🪩
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Protein Studios last night to celebrate the Portrait of Britain vol. 8 Book Launch! It was great to meet so many of the photographers featured in this edition of the award!
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Protein Studios last night to celebrate the Portrait of Britain vol. 8 Book Launch! It was great to meet so many of the photographers featured in this edition of the award!
Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 is now live on JCDecaux UK screens across the country! Until 08 February, high streets, transport hubs and shopping centres nationwide turn into public galleries, hosting the 100 winning portraits of this year’s edition of the award. Read more: 1854.photo/4jYyFvW
January 22, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 is now live on JCDecaux UK screens across the country! Until 08 February, high streets, transport hubs and shopping centres nationwide turn into public galleries, hosting the 100 winning portraits of this year’s edition of the award. Read more: 1854.photo/4jYyFvW
“As an emerging artist, this experience really helped me launch my career” - Anh Nguyen, OpenWalls 2025 Series Winner. For past winners, OpenWalls has been an important moment for visibility, confidence and new opportunities. Don’t miss out, enter now: 1854.photo/45qE0Gd
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 AM
“As an emerging artist, this experience really helped me launch my career” - Anh Nguyen, OpenWalls 2025 Series Winner. For past winners, OpenWalls has been an important moment for visibility, confidence and new opportunities. Don’t miss out, enter now: 1854.photo/45qE0Gd
Delving into the jaw-dropping global spend of the US Department of Defense, Edmund Clark and Crofton Black have delivered a portrait of a country that also speaks about everywhere else 1854.photo/467TwXE
The ordered universe of war: revealing the military-industrial complex - 1854 Photography
Delving into the jaw-dropping global spend of the US Department of Defense, Edmund Clark and Crofton Black have delivered a portrait of a country that also speaks about everywhere else
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January 22, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Delving into the jaw-dropping global spend of the US Department of Defense, Edmund Clark and Crofton Black have delivered a portrait of a country that also speaks about everywhere else 1854.photo/467TwXE
The international festival set in Dhaka reemerges for its 25th anniversary with a staggering cast of lens-based artists from around the world 1854.photo/3NxjQUY
At Chobi Mela, photography’s contradictions are exposed and engaged with - 1854 Photography
The international festival set in Dhaka reemerges for its 25th anniversary with a staggering cast of lens-based artists from around the world
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January 22, 2026 at 11:18 AM
The international festival set in Dhaka reemerges for its 25th anniversary with a staggering cast of lens-based artists from around the world 1854.photo/3NxjQUY
Playing with online displays of bodies, a new generation of artists is exploring the freedoms and restrictions of the digital world 1854.photo/4pLeqTF
From selfie filters to 'bikini pics', what does it mean to post your body online? - 1854 Photography
Playing with online displays of bodies, a new generation of artists is exploring the freedoms and restrictions of the digital world
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January 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Playing with online displays of bodies, a new generation of artists is exploring the freedoms and restrictions of the digital world 1854.photo/4pLeqTF
Announcing the Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 winners. Selected from 200 shortlisted images, 100 portraits appear on JCDecaux UK screens nationwide from 12 Jan to 08 Feb, celebrating the people shaping Britain today. Read more: 1854.photo/3YCnZZX
Portrait of Britain Vol. 8: The Winners - 1854 Photography
Portrait of Britain returns with a shortlist of 200 photographs reflecting a nation caught between change and continuity.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Announcing the Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 winners. Selected from 200 shortlisted images, 100 portraits appear on JCDecaux UK screens nationwide from 12 Jan to 08 Feb, celebrating the people shaping Britain today. Read more: 1854.photo/3YCnZZX
Open your phone camera roll. You’re probably carrying hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs in your pocket, moments that fizz with satisfaction, and images that accumulate in piles, never to be considered again 1854.photo/4sD42Qz
How mobile photography is reshaping cultural storytelling worldwide - 1854 Photography
Open your phone camera roll. You’re probably carrying hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs in your pocket, moments that fizz with satisfaction, and images that accumulate in piles, never to be c...
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January 8, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Open your phone camera roll. You’re probably carrying hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs in your pocket, moments that fizz with satisfaction, and images that accumulate in piles, never to be considered again 1854.photo/4sD42Qz
Mexican artist the artist has been working on Onán for the last 15 years, making photographs of his lovers, sometimes combining them with Catholic imagery 1854.photo/4pv0CN0
The passion: Diego Moreno in conversation with César González-Aguirre about his ongoing project - 1854 Photography
Mexican artist the artist has been working on Onán for the last 15 years, making photographs of his lovers, sometimes combining them with Catholic imagery
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January 7, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Mexican artist the artist has been working on Onán for the last 15 years, making photographs of his lovers, sometimes combining them with Catholic imagery 1854.photo/4pv0CN0
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
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
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
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
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
Martin Parr transcended his medium, writes Simon Bainbridge, becoming an instantly-recognisable figure in wider popular culture. 1854.photo/4j4Dq6H
Reposted by British Journal of Photography
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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The sitters:
Alexis McGivern & Clarissa Salmon
Prof Steve Strand
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December 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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
1/4
The sitters:
Alexis McGivern & Clarissa Salmon
Prof Steve Strand
1/4
Reposted by British Journal of Photography
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
Curator Hiba Abid stresses the importance of rectifying inaccurately archived photographic materials about MENA communities to resist erasure or over simplification 1854.photo/4q7uAXV
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
Using slow, analogue methods, the photographer reimagines Oxford academics as catalysts for change in a contemplative new portrait series 1854.photo/3Mr4fp8
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
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
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
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
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
📷: Leia Morrison
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 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
📷: Leia Morrison
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 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
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 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
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 London-based Moroccan photographer spent time in Marrakech's barbershops and with its young men to understand their globalised sartorial choices 1854.photo/4oYbHq8
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
The twin brothers are working on a long-term book project reimagining a homeland rooted in Black beauty and belonging 1854.photo/4aayk6e