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16/11/2021

“It was heaven. For 20 minutes, at 3am, I would lie on the bus without it moving... I could sleep solidly for 20 minutes,” says Dee, whose new body of work reflects on experiencing homelessness in London

At the age of 70, Dee spent 10 months homeless in London. As part of the CALM x 1854 Homeless Truths commission, her new series of Polaroids reflects on life then and now

27/05/2021

Calvin Chow has been named the second photographer selected for the WaterAid UK Climate Commission in collaboration with British Journal of Photography

In a new commission for WaterAid and 1854/BJP, Calvin Chow turns his lens to Cambodia’s life force, the Tonlé Sap lake

21/05/2021

To coincide with Female in Focus 2021, Kateryna Radchenko – founder and curator of Ukraine’s only contemporary photography festival – discusses Ukrainian women’s contribution to the medium in the context of the country’s cultural and historical tensions

To coincide with Female in Focus 2021, Kateryna Radchenko, founder and curator of Ukraine’s only contemporary photography festival, discusses Ukrainian women’s contribution to the medium in the context of the country’s cultural and historical tensions

03/04/2021

The 163rd edition of the International Photography Exhibition by The_RPS celebrates contemporary photography from across the globe and showcases compelling stories of our time. Find out more:

The RPS International Photography Exhibition is an annual open-call to photographers and image-makers worldwide to submit work for exhibition. Entry opens in January 2021.

08/01/2021

My Own Wings platforms and celebrates various experiences of intersexuality, as Katia Repina and Carla Moral travel across nations telling stories of individuality and agency.

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Repina and Moral’s ongoing series aims to create a celebratory platform to champion intersex identity

15/12/2020

For the first time, BJP IPA 2020 is producing a compelling single image show alongside the classic solo show. From Icelandic glaciers to Irish diners, domestic shots made in isolation to a Venezualan immigrant’s search for freedom, this year’s 20 single image winners include Michael Barry, Marisol Mendez, Sandra Madelane, James Wilde and Michelle Watt.

BJP IPA 2020 will be exhibited at Seen Fifteen Gallery, London, in 2021. Framed and printed by our partner Beyond Print.

View the full gallery here:

View the winners of the BJP International Photography 2020 Awards on this page.

15/12/2020

“I want to deconstruct the viewer's gaze on refugees,” says Emeric Lhuisset, named the 15th recipient of the prestigious BJP International Photography Award with his combined series Theater of War and L’Autre Rive. “I am confronting them with the paradox that Kurdish fighters — who were heroised by most Westerners for their fierce fight against ISIS — are considered outcasts and parasites by many of these same people once they have crossed the sea.”

Theater of War/L’Autre Rive will be exhibited in a solo exhibition at TJ Boulting Gallery, London, in 2021. Framed and printed by our partner Beyond Print.

View the full gallery:

View the winners of the BJP International Photography 2020 Awards on this page.

09/12/2020

“Photographers normally portray nature as either pure or spoiled. A pristine wilderness or a disaster. I think the truth is in between.” Shot over 12 years, Human Nature is a series of poetic, often breathtaking photographic stories about humanity’s dependence on nature in the context of the climate crisis.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Shot over 12 years, Human Nature is a series of poetic, often breathtaking photographic stories about humanity’s dependence on nature in the context of the climate crisis

08/12/2020

“A wall is this structure that you can build higher and higher, but then what? To what point? How high can you build a wall?”

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Along the coast of Jakarta, a wall attempts to keep the rising sea at bay. From within the city, groundwater pumping sinks the city. Calvin Chow spent a month on the wall, documenting a cautionary tale for other cities.

01/12/2020

“If photography doesn’t have the power to change the trajectory we’re on, I don’t know what can.” Through high-definition satellite photographs of spectacular patterns across our planet’s surface, Benjamin Grant’s latest book presents an awe-inspiring timelapse account of human impact on Earth.

Reading Time: 4 minutes Sharing high-definition satellite photographs of spectacular patterns across our planet’s surface, Grant offers an ever-unfurling study of human impact on Earth

30/11/2020

“Making those pictures was a way for me to show what Brazil would “look like” with such a person in power: Beautiful Brazilian landscapes, the joy and recklessness of carnival jeopardised by a political system that threatens the foundations of democracy.”

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