British Journal of Photography
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The home of British Journal of Photography. Established 1854.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
September 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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
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
September 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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
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
August 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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
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
August 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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
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
August 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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
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
August 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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
Returning for its 2025 edition, Female in Focus opens for entries on 02 September in partnership with Nikon. Get your work ready to be submitted and become a Full Access Member to enter up to 10 single images or one series for free: 1854.photo/3JfhJml
August 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Returning for its 2025 edition, Female in Focus opens for entries on 02 September in partnership with Nikon. Get your work ready to be submitted and become a Full Access Member to enter up to 10 single images or one series for free: 1854.photo/3JfhJml
“Maps are some of the most authoritarian images that exist. They enforce a version of a place,” says Elsa Leydier, one of our featured artists in BJP’s September issue, Maps. Subscribe by 20 August to secure this issue as part of your package: 1854.photo/44UaKb0
July 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“Maps are some of the most authoritarian images that exist. They enforce a version of a place,” says Elsa Leydier, one of our featured artists in BJP’s September issue, Maps. Subscribe by 20 August to secure this issue as part of your package: 1854.photo/44UaKb0
CLOSING TOMORROW! Portrait of Britain is a chance to have your work seen by curators, picture editors and industry heavyweights across the country. Take part in a nationwide celebration of diversity, and share Britain through your lens: 1854.photo/3Uaete9
July 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
CLOSING TOMORROW! Portrait of Britain is a chance to have your work seen by curators, picture editors and industry heavyweights across the country. Take part in a nationwide celebration of diversity, and share Britain through your lens: 1854.photo/3Uaete9
Final two weeks to enter Portrait of Britain Vol. 8! This award invites photographers to capture the spirit of a changing nation. Enter now: 1854.photo/45ZgSQh
📷: Carla Marcia Girvan, Portrait of Britain Vol. 7 winner
📷: Carla Marcia Girvan, Portrait of Britain Vol. 7 winner
July 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Final two weeks to enter Portrait of Britain Vol. 8! This award invites photographers to capture the spirit of a changing nation. Enter now: 1854.photo/45ZgSQh
📷: Carla Marcia Girvan, Portrait of Britain Vol. 7 winner
📷: Carla Marcia Girvan, Portrait of Britain Vol. 7 winner
Don’t miss the chance to be among this year’s 100 winning photographers whose work will be displayed in a month-long exhibition on JCDecaux UK screens, or the 200 shortlisted images published in the dedicated photobook. Enter now: 1854.photo/3Ifgi6M
June 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Don’t miss the chance to be among this year’s 100 winning photographers whose work will be displayed in a month-long exhibition on JCDecaux UK screens, or the 200 shortlisted images published in the dedicated photobook. Enter now: 1854.photo/3Ifgi6M
Final month to enter Portrait of Britain Vol. 8! Judged by leading figures across the UK photography industry, this award is an opportunity for your work to be viewed by curators, picture editors and influential professionals nationwide. Enter now: 1854.photo/45wdR9J
June 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Final month to enter Portrait of Britain Vol. 8! Judged by leading figures across the UK photography industry, this award is an opportunity for your work to be viewed by curators, picture editors and influential professionals nationwide. Enter now: 1854.photo/45wdR9J
Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 will publish 200 shortlisted portraits in a dedicated photobook, and exhibit 100 winning images on digital billboards across the UK, in partnership with JCDecaux UK. Enter now: 1854.photo/43Z0cFW
June 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 will publish 200 shortlisted portraits in a dedicated photobook, and exhibit 100 winning images on digital billboards across the UK, in partnership with JCDecaux UK. Enter now: 1854.photo/43Z0cFW
Anh Nguyen is the OpenWalls Spotlight 2025 Series Winner for her remarkable project, ‘The Kitchen God Series’, a vivid and performative exploration of Vietnamese identity in diaspora. Read more: 1854.photo/4jFq7YL
© Anh Nguyen, OpenWalls Spotlight 2024 series winner
© Anh Nguyen, OpenWalls Spotlight 2024 series winner
June 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Anh Nguyen is the OpenWalls Spotlight 2025 Series Winner for her remarkable project, ‘The Kitchen God Series’, a vivid and performative exploration of Vietnamese identity in diaspora. Read more: 1854.photo/4jFq7YL
© Anh Nguyen, OpenWalls Spotlight 2024 series winner
© Anh Nguyen, OpenWalls Spotlight 2024 series winner
Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 is now open for entries! Make sure to unlock free entry to all our awards by becoming a Digital Access or Full Access Member: 1854.photo/4kyNjsC
May 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 is now open for entries! Make sure to unlock free entry to all our awards by becoming a Digital Access or Full Access Member: 1854.photo/4kyNjsC
“Being among the winners gave me more confidence as a photographer and the hunger to keep entering.” – Safa B. Malik, Vol. 7 winner. Vol. 8 opens soon, become a Member for free entry: 1854.photo/4k11I0Q
📷: Safa B. Malik, Portrait of Britain Vol. 7 winner
📷: Safa B. Malik, Portrait of Britain Vol. 7 winner
May 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
“Being among the winners gave me more confidence as a photographer and the hunger to keep entering.” – Safa B. Malik, Vol. 7 winner. Vol. 8 opens soon, become a Member for free entry: 1854.photo/4k11I0Q
📷: Safa B. Malik, Portrait of Britain Vol. 7 winner
📷: Safa B. Malik, Portrait of Britain Vol. 7 winner
Only one week left to see Female in Focus x Nikon 2024 at 10 14 Gallery, London – a striking photographic exploration of renewal, transformation, and new beginnings. Closes 22 May.
Images © Caitlin Chescoe
Images © Caitlin Chescoe
May 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Only one week left to see Female in Focus x Nikon 2024 at 10 14 Gallery, London – a striking photographic exploration of renewal, transformation, and new beginnings. Closes 22 May.
Images © Caitlin Chescoe
Images © Caitlin Chescoe
After last year’s success, we’re thrilled to announce that Portrait of Britain will open for entries on 29 May! Get ready to submit your work and become a Digital Access or Full Access Member and unlock free entry to Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 and all of our awards: 1854.photo/4ke4786
©Jeremy Young
©Jeremy Young
May 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
After last year’s success, we’re thrilled to announce that Portrait of Britain will open for entries on 29 May! Get ready to submit your work and become a Digital Access or Full Access Member and unlock free entry to Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 and all of our awards: 1854.photo/4ke4786
©Jeremy Young
©Jeremy Young
The Bodleian Libraries x BJP Commission closes tonight! Don’t miss your chance to be one of three selected photographers to receive a £5,000 cash grant and have your work featured in a permanent exhibition within the Bodleian Libraries’ portrait collection. Apply now: 1854.photo/4kdtbfF
May 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The Bodleian Libraries x BJP Commission closes tonight! Don’t miss your chance to be one of three selected photographers to receive a £5,000 cash grant and have your work featured in a permanent exhibition within the Bodleian Libraries’ portrait collection. Apply now: 1854.photo/4kdtbfF
🚨CLOSING TOMORROW! 🚨The selected works will highlight the transformative power of catalysts, demonstrating how they shape the world and contribute to meaningful research and progress. Apply now: 1854.photo/432A8ct
May 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🚨CLOSING TOMORROW! 🚨The selected works will highlight the transformative power of catalysts, demonstrating how they shape the world and contribute to meaningful research and progress. Apply now: 1854.photo/432A8ct