For 1854 and BJP’s latest open-call, we’re partnering with pioneers of the digital art space, New Art City, to create a once-in-a-century virtual exhibition. Founders Don Hanson and Sammie Veeler muse on the future of showcasing art, building a more accessible creative climate and more
Currently on show at Belfast Photo Festival, Edgar Martins’ Portrait of Humanity 2021 winning series uses the context of a prison to explore the philosophical concept of absence, and the troubling impacts of state-enforced separation
Through the lenses of over 50 different photographers, New Queer Photography traverses a heady mix of identities, experiences, dynamics and aesthetics to counter “one-dimensional” perceptions of queerness
Joint runner-up for the BJP International Photography Award 2020, Giulia Parlato creates a forged archive of historical artefacts to question our understanding of the past.
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
Joint runner-up for the BJP International Photography Award 2020, Elena Helfrecht’s Plexus considers how trauma ripples through familial generations in an abstract series of still lifes
Winner of the BJP International Photography Award 2020, Lhuisset parallels the heroism of Kurdish guerilla fighters in Iraq with their plight once they come to seek refuge in Europe
“The pandemic has exposed once more the functioning of patriarchy, and the precariousness of women’s lives in many places — especially in so-called ‘third-world’ countries”
From cutting through the oversaturated image market to combating fake news, the renowned conflict photographer and Emmy-nominated filmmaker discusses how the role – and risks – of photojournalism continue to shift in the digital age
To coincide with Female in Focus 2021, Gulnara Samoilova – one of last year’s judges – discusses her latest photobook
