Throughout September, BJP-online will be sharing the work of 18 emerging image-makers, selected from hundreds of nominations by international experts

Throughout September, BJP-online will be sharing the work of 18 emerging image-makers, selected from hundreds of nominations by international experts
Ladocsi is one of the shortlisted photographers for this year’s competition at Festival de Hyères
“We can often find out just as much about ourselves by looking at the environments around us”
Fearing he was going blind, Shuwei Liu, nominated by Maria Teresa Salvati, felt compelled to make life-affirming work based around the colour blue
Nydia Blas, nominated by Peggy Sue Amison, artistic director of the East Wing in Doha, pushes the boundaries around how black women are perceived
Merging Moroccan heritage with Western cues, Mous Lamrabat, nominated by Vogue Italia’s Chiara Bardelli Nonino, creates images rich in wit and colour
Kyle Weeks, nominated by Vogue Italia’s Chiara Bardelli Nonino, crosses genres to portray masculinity and the African body
Alessandro Bo, nominated by photographer Ana Casas Broda, finds a mythical concept of fantasy in his native Mexico