Reading Time: 5 minutes “Our family and friends aren’t Star Wars fans at all,” says Hinako Kassai, who lives in Tokyo with her husband Kento. It came as a surprise, then, when these family and friends…
1854 Commissions connect the best photographic talent with major international brands to collaborate on meaningful, narrative-led projects.
Shoot the Sequel: Then & Now America
In collaboration with 1854/British Journal of Photography, MPB – the go-to platform for used photography and videography equipment – is commissioning two new photographic projects exploring the iconic moments, movements and narratives that traverse America’s past and present.
Portrait of Humanity, 2020 © Orlando Figueiredo
The WaterAid Climate Commission
In collaboration with 1854/British Journal of Photography, WaterAid is commissioning three new photographic projects exploring the ways in which the climate crisis is making it harder for people to access their basic human rights of clean water, decent sanitation and personal hygiene — especially in some of the world’s poorest countries.
Deadline for applications: 21st January 2021
Reading Time: 5 minutes “Star Wars is the first movie that I remember ever watching,” says Paula Avila. “My dad took my brother and me to see the movie. When I stepped out of the cinema,…
Reading Time: 6 minutes “I was raised in a home where I couldn’t have the volume on when I watched TV, if I got to watch TV [at all]” says Milan Nguyen. “So when my cousins…
Reading Time: 6 minutes Alice Mann was selected for the adidas Breaking Barriers commission. Organised by Studio 1854 in collaboration with adidas, the project awarded Mann £10,000 to create a new body of work. Below, a handful…
Reading Time: 6 minutes The award-winning photographer creates a new photographic series offering an intimate insight into the London-based women’s football team
Reading Time: 5 minutes Mann will receive £10,000 to create a new body of work around the subject for the latest Studio 1854 commission
“To be given all this creative freedom and told, ‘make what you want, here’s loads of time and a good amount of money’ — that doesn’t happen very often”
Catherine Hyland, 1854 commissioned photographer
“I just love how BJP commissions champion the photographer’s individual aesthetic and approach. I’ve never had a commissioned gig where I could have the freedom to use my voice to lead the narrative”
Camila Svenson, 1854 commissioned photographer (Star Wars Families)
“Working on a brand commission with 1854 has really opened my eyes to the potential of using the power of real photography to create meaningful conversations between brands and their communities. The photographer wins. The brand wins. The audience wins. It’s a massive opportunity”
Laura Pannack, 1854 commissioned photographer
“I grew up reading fantasy books. I was a huge nerd living in a town where I felt really misunderstood and found refuge in sci-fi and fantasy. Being able to work on a commission that was about a real family that might also find solace in these ideas — especially in the context of a story as iconic as Star Wars — was really exciting”
Ying Ang, 1854 commissioned photographer (Star Wars Families)
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Reading Time: 6 minutes LUMIX Stories for Change is an ongoing collaboration between British Journal of Photography and Panasonic LUMIX that celebrates the power of photography in driving positive change. In August 2019, three photographers were…
Reading Time: 6 minutes The award-winning photographer creates a new photographic series offering an intimate insight into the London-based women’s football team
Reading Time: 7 minutes Ricardo Nagaoka, Francesca Allen, Clément Chapillon and Brant Slomovic will travel across California and document the lesser-know sides of the Golden State
Reading Time: 4 minutes British Journal of Photography announces the photographers shortlisted for Meet California, an exclusive commission for which four competition winners will create a body of work responding to vast American state
