2019 Jurors from world-leading museums, photo agencies, fairs and festivals The World Photography Organisation is delighted to announce the juries of the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards, the world’s most diverse photography competition. To mark the occasion, a selection of entries to the Open competition are released, and the Chair of Judges offers advice […]
Street Photography International was founded in 2015 and quickly established itself as one of the leading collectives in the genre. They now have the largest dedicated street photography account on Instagram with over 680,000 followers. In 2017 SPi introduced the annual SPi Street Awards, an international photography competition offering top prizes and exposure for […]
Photomonth 2018 launches on 4 October with the Photo-Open at theprintspace Gallery. This year the images reveal ‘Women in the 21st Century’ celebrating 100 years since some women first gained the right to vote. Women look very different today and this show explores their differences. A series of Free Talks accompanies the exhibition featuring Dougie Wallace giving the Photomonth Talk, Emily Garthwaite presenting a selection of […]
“A family is brought close to ruin by a pet python; an Icelandic advertising agency has a problem with a campaign involving a dead seagull; a chiropodist desperately wants to stop examining people’s feet and dreams of becoming a pirate…” The current exhibition at theprintspace gallery, SPARKS by Stephen Leslie, is definitely not like the typical photography […]
WS – This is also the first time we will see you venturing into other media (ceramics and stitched drawings). Which new medium have you enjoyed the most and why? BM – I don’t really enjoy any of them as much as the tape to be honest, which comes much easier. I’m completely out of my […]
“I am continuing to expand the series, aiming to capture 1,000 different stories” I am currently working on a personal project titled, Behind The Scars. This series explores scars of all shapes and sizes, and the stories behind them, both the psychological and physical effects, and the lack of representation of diverse bodies in […]
“My subjects are complex and characterful creatures, full of pathos, humour and unpredictability” I am currently working on two projects: The first one will become part II of the Ordinary Creatures exhibition I did last year. This pretty much focused on the Great British underdogs: Cows, pigeons, pigs, sheep, donkeys, bumblebees etc in an […]
“it’s an incredible time for illustration, there’s such brilliance out there” Currently I’m working on making a huge silkscreen version of one of my prints. I’ve been a strictly digital print person for years so it’s exciting to try out a whole way of working. I have no idea what it will be like […]
To coincide with the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards, the World Photography Organisation have launched a dedicated print sales webstore powered by creativehub! the WPO print store features the photographic work of the winning, shortlisted, and commended photographers’ from this years and past years competitions, giving the WPO community the opportunity to bring their favourite […]
