Portrait of Britain

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Portrait of Britain is an annual British portrait photography competition run by the British Journal of Photography. [1] [2] Its subject is the diversity of British people. [3] The 100 winning portraits are displayed on JCDecaux's digital screens across Britain throughout the month of September. [4] It launched in 2016. [4]

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Since 2018, an eponymously titled book has been published with 200 of the shortlisted portraits from each competition.

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One of the winning portraits from the 2023 competition Kerala Portrait of Britain Simon King.jpg
One of the winning portraits from the 2023 competition

The competition's subject is the diversity of British people [3] "and the way their narratives reflect its widely unstable political and social landscape." [5] It was partly inspired by Brexit. [4] [6]

It is open to anyone to enter but photographs must have been taken within the previous six years and "depict subjects living in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland) at the time of the photograph." [7]

The 100 winning portraits are displayed on the outdoor advertising company JCDecaux's digital screens located in railway stations, shopping centres, bus stops and high streets. [4] [3] Each image appears on each screen for five to ten seconds. [4]

The competition ran in September 2016, [8] September 2017 [5] [9] [10] September 2018, [11] [12] [13] [14] December 2021 [15] and September 2022 [16] with winners announced the following year.

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References

  1. ↑ "'Portraits of Britain' is coming to rail stations and shopping centres". Time Out London. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. ↑ "These Beautiful Pictures Aim To Paint A Portrait Of Britain". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. 1 2 3 Driscoll, Brogan (6 September 2016). "Adverts Replaced By Stunning Photo Exhibition To Reflect Diversity Of British Public". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Genova, Alexandra. "100 Portraits Take Over Britain's Ad Screens". Time. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  5. 1 2 Manatakis, Lexi (31 August 2017). "Portraits that reflect the changing face of Britain". Dazed. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  6. ↑ "Portraits that reveal the changing face of Britain". Huck Magazine. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  7. ↑ "Rules". Portrait of Britain. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  8. ↑ "New portraits that reflect the changing face of Britain". Dazed. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  9. ↑ "Displaying Britain's diversity". BBC News. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  10. ↑ "Survivors, celebrities and a septuagenarian surfer: Portrait of Britain – in pictures". The Guardian. 3 September 2017. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  11. ↑ "A nanny, a rabbi, a puppy and a parrot: portraits of Britain today - in pictures". The Guardian. 30 August 2018. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  12. ↑ "'Portrait of Britain' photography competition highlights diversity of nation". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
  13. ↑ "Portrait of Britain winners capture the diversity and beauty of the public". Metro. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  14. ↑ "Portraits celebrate Britain's diversity in 2018". BBC News. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  15. ↑ "Portrait of Britain 2021 winners – in pictures". The Guardian. 15 December 2021. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  16. ↑ Ruffatti, Isabella (9 January 2023). "BJP announces the Portrait of Britain Vol.5 winners". Amateur Photographer. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
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