These 99 Award-Winning Portraits Expertly Seize the Individuals of Britain

The British Journal of Photography and JCDecaux UK have unveiled the successful images of the Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 competition. The competitors’s 100 successful portraits, chosen from 200 shortlisted photos, will seem on digital screens nationwide within the United Kingdom and be featured in a photograph e-book.

The Portrait of Britain competition launched again in 2016, whereas Britons had been considering the polarizing Brexit vote. The competitors’s intention, then and now, was to showcase the numerous completely different faces and individuals who comprise trendy Britain. The competitors says this yr’s successful portraits “reaffirm the award’s commitment to public space, public attention, and public storytelling.”

Now in its eighth version, Portrait of Britain, operated by the British Journal of Photography, is the U.Ok.’s greatest images exhibition. The successful photos are seen by tens of millions of individuals yearly. This yr’s competitors welcomed 1000’s of entries. The British Journal of Photography itself is a historic drive in images, having began as a method to showcase the artwork of images means again in 1854, within the medium’s earliest days. The publication additionally runs different well-known picture contests, together with Female in Focus, OpenWalls, Portrait of Humanity, and the BJP International Photography Award.

“Photography still has the power to make statements,” explains photographer Dennis Morris, a decide for Portrait of Britain Vol. 8. Morris was joined on the jury by Rene Matić, Sophie Parker, Claire Rees, Alice Zoo, Mick Moore, Rajvi Kantaria, Tom Booth Woodger, and Vivienne Gamble.

This yr’s winners showcase a various vary of individuals, together with fishmongers, scientists, veterans, ballerinas, farmers, and plenty of extra. Portrait topics dwell all throughout Britain, from the southern coast to the rugged north. Keeping within the competitors’s spirit, the topics additionally embrace folks born and raised within the U.Ok, those that arrived as youngsters, and those that got here as adults. It additionally contains individuals who arrived within the United Kingdom to flee battle and battle, in addition to those that could also be there solely briefly, merely passing by.

99 Winning Portraits

Alongside the digital exhibition, all of the successful photos, plus 100 extra shortlisted ones, from the Portrait of Britain Vol. 8 competitors are featured in a brand new picture e-book revealed by Bluecoat Press. The e-book is available for preorder now, beginning at £27.

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Image credit: Portrait of Britain Vol. 8, British Journal of Photography. All photographers are credited within the particular person captions.