Our pick of this season’s best new photobooks

Rehab Eldalil retraces her Bedouin roots – with help from a community in South Sinai

Behind the scenes at the V&A’s new Photography Centre

‘Who wants to get involved with a project that’s about being fat?’: A tender examination of teenage obesity

The abyss stares back: Inside Jaime Welsh’s anxious rooms

Ezio D’Agostino interrogates one of the most expensive engineering experiments in human history

‘A challenge to power’: Archival images of Bolivia’s queer carnival performers

Latest Stories

Moe Suzuki reflects on the erasure of collective memory in one neighbourhood in eastern Tokyo

The average lifespan of a house in Japan is around 30 years. Rather than renovating, homes are torn down and made anew. In her latest project, Suzuki raises questions about the political and economic factors behind the need to scrap.

3 June 2023

People with a passion: Callum O’Keefe’s charming portraits of Britain’s collectors

O’Keefe chronicles the individuals who have dedicated their lives to collecting seemingly unlikely objects: “They’re the happiest people I’ve met” he tells BJP

2 June 2023

Jake Elwes: ‘Part of my role as an artist is demystifying AI technologies’

As The Zizi Show brings deep fake drag queens to the V&A, its creator talks to BJP about gender nonconformity, tech bias and queer resistance

1 June 2023

Editor’s picks: Stories you might have missed in May

In this month’s editor’s picks, we take another look at Craig Easton’s decades-long portrait of the Williams – a family let down by the systemic failure of successive governments’ social policies. We also re-visit BJP’s top photo book picks for this season, and step inside Trevor Paglen’s studio.

31 May 2023

The abyss stares back: Inside Jaime Welsh’s anxious rooms

In a new series, the Portuguese artist explores existential angst and alienation using his cold, precise choreography

30 May 2023

‘Who wants to get involved with a project that’s about being fat?’: A tender examination of teenage obesity

Created over 12 years, Abbie Trayler-Smith’s debut monograph offers a deeper understanding of a subject often shrouded in shame

27 May 2023

Fair exchange: should socially engaged photographers pay their participants?

Many socially engaged practices rely on collaborations with marginalised communities – but if a photographer receives funding, should their participants also be paid?

26 May 2023

Behind the scenes at the V&A’s new Photography Centre

Four new galleries make the museum’s centre the largest permanent space in the UK for a permanent collection. And new commissions, education and outreach add to the appeal, the V&A directors tell BJP

25 May 2023

Rehab Eldalil retraces her Bedouin roots – with help from a community in South Sinai

Collaborating with indigenous tribes in Egypt, the photographer uses local stories, poetry, embroidery and nature guides to reconcile her own ancestry

23 May 2023

Bookshelf

Discover our selection of new releases.

‘Who wants to get involved with a project that’s about being fat?’: A tender examination of teenage obesity

Rehab Eldalil retraces her Bedouin roots – with help from a community in South Sinai

Our pick of this season’s best new photobooks

Celebrating 75 years of the NHS

‘Married to the landscape’: Photographing the Faroe Islands, where men outnumber women

‘Open in a dark room only’: salvaged images of Palestinian resistance

What we see: championing women and non-binary image-makers

Brea Souders unravels the humanity of a AI generated chatbot

Agenda

Exhibitions, upcoming festivals, print sales.

Moe Suzuki reflects on the erasure of collective memory in one neighbourhood in eastern Tokyo

Jake Elwes: ‘Part of my role as an artist is demystifying AI technologies’

Editor’s picks: Stories you might have missed in May

The abyss stares back: Inside Jaime Welsh’s anxious rooms

Behind the scenes at the V&A’s new Photography Centre

‘A challenge to power’: Archival images of Bolivia’s queer carnival performers

In the studio with Trevor Paglen

Samuel Fosso wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2023

Industry Insights

Where art and commerce in photography meet.

Fair exchange: should socially engaged photographers pay their participants?

Keeping alive Turkey’s history of enforced disappearances

Meet the photographer rejecting the limitations of the Welsh landscape

An intimate and honest portrayal of unexpected pregnancy

Finding inner peace: photographing the unseen side of Cystic Fibrosis

Petty crimes: How fake detective stories morph into a photo series

The artist undoing generations of filial pressure through collage

Family ties: Capturing the experience of supporting loved ones through alcohol addiction

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Latest Journal stories

Moe Suzuki reflects on the erasure of collective memory in one neighbourhood in eastern Tokyo

3 June 2023

People with a passion: Callum O’Keefe’s charming portraits of Britain’s collectors

O’Keefe chronicles the individuals who have dedicated their lives to collecting seemingly unlikely objects: “They’re the happiest people I’ve met” he tells BJP

2 June 2023

Jake Elwes: ‘Part of my role as an artist is demystifying AI technologies’

As The Zizi Show brings deep fake drag queens to the V&A, its creator talks to BJP about gender nonconformity, tech bias and queer resistance

1 June 2023

Bookshelf

Discover our selection of new releases

Moe Suzuki reflects on the erasure of collective memory in one neighbourhood in eastern Tokyo

Jake Elwes: ‘Part of my role as an artist is demystifying AI technologies’

Editor’s picks: Stories you might have missed in May

The abyss stares back: Inside Jaime Welsh’s anxious rooms

Behind the scenes at the V&A’s new Photography Centre

‘A challenge to power’: Archival images of Bolivia’s queer carnival performers

In the studio with Trevor Paglen

Samuel Fosso wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2023

Agenda

Noteworthy exhibitions, upcoming festivals, print sales and more

‘Who wants to get involved with a project that’s about being fat?’: A tender examination of teenage obesity

Rehab Eldalil retraces her Bedouin roots – with help from a community in South Sinai

Our pick of this season’s best new photobooks

Celebrating 75 years of the NHS

‘Married to the landscape’: Photographing the Faroe Islands, where men outnumber women

‘Open in a dark room only’: salvaged images of Palestinian resistance

What we see: championing women and non-binary image-makers

Brea Souders unravels the humanity of a AI generated chatbot

Industry Insights

Where art and commerce in photography meet.

Fair exchange: should socially engaged photographers pay their participants?

Keeping alive Turkey’s history of enforced disappearances

Meet the photographer rejecting the limitations of the Welsh landscape

An intimate and honest portrayal of unexpected pregnancy

Finding inner peace: photographing the unseen side of Cystic Fibrosis

Petty crimes: How fake detective stories morph into a photo series

The artist undoing generations of filial pressure through collage

Family ties: Capturing the experience of supporting loved ones through alcohol addiction

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