British Journal of Photography announces the shortlist for this year’s Portrait of Britain Exhibition
The annual Portrait of Britain exhibition will be taking place across the country in September, and today the British Journal of Photography has announced the 200 shortlisted images. The winning 100 images will be announced at the end of August in time for the launch of the exhibition, which opens on the 1st September. Each year Portrait of Britain takes place across JCDecaux’s network of digital screens with 100 portraits of the British public displayed in shopping centres and high streets up and down mainland UK. To view the shortlisted images, please go here.
BJP – Obituary: Frank Selby, co-founder of Rex Features, 1918-2018
An interesting obituary in the British Journal of Photography this week, dedicated to Frank Selby co-founder of Rex Features, I found particularly interesting. During the rise of Rex Features, I was employed by London Features International in 1989, a paparazzi photo agency with offices based in London and New York and a competitor to Rex Features. We offered the same service to newspapers and magazines. It was a good time in my life, extremely busy, stimulating with a long line of friends and VIP’s. RIP Frank Selby.
Tickle Your Fancy – #13 – NSFW
Welcome back to our thirteenth post in our new section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’. ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ includes a round-up of five links to articles from around the internet that have specifically interested us during the course of the week. Ones that we feel are relevant to your interest in photography and art. Just to explain the title for this section ‘Tickle Your Fancy’ is an English idiom and essentially means that something appeals to you and perhaps stimulates your imagination in an enthusiastic way, we felt it would make a great title for this new section of the site. We hope you enjoy this weeks’ selections… ©Shauna:Sean Lee Photo…
iPhone and iPod: Liquid Damage And The Apple Liquid Sensors
Our Head of Technical Hardware, Kevin Carter, who also happens to be the Lead Technical Editor for DxO Optics (see here – DPreview use this data for their camera/lens reviews), as well as a freelance Editor for the British Journal of Photography amongst many others, is currently taking a look at a select number of ‘waterproof’ smartphones. He forwarded to me an interesting article on Apple’s website regarding their liquid damage warranty. It’s very interesting and something that I wasn’t aware of, although I am sure, as you are all aware that Apple do not give a liquid damage warranty, what you may not be aware of is the way…
Hipstamatic Developers Plan Launch of Foundation for Photojournalism
The British Journal of Photography, that our one and only Kevin Carter writes for, has run an interesting story relating to the incredibly popular Hipstamatic app. BJP report that ‘Synthetic, maker of the popular Hipstamatic application for iPhone, is expected to launch, later this year, a pack of digital lenses and films dedicated to photojournalists to raise funds for its newly created Hipstamatic Foundation for Photojournalism’. In an interview with BJP in October 2011, Synthetic’s CEO, Lucas Allen Buick, explained: “The idea behind it is to create an educational platform, where professionals will be able give some of their time to educate up-and-coming photographers on how to go into Libya,…
iPad – British Journal of Photography App – Updated
We love BJP here at theappwhisperer.com and we’re not just saying that. Kevin our CEO writes for the magazine too, so maybe we are a bit biased but there’s no denying that this app has received rave reviews in the app store, simply because it is excellent. This update brings with it a new and improved interface, simpler store and library view, new sharing tools, support for new magazine features and bug fixes. It’s a free update and you can download it here.
