ASSIGNMENTS 2023 – NOW OPEN
The British Press Photographers’ Association is pleased to announce that ASSIGNMENTS 2023 is now open for entries. The BPPA Exhibition will return to London’s Bargehouse on the Southbank in May 2023.
We can also now reveal that ASSIGNMENTS 2023 will be heading to Wales for the first time! Following its 10 day showcase in London the exhibition will travel to Ffotogallery Wales in Cardiff where it will be on display for a whole month. We are once again seeking the best of British Press Photography from our members.
- Entries are open NOW until midnight on Friday 10th March 2023.
- Each member can enter up to 10 photographs taken between 3rd July 2021 and 10th March 2023 (inclusive).
- You must be a full member of The BPPA to enter – if you aren’t you can join now.
- Thanks to our generous sponsors at Canon UK and Fixation it is FREE to enter.
- Entries will be selected anonymously by a panel of curators drawn from across the industry.
We are also pleased to announce the first of our 5 curators as Phil Coburn. Phil has been a news and editorial photographer for over 30 years, starting out covering the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland, before he began travelling, covering the genocide in Rwanda, the volcano eruption in Montserrat, Gulf War II, Hurricane Katrina and dozens of assignments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Whilst on assignment in Helmand Province in 2010, he was seriously injured when an I.E.D. blast hit the U.S. Marine MRAP in which he was travelling. Phil lost his lower legs, broke his back and spent 4 months in hospital before returning to work later that year. His post injury assignments have included dispatches from Gaza, Iraq, Yemen, Ivory Coast, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, and numerous European jobs. Phil has worked for the Daily Mirror since 2002 and is a multi award winning photographer with a wealth of experience, we are delighted to have him on board as a curator for ASSIGNMENTS 2023.
Click here for the rules and entry procedures
Photographs courtesy:Â Samir Hussein, Fabio De Paola, Chris Jackson/Getty Images, Elliott Franks, Danny Lawson/PA, Hannah McKay/REUTERS, Richard Pohle/The Times, Samir Hussein, Tom Nicholson, Samir Hussein.
