CEO & Creative Director at British Journal of Photography - 1854 Media. ‘A man so boring he should be called a drill’ Instagram: bjp1854 web: 1854.photographyhttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lr77rnlqy22yRIP Nick Hedges https://www.1854.photography/2023/08/nick-hedges-shelter-camerawork-democracy/09 Jun 2025 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr77rnlqy22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lpwafawnkc2qRIP Salgado - ‘Most of the wealth that flashes round the world from VDU to VDU via electronic impulses still has its roots in blood, sweat and tears. Salgado shows us every bead and drop.’ Boyd Tonkin reviews Salgado’s Workers, British Journal of Photography, December 1994.24 May 2025 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwafawnkc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lkt3hqpow22eI have long been an admirer of Phil Maxwell's photographic work – for more years than I dare remember. Please support his next book project Liverpool (1972 - 2025): Photographs by Phil Maxwell https://gofundme.com/f/liverpool-1972-2025-photographs-by-phil-maxwell?attribution_id=sl:c2ece17e-39ea-4466-9329-0e673b9df86c&lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_c&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link20 Mar 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkt3hqpow22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lk3qf65wd22kNothing Lasts Forever, Peter Mitchell’s landmark show arrives in London https://www.1854.photography/2025/03/peter-mitchell-nothing-lasts-forever-the-photographers-gallery/11 Mar 2025 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk3qf65wd22khttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lf3aoq7lts24Super excited to see winners of Portrait of Britain go live on JCDecaux screens all over the U.K. A nice sight greeted me in Westfield Stratford this morning…06 Jan 2025 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3aoq7lts24https://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lerivoophc2oThis guy’s work is beyond words https://www.1854.photography/2024/11/palestine-sakir-khader-magum-foam-book-exhibition-netherlands/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jan 2025 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lerivoophc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lcnghjjvqk22Nice review by Andrew Hedges in latest edition of Red Pepper magazine of One Year! Photographs From The Miners Strike https://bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/one-year-photographs-from-the-miners-strike-1984-85/06 Dec 2024 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnghjjvqk22https://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lcfthj2ayk2nExcellent piece on Rehan Jamil’s Jummah Aesthetics https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2024/dec/03/go-bright-or-go-gucci-british-muslim-men-discuss-what-they-wear-to-friday-prayers #Photography03 Dec 2024 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfthj2ayk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lbzgeeqk6k2fHooray!!! New Portrait Issue of British Journal of Photography has landed on my desk. #Photography28 Nov 2024 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzgeeqk6k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lbudhgqk2c2vReally thoughtful piece by Finbarr O’Reilly in The Washington Post: Why I keep taking photos the world ignores Image: People displaced from Darfur by the war in Sudan gather for a monthly food distribution in Adre, eastern Chad 9. [c] Finbarr O'Reilly/VII Photo https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/10/sudan-war-photography-refugess-darfur-suffering/26 Nov 2024 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbudhgqk2c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lb5b635xnk2jReading the morning news and maybe it’s the lack of coffee but the line from Blade Runner comes to mind: ‘All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.’ Images: Iryna Pap, Ukrainian, 1917–1985 Central stadium. Kyiv, 1967 Kyiv, Ukraine, 1961 Fidel Castro. Kyiv, 196317 Nov 2024 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb5b635xnk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lb35n3blgc2jOn the streets of Jenin, Sakir Khader is a photographer dying to exist writes Dalia Al-Dujaili https://www.1854.photography/2024/11/palestine-sakir-khader-magum-foam-book-exhibition-netherlands/ #photography16 Nov 2024 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb35n3blgc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3layxuuimbs2uWhoop! Whoop! Next Thursday, Kirsty Mackay will be launching her latest book, The Magic Money Tree, published by Bluecoat Press, alongside the opening of her exhibition of the same name at Four Corners in Bethnal Green, east London. RSVP here: 1854.photo/4hQAZDr Image © Kirsty Mackay #photography15 Nov 2024 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3layxuuimbs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3layd7rmpg22iGet down to Brixton for a must-see show: Photography versus Thatcher: The Photo Co-op Archive prints and objects, 1979 to 1986 - Photofusion’s origin story. Curated by Chris Boot in collaboration with the Martin Parr Foundation. On show until 4th January 2025. Image © Sarah Wyld. #Photography15 Nov 2024 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3layd7rmpg22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lavzrs6tos27Lovely article in The Times about latest Portrait of Britain winners: https://www.thetimes.com/article/532f0375-1506-4268-84ce-13b847a52d5c?shareToken=dc3f4796aef3e74162dacbc703353b4614 Nov 2024 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lavzrs6tos27https://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lavz3uqbnk2oWent to see Rehan Jamil’s ‘Jummah Aesthetics: British Muslim men and their sartorial choices’ show at Oxford House, Bethnal Green. On show until 31 January, check it out14 Nov 2024 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lavz3uqbnk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lavxy4u4nc27Jet Swan provides the cover to our new portrait issue which we’ve just sent to press14 Nov 2024 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lavxy4u4nc27https://bsky.app/profile/mick1854.bsky.social/post/3lavxvpwxsk27Jet Swan provides the cover of our portrait issue which we’ve just sent to press14 Nov 2024 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:kyijfc2dol2qvs22u2ekyqvu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lavxvpwxsk27