As we enter 2023, we are proud and excited that Portrait of Britain is back– the UK’s biggest annual photography exhibition – in collaboration with British Journal of Photography.
The 100 winning portraits will be exhibited in a month-long digital exhibition in partnership with JCDecaux. Designed to illustrate the diversity of life in modern Britain, the award invites us to reflect on the multiplicity of voices and stories across the country, forming a powerful contemporary portrait of British life. The winning images have been selected by a panel of jurors compiled from professionals in the photography industry.
We are delighted to bring this powerful exhibition to a national audience. We hope people are inspired by and even see themselves in the breadth of people that are featured in this initiative.Mark Bucknell Chief Commercial Officer, JCDecaux UK
The images can be seen on JCDecaux’s digital screens on highstreets and on bus shelters, in shopping malls and in train stations UK-wide including major hubs such as London Euston, London King’s Cross, London Liverpool Street, London Bridge, London St. Pancras, London Victoria and London Waterloo as well as Birmingham New Street, Glasgow central, Edinburgh Waverley, Leeds, Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly among others.
For more information and to view a full gallery of the brilliant winning images click here.
From a north London cowboy and a Scottish football fan to familiar faces such as Grayson Perry, David Attenborough and Marcus Rashford, the photographs act as vignettes of Britain, taking viewers on a ride across generations, geographies and genders. Protests swept the country in 2022 – in response to the war in Ukraine, the cost-of-living crisis and climate change, to name but a few – and a number of the winning images depict these demonstrations. Photographers also shine a light on minority and migrant groups in the UK, from Welsh travelling communities to dancers at a West Indian carnival in Leeds.
Alongside the winning images showcased on JCDecaux screens, 200 shortlisted images will also be published in the Portrait of Britain book, published by Hoxton Mini Press.
Elainea Emmott, Portrait of Britain Winner
Lisa Carletta, Portrait of Britain Winner
Rory Langdon-Down, Portrait of Britain Winner