Event History
Female in Focus is a photography award from 1854 Media. Having launched in 2019, the award aims to highlight and give a platform to the exceptional work of women photographers around the world. This year, the award is set to be bigger and better than ever before. Female in Focus was conceived to address gender inequality in the photography industry. 80% of photography graduates are women — yet women make up only 15% of professional photographers. These women photographers are earning, on average, 40% less than their male counterparts. Our mission is to open up the photographic landscape to a broad and representative range of talent, empowering woman-identifying and non-binary people the world over to own their own stories. We know we have to start at home. We’re proud to say that 54% of the photographers we commission through Studio 1854 are women. Gender balance in our awards programme is improving, but not yet equal: currently, 41% of our winners are women. We are determined to see this number rise.
Copyright Policy
Each entrant will be deemed to warrant that they own the entire copyright for the work or that they have permission from the licensee and/or copyright owner/s for the uses. No copyright is transferred to 1854 Media & British Journal of Photography in respect of any works entered or accepted.
Image Usage Rights
1854 Media & British Journal of Photography reserve the right to display, reproduce and publish in any media, any entry, without payment, for the sole purpose of Female in Focus – this year and in future – and its promotion and publicity.
Female in Focus is an award from British Journal of Photography, that aims to highlight the work of women photographers around the world. Up to 22 photographers will be exhibited in a group show at a New York gallery.
