BBC Creative launches new young photographer initiative to support fresh talent
BBC Creative, the BBC’s in-house creative agency, is launching a new young photographer initiative to help fresh talent from diverse backgrounds get a step-up into the industry.
Published: 9 May 2019
The BBC is committed to creating opportunities and supporting fresh talent wherever they are and whatever their background
Get In! will give young people the opportunity to meet and spend time with the photography team at BBC Creative, who commission, create and produce promotional imagery across all BBC content.
The initiative will be launched at a new exhibition celebrating the art and craft of promotional photography, featuring portraits of actors and presenters from BBC programmes including BBC Three thriller Clique, BBC Two documentary Reggie Yates: Searching For Grenfell's Lost Lives and award-winning BBC One drama Bodyguard.
Jason Baron, Creative Director of Photography at BBC Creative, says: “The BBC is committed to creating opportunities and supporting fresh talent wherever they are and whatever their background. We believe Get In! will result in real benefits for the creative industry and give budding photographers a valuable insight into how promotional photography is such an important way for audiences to engage with the BBC.”
From Friday 10 May, BBC Creative’s photography department are exhibiting Portraits: The Art And Craft Of Promotional Photography at Elephant West, an art space in White City, London. A Q&A event on Tuesday 14 May featuring Jason Baron and Jane Record, Creative Directors of Photography at BBC Creative, will launch the Get In! initiative with a discussion with photography students and other young people looking at getting into the industry.
The new opportunity is open to everyone and BBC Creative is keen to see applicants from varying backgrounds with different views and experiences. It builds on outreach work which has seen BBC Creative visit schools and colleges, presenting to students the world of promotional photography and talking through the work the team does.
Get In! will run every three months and give a group of four young photographers the opportunity to meet the BBC Creative Photography commissioning team, get their portfolio reviewed and receive mentoring for a year.
BBC Creative invites entrants to apply by contacting the team’s Picture Desk at bbcpicturedesk@bbc.co.uk and providing a biography or CV and examples of their work. Applicants must be aged over 18.
About the event:
ELEPHANT X BBC CREATIVE
Portraits: The Art and Craft of Promotional Photography
10 May - 2 June 2019
Address: 62 Wood Lane, London, W12 7RH
More information is available here.
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