BOPFOLIO

PHOTOBOOK DUMMY DISPLAY AND EXHIBITION

BOPFOLIO is an open call for photobook dummies to be showcased at BOP 24. This opportunity is for early-career stage photographers based in Britain and Ireland. Selected applicants will have their work displayed in the Paintworks Event Space across the BOP 24 festival weekend, in front of 3,000+ visitors and industry experts. BOP – Books on Photography – is the annual photobook festival from Martin Parr Foundation and The Royal Photographic Society, held in Bristol each October.

Twelve selected photographers will have their book dummies showcased, celebrating the photobook as a ‘supreme platform for photographers to disseminate their work to a mass audience.’ – Martin Parr, for Tate.org.uk

BOPFOLIO is launched and supported by Martin Parr Foundation in collaboration with UWE MA Curating course. It is free to submit your work to be considered for BOPFOLIO. Please note, selected photographers will be required to submit a physical book dummy to Martin Parr Foundation ahead of the festival to allow time for curation of BOPFOLIO.

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS
Each selected photographer will have their photobook dummy showcased as a part of the BOPFOLIO exhibition, alongside selected spreads and/or images blown up on the wall in the Paintworks’ Event Space. The photobooks will also be presented on the BOP and MPF websites.

In addition, three applicants – selected by publishers and industry experts partaking in BOP 24 – will be highlighted, including being featured across the BOP and MPF social media channels.

HOW TO ENTER
please email your submissions to [email protected] by 25 AUG and include the following –
– BOPFOLIO SUBMISSION in the email heading
– a PDF of your book dummy, no more than 20MB
– book title
– 1 image of the book, if you have already produced it as a physical object
– 100 word description of the book

The theme is open and it is free to submit your work.

TIMELINE
25 AUG 2024 / submission deadline
03 SEPT 2024 / selected photographers to be notified
20 SEPT 2024 / physical book dummies to arrive at the Foundation in Bristol
19 AND 20 OCT / BOP 24 festival weekend, including the BOPFOLIO exhibition

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
BOPFOLIO aims to support emerging and early-career stage photographers with no previously published solo photobook / publication, based in Britain and Ireland.

Contact [email protected] with any questions.