Simon Bainbridge
Simon Bainbridge is editor of British Journal of Photography, the London-based magazine established in 1854. He has held the position for the past six years, and has been a writer and editor for nearly 20 years.
He recently directed the relaunch of the magazine in a high-quality monthly format, together with a new-look website at www.bjp-online.com, and for the past six years has programmed the talks at BJP’s annual event for emerging photographers, Vision, featuring speakers such as Martin Parr, Antoine d’Agata, Anders Petersen and Simon Norfolk.
In addition, he is a judge/nominator for various international contests, including Flash Forward, the Deutsch Borse Photography Prize, the Sony World Photography Award, the Prix Pictet, Amnesty Media Awards and the Travel Photographer of the Year, and he is a regular guest at portfolio reviews at events such as Rencontres d’Arles, London Photomonth at The Whitechapel Gallery and Rhubarb-Rhubarb.