About

The Centre for British Photography is delighted to announce the second year of our grants and mentorship programme, supporting artists working with photography across Britain.

During 2025 the Centre for British Photography will be awarding a total of £10,000 with a maximum award of £2,500 per recipient. These are not support grants but are awards to enable photographers and artists working with photography to bring an ongoing project to completion within a year. They are open to individuals of all ages, irrespective of academic background.

What winners receive

An award of up to £2,500 per project (determined by proposal budget) which will be used by the applicant to complete the project within a year. Recipients of the Centre's Realisation Grants will also have a total of three sessions of expert mentorship from the team and trustees of the Centre for British Photography.

About Centre for British Photography

The Centre for British Photography (registered charity number 1190955) was founded by James Hyman in 2020 and seeks to support photographers working in Britain through exhibitions, events, grants and mentoring. The charity provides a platform for a range of voices in order to present an expansive overview of the diversity of photography, past and present.

Commitment

Commitment to attend three mentorship meetings with the Centre for British Photography (virtually or in person)

Grant awarded

Selected photographers and artists working in photography will receive their grants in two stages: 50% upon acceptance of the grant, and the balance on September 15 2025, considered the halfway mark of the grant competition period. Works produced with support of the grant should be finished by March 1, 2026.

Previous winners

The four inaugural CBP Realisation Grant winners 2024 were Ajamu X for the project Ecce Homo, Phillipa Klaiber & Michael Swann for the project Compost, Zula Rabikowska for the project Nothing But a Curtain and Almudena Romero for the project Farming a Photograph.