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Carlos Saavedra, Fransesca Woodman x Julia Margaret Cameron and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ © Vikram Kushwah, Portrait of Humanity Vol. 5 single image winner June at Centquatre-Paris. This year, 24 artists from 14 countries will “rethink the image”, presenting traditional techniques and artificial intelligence, seizing on historical and popular sources, and exploring both the personal and universal. The festival’s main lineup of emerging European photographers is accompanied by Focus on Ukraine, with work by Maryna Brodovska, Lisa Bukreyeva, Yevheniia Laptii and Dima Tolkachov. A little closer to home this week, we took a look at the newly-opened [Francesca Goodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream]( at London’s National Portrait Gallery. The show is, Eliza Goodpasture writes, “remarkable in that it explicitly rejects biographical readings of these artists and their work, readings which often swallow the appraisal of art by women”. Plus, there’s just a few days left to enter BJP’s own Portrait of Humanity award – [submit your images]( celebrating diversity, community and unity through photography for the chance to see them exhibited around the world. And finally, as we continue to share work from our recent [Spatial Awareness]( issue, BJP editor Diane Smyth discussed Carlos Saavedra’s project [Armero]( which tells the story of the 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia. “When a memory is this huge, when it isn’t spoken about for so long, it’s like a dryness,” the photographer told her of his highly personal images. “When the story is fresh it’s like wet mud, but these people sat with this story for so long.” Portraits to Dream In goes beyond the usual appraisals of art by women In a new exhibition the National Portrait Gallery, the of works by Julia Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman are brought together across time and space [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( Photographs born from the lava of Armero Carlos Saavedra’s combination of archival, documentary and staged images respond to a fatal eruption which could’ve been anticipated [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( © Nahwand Jaff, Portrait of Humanity Vol. 5 shortlist Portrait of Humanity Vol. 6 is closing soon Only a few days left to enter Portrait of Humanity Vol. 6, the award that celebrates the essence of humanity through photography. 200 shortlisted images will be featured in the Portrait of Humanity Vol. 6 photo book, published by Bluecoat Press. Plus, 30 single images and three bodies of work will be selected as winners and exhibited at renowned venues in the UK, Poland, and India later this year. BJP Digital Access and Full Access Members are entitled to free entry to Portrait of Humanity Vol. 6 and all of our awards. If you reside in a non-high income country, please complete the form on our website to request free entry. [Enter now]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [1854 Media Ltd, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Rd, Cambridge Heath, London, E2 9DA, United Kingdom Click here to update your email preferences]( [Click here to unsubscribe from all emails](