Exclusive partnership to give British fashion greater global exposure than ever before

 Getty Images, a world leader in visual communications, and the British Fashion Council (BFC) today announce an exclusive partnership which sees Getty Images become the BFC’s Official Supplier, creating and distributing premium content on behalf of the BFC across its annual suite of events.

Under the official designation, Getty Images’ roster of elite and award-winning fashion photographers will cover all the BFC’s key annual events, including London Fashion Week, London Fashion Week Men’s, London Fashion Week Festival and The Fashion Awards, as well as additional events and launches.  All imagery will be distributed across Getty Images’ industry-leading platform, bringing some of the most iconic events in the British fashion calendar to audiences in every corner of the globe.

Getty Images will create a digital asset management system for the BFC, facilitating the easy storage and sharing of their content and additionally create a British Fashion Council collection on its global platform from which all images will be available to view and download. The collection will launch on 15 September.

“We are proud to partner with the British Fashion Council and help them achieve greater global exposure for British fashion via our unparalleled photographic talent and distribution reach,” said Lisa Marie Rae, Director of Entertainment EMEA at Getty Images. “As the premier producer and distributor of luxury imagery and video we are committed to showing British fashion at its best, and taking the country’s talent – from iconic, heritage brands to promising emerging talent – to an even broader international audience.”

The partnership launches with the upcoming London Fashion Week, where Getty Images will have dedicated BFC photographers and editors onsite ensuring content is created and made available in close to real time for the organisation’s partners, designers and press.

“This partnership will deliver a new level of quality, choice and speed to our ever-increasing audience of stakeholders including press, designers, sponsors, and ultimately expanding our global consumer reach,” said Jenico Preston, Commercial Director at British Fashion Council. “Getty Images photographers have been capturing London Fashion Week for years, and in an increasingly visual world this partnership will make British fashion more accessible than ever.”

A trusted partner to many of the luxury industry’s major brands and organizations, Getty Images is already the Official Photographer of NYFW: The Shows, Official Photographer of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Berlin and Official Photographer of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia. The company also regularly partners with the industry’s leading brands to create premium imagery and video for use across the brands’ communications platforms.

Kensington Palace today released the official photo of Prince George on his first day at school, taken by Getty Images’ Royal Photographer Chris Jackson. The photograph, which shows Prince George and his father Prince William at Kensington Palace, was taken shortly before they left for his first day at Thomas’s Battersea.

Jackson commented on authoring the image, “The first day of school is an exciting time for any child, including Prince George, and it was great to see him with a big smile on his face next to Dad, The Duke of Cambridge, ahead of their first school run!”

Chris Jackson was also chosen by Kensington Palace to author the official portrait of Prince George released on July 22 by the Palace to celebrate His Royal Highness’s fourth birthday.

The image was distributed by the UK Press Association, a trusted partner of Getty Images and is available for licensing on gettyimages.com.

Perpignan, France – 7 September, 2017: Today Getty Images, the world’s leader in visual communications, has announced the recipients of its annual Grants for Editorial Photography programme, which gives five pioneering photojournalists a grant of $10,000 as well as the support of Getty images, enabling them to pursue project of both individual and universal importance.

The winning photojournalists and corresponding projects announced this evening at Visa pour l’Image are:

• Alejandro Cegarra for Living with Hugo Chavez’s Legacy
• Paula Bronstein for The Cost of War
• Antonio Faccilongo for Habibi
• Barbara Peacock for American Bedroom
• Alessandro Penso for The Deal

“The recipients of the 2017 Getty Images Editorial Photography Grants are working at the cutting edge of photojournalism, ensuring that often ignored global issues are brought to the forefront of public consciousness,” said Hugh Pinney, Vice President of News, Getty Images. “The projects selected explore a range of complex and thought-provoking subjects and we are thrilled that, through the Getty Images Editorial Photography Grant, we are able to support such talent as they continue to shed light on some of the most moving and significant moments of our time.”

This year Getty Images received more than 480 applications from photographers in 75 countries.

The projects covered a wide range of emotive and inspiring subject matter, ranging from the European refugee crisis to the cost of war in the middle east.

This year’s panel of notable judges included:

• Alice Gabriner, International Photo Editor, Time Magazine
• Damon Winter, Photographer, The New York Times
• Chelsea Matiash, Photo Editor, The Intercept
• Thomas Simonetti, Photo Editor, Washington Post
• Jean-Francois LeRoy, Director of the Visa pour l’Image festival

Since its conception in 2005, the Getty Images Grants program has provided grants in excess of US$1.4 million to some of the world’s most innovative photographers. Over the last 12 years the program has demonstrated its commitment to photojournalism by providing both emerging and established photographers with the support needed for them to continue their work in pursing projects at the very heart of modern journalism.

For further information, visit:

http://imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_grants/Editorial.html

About the Recipients

Alejandro Cegarra for Living with Hugo Chavez’s Legacy

In the latter years of Hugo Chavez’s presidency, Venezuela enjoyed an oil-fueled economic boom that made his vision of a more equitable, wealthier and safer society seem almost attainable. But by the time of his death, in 2013, he left his successor an economy in shambles, tenuous political support, and rising violence. Four years on, the country the country has been plunged back into a state of poverty and conflict, with citizens struggling to afford food and the youth clashing with the security forces on a regular basis. This project seeks to give a voice to the frustrated and disappointed people of Venezuela who feel consistently ignored by those above them.

Paula Bronstein for The Cost of War

Following the US-backed military operation against ISIS in the Iraqi city of Mosul, the threat to civilians in the region remains high. The use of mines in the city poses a serious problem for civilians, who are the most common victims of such devices. More worrying still is the revelation that, according to the Mines Advisory group, these mines contain 60 times more explosives than a standard anti-personnel mine, drastically increasing the likelihood of death or severe and permanent injury. This project aims to document the silent victims of a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives and left many more maimed.

Antonio Faccilongo for Habibi

The Gaza strip and the West Bank are typically portrayed as places ravaged by conflict, however for the citizens of these regions they are also home, a place where they must build a live amidst the turmoil. This project focuses on the phenomena of ‘sperm smuggling’ by Palestinian women, a practice which allows them to conceive children with their husbands who are serving long term sentences in Israeli prisons. Family remains the most important social structure for many Palestinians and for many of these women this is their only hope for a family.

Barbara Peacock for American Bedroom

The transformation of the pedestrian into objects of artistic merit has long been one of the aims of photography and it is this tradition that the project seeks to continue. In focusing on the commonplace this project hopes to unveil the idiosyncrasies latent in everyday life. The expansive nature of the project invites us to introspect on the complexity of humankind in the west, particularly in America.

Alessandro Penso for The Deal

The refugee crisis in Europe has dominated the media over the last few years, with xenophobia and closed mindedness often leading the debate. It is therefore vital that we ask, what are the consequences of such attitudes? This project explores the way in which EU regulation have failed to adequately welcome refugees by depicting the exploitation and long-term displacement faced by many of these already extremely vulnerable people.