PAST PROJECTS

The People's Beatles is the third in a series of crowdsourced photography projects and follows on from the highly acclaimed The Crown from the Crowd and This is Britain.

Lancé par Photobox, la plus grande communauté photographique d’Europe, The Crown from the Crowd est un projet novateur visant à créer une biographie photographique unique et des images d’archives de la famille royale, comme on le voit déjà à travers l’objectif du grand public britannique au cours du siècle dernier.

Jennie Bond, who served as the BBC’s Royal Correspondent during 14 of the most turbulent years the monarchy has endured, led a nationwide search to plunder the people’s archive of unseen photographs of the Royal Family taken at any one of the estimated 50,000 royal engagements since the Second World War.

The public response was overwhelming with over 2000 photographs submitted dating back to pictures of Queen Victoria taken in the 1890s. The book features over 250 images across eight chapters ranging from Country Life to Pomp & Ceremony, each with a fascinating introduction by best-selling author and social historian Dominic Sandbrook.

Created to commemorate the forthcoming Royal Wedding, the first edition of The Crown from the Crowd was presented to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as a ‘gift from the people', ahead of their wedding day on Saturday 19th May 2018.

The Crowd from the Crowd was sold for £25 with 100% of the profit donated to Help for Heroes.

Avec Rankin, photographe de renommée internationale, le principe derrière This is Britain était aussi simple qu’ambitieux capturer l'essence du quotidien des personnes et des communautés qui composent notre pays. Les visages et les lieux, les moments et les rituels, au travail et dans les loisirs, tels que photographiés par des milliers de gens ordinaires se livrant à leur quotidien pendant un long week-end d'octobre 2017.

After an overwhelming response from YOU – the great British public – Rankin faced the daunting task of selecting the most engaging 300 images from the tens of thousands submitted. These now appear alongside additional images taken by some of the nation's leading photographers and photojournalists, including David Montgomery, Alex Lake, Tracey Welch and Paul Postle.

The book has 14 chapters that reflect the passage of the day, from the waking hour to bedtime and everything in-between. Each chapter features an introduction from a leading personality, including Lorraine Kelly OBE, Rev. Richard Coles, Piers Morgan, Jeremy Vine, Judge Robert Rinder, Denise Van Outen, Ade Adepitan MBE, Kelly Hoppen MBE, Ore Oduba, NIck Hewer, Pixie Lott, Ben Fogle, Spencer Matthews and Ellie Simmonds OBE.

The result amounts to a photographic state-of-the-nation self-portrait by the people, of the people and for the people of Great Britain.

Published on 17th November 2017 – BBC Children in Need 2017 Appeal day – This is Britain was sold for £25 with all profits donated to BBC Children in Need.