An estimated 250,000 people will take part in a crowdsourced photography shoot from October 20-22, 2017 to document life in the UK.<\/p>\n
Anyone can join noted portrait and fashion photographer Rankin to submit images to the This is Britain<\/em> project.<\/p>\n The top 500 photographs taken will then be made into a book with all profits donated to BBC Children in Need.<\/p>\n Rankin said: \u201cThis weekend we will hold a mirror up to ourselves, asking who are are?<\/p>\n “From John o’ Groats to Land’s End we want to capture and celebrate the extraordinary spectrum of colours and characters that make up our society and binds us together as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n Submissions have already started coming in with a select number seen here.<\/p>\n [collection name=”small”]<\/p>\n The project aims to capture a day in the life of the UK with submission categories ranging from ‘breakfast’ all the way through to ‘so to bed.’<\/p>\n Rankin will choose the final contents of the book, which will be published in time for Christmas with the hope to raise \u00a3250,000 for BBC Children in Need.<\/p>\n Other photographers contributing to the project include\u00a0David Montgomery, the first American photographer to capture the Queen, and rock photographer\u00a0Paul Postle.<\/p>\n Montgomery said: \u201cI wanted to get involved with this project because I believe that it is a unique opportunity to really understand the world that we live in today.”<\/p>\n Ahead of the project, Rankin released a photography masterclass to inspire everyone to capture images. The short two minute video clip can be watched below.<\/p>\n\n
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