Nikon and FotoDocument are marking the 10th anniversary of the internationally acclaimed Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award with a special weekend celebrating the vital contribution of women to documentary photography. The event runs from Friday 18 to Sunday 20 September 2026 at POST, Brighton and Hove’s new photography centre, and immerses visitors in a decade of groundbreaking visual storytelling. You can find full details and tickets via FotoDocument.

At its heart is a retrospective exhibition drawing together highlights from ten years of award-winning projects. The weekend opens with an artist talk and the exhibition launch of When the Earth Gives Birth by the newly announced 2026 award winner, Johanna Alarcón, and visitors can also explore a dedicated display of the iconic photographs and books of the award’s late namesake, the pioneering twentieth-century photojournalist Marilyn Stafford, whose career spanned everyone from Einstein and Edith Piaf to Algerian refugees and Indira Gandhi.

Nikon’s support extends beyond the exhibition to nurturing the next generation. The company is running a free, students-only workshop and portfolio reviews with Nikon Ambassador Carolyn Mendelsohn, aimed at helping emerging documentary photographers take their next step. It’s the kind of hands-on access that’s genuinely hard to come by early in a career, and it’s good to see a major manufacturer putting real weight behind documentary work — and specifically behind women’s long-underrepresented role within it.

For anyone near Brighton, or with an interest in documentary photography and photojournalism, it looks a weekend well worth the trip.

Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 10th anniversary: Event highlights

Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 10th anniversary: Dates, tickets and location

The event takes place from Friday 18 to Sunday 20 September 2026 at POST, Brighton and Hove’s new photography centre. Tickets are available now via FotoDocument.