Most of all we hope to inspire the new and or younger generations of artists and give them a place to research, find courses and eventually show their work. With help from donations, retail and possibly grants we will fund photographic projects and photographers documenting life in the UK. Please note that there is no charge for uploads.
Our immediate and long term aims:
     - Build an online exhibition space: D.E.S.
     - Create a quarterly Magazine.
     - Fund Commissioned Projects.
     - Promote documentary photographers.
     - Publish small collections of images.
     - Pay royalties to the photographers.
     - Open a Gallery.
     - Create an Educational platform.
     - Create a "kids with cameras" initiative.

All things evolve and there are a lot of ideas floating around for the future.
If you have a body of work that you feel is important, please get in touch.
If you have a link to educational and or photographic related text and Images, please also get in touch.
If you would like to support the CBDP with an advert, again, please get in touch
The CBDP needs your help. We are interested in large and small bodies of work, the minimum requirement is 10/15 quality images that work in the sphere of documentary. 
Ideally you have a website which is preferred but we can link to Twitter and Instagram. In every case you must add a backlink to our website. Platforms are perfect, we suggest Webador. 
Do make contact for advice, we are here to assist if we can. Due to funding and space limitations, not all work can be accepted, but please get in get in touch.
           

Remember, if you want to be involved the concept is simple: Here is a an opportunity for you to send us your work - FOR FREE - and we will build you a page with slide show all of your own. Please note: due to space limitation and funding, we cannot achieve this for all of you, but right now the door is open to photographers that are creating work that is interesting and relevant to the here and now. What has been created is an open platform so that everyone can share their vision in a balanced way. 
This is an attempt at building a professional publishing base for modern British documentary photographers.
Grassroots documentary work is important, and it is worth sharing, it empowers the subject and the viewer and it also inspires. 
For all involved there is the potential to be included in our paid publishing structure, this will work on a fixed fee per issue sold.
Please get in touch with us if you feel that you would like to be a part of the CBDP and have your work included here on the website and then maybe in print format too.
We are a friendly bunch happy to help and advise where we can. 
Note that the Centre will display work only, the copyright is obviously retained by the photographer.
The CBDP does not act as agency or cooperative. You must be willing to submit work for inclusion in our magazine or at least consider this as a place to aim for. 

Documentary photographers have covered everything from wars to births and have created a lasting legacy of incredible artistic images and historic record. It tells us where we have come from and where we might be going. It is art and news and everything in between. It is a powerful tool that has helped to change attitudes to war and working conditions, it has altered housing for the poor and highlighted both the good and bad in us humans. Today documentary photography is used to deliver strong images of climate change and drought and desperate people on the move across the globe. It is also used to record the details and tell the stories of smaller events that make up the fabric of our society and culture. Its reach and power to inform us makes it one of the most important forms of photography and journalism.
We welcome and wish to support photographers from all walks of life and are particularly interested in work that records the every day journey that all of us experience.