Magnum photographer Martin Parr has joined forces with charity Mencap in an exhibition to celebrate Mexican festival Dia de los Muertos, also known as Day of the Dead. Parr’s work will feature alongside artwork by celebrated artists and fashion designers including Matthew Williamson and esteemed artists Tracey Emin and Gillian Ayres OBE at Proud gallery in Camden this October. All ...

Snap! 2009’s deadline is fast approaching…Mencap, the UK learning disability charity, is calling for budding photographers and film makers with a learning disability and their families and friends to hurry and enter its photo and story competition. If you get your entry in by 9 March 2009 you could be in with the chance of winning a fantastic Fujifilm digital camera. Now in its seventh year, Snap! is Mencap’s photo and ...

London’s Proud Camden gallery played host to a night of celebration, as winners of Mencap’s Snap! photo competition 2008 came together on Wednesday 18th June for the glittering awards party. The winners were presented with Fujifilm digital cameras from the stars of stage and screen with Sarah Lark and Keisha Amposa-Banson from BBC1’s ‘I’d Do Anything’ show and Adam Child from Channel 4’s ‘Shipwrecked’ programme presenting the prizes and congratulating ...