Picture This (British TV series)

Picture This is a cross-platform project from Channel 4, London about photography, in collaboration with independent TV producers Renegade Pictures and Flickr, the photo sharing website.^[2]

Picture This
Genre	Reality
Judges	Martin Parr Brett Rogers Alex Proud
Voices of	Benedict Cumberbatch
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Renegade Pictures[1]
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	6 January (2008-01-06)[2] – 20 January 2008 (2008-01-20)

Picture This comprises a short reality television series following the progress of six up and coming photographers as they are guided by a group of established photographers and gallery owners, and a website (www.channel4.com/picturethis) which is designed to help people improve their photography in a friendly, constructive environment.

The TV show takes the form of a constructive competition judged by photographer Martin Parr of the Magnum Photos photo agency, Brett Rogers of the Photographers' Gallery and Alex Proud of Proud Galleries.^[2]

The TV series consists of three hour long episodes, first broadcast in the UK in January 2008.^[2] The project was commissioned by Jan Younghusband^[3] and Adam Gee.^[2]

The six competitors were Aron Brown, Lucinda Chua, Elizabeth Gordon, Jay Mawson, Carolyn Mendelsohn and Edward Thompson.^[3] Elisabeth Gordon eventually won.^[4] The prize for the winner was an exhibition at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead and a book publishing deal.^[1]