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Sophie Gerrard
Born1978
Edinburgh
NationalityBritish
EducationBSc (Hons) Environmental Sciences, Manchester University MA in Photojournalism & Documentary Photography, London College of Communication
OccupationDocumentary Photographer

Sophie Gerrard (born in 1978) is a Scottish documentary photographer whose work focuses on environmental and social themes. She is currently a lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University and a member of the board of trustees for Impressions Gallery in Bradford.

Early life

Gerrard was born in 1978 in Edinburgh.[1] She graduated from Manchester University in 1999 as an environmental scientist. Her interest in environmental and social issues led her to obtain a photography degree from Edinburgh College of Art and a M.A in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the London College of Communication in 2006.[2]

Career

Gerrard is a documentary photographer who has won the Jerwood Photography Award, the Fuji Film Bursary and the Magenta Foundation Award.[3] In 2012, she co-founded Document Scotland with Colin McPherson, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert and Stephen McLaren.[3] Her work has been featured regularly in The Guardian Weekend Magazine, the Financial Times Magazine, the Telegraph Saturday Magazine, the Independent on Sunday, Save The Children and Greenpeace International.[2] "Drawn To The Land" which she started in 2012 is an ongoing project examining the importance of representation, the project documents the lives of female hill farmers who work in a predominantly male sector.[4]

Zines by Gerrard

  • Tunnock's. Southport: Café Royal, 2015. Edition of 150 copies.
  • Document Scotland. Southport: Café Royal, 2015. A zine each by Gerrard (Tunnock's), Sutton-Hibbert (North Sea Fishing), McLaren (Dookits) and McPherson (Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw), in a case. Edition of 50 copies.

Awards

Winner

  • 2007: One of 6 joint winners, Jerwood Photography Award.[5]
  • 2007: One of 25 joint UK Winners, Magenta Flash Forward Award.[6]
  • 2014: One of 10 selected for FotoDocument One Planet Living Commission, Brighton, UK.[7]

Finalist

  • 2012: Photography Open Salon, Arles - To See or not to See.[8]

Group exhibitions

References

  1. ^ Houghton, Max (2014-09-18). "Sophie Gerrard: Drawn to the Land". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  2. ^ a b "Sophie Gerrard : FotoDocument". FotoDocument. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  3. ^ a b "Sophie Gerrard". Napier. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  4. ^ "'Drawn to the Land' by Sophie Gerrard". National Trust. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  5. ^ "Jerwood Photography Award 2007 - Jerwood Visual Arts". Jerwood Visual Arts. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  6. ^ Foundation, The Magenta. "Flash Forward 2007 – The Magenta Foundation". The Magenta Foundation. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  7. ^ "One Planet City Commission In Partnership With FotoDocument | Photoworks". Photoworks. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  8. ^ "Finalists 2012 « Photography Open Salon". photographyopensalon.org. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  9. ^ "Document Scotland: A collective capturing a nation". The Scotsman. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Exhibition: "Seeing Ourselves"". Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Document Scotland: The Ties That Bind". Time Out.
  12. ^ "Art review: Mixed messages on Scottish independence". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  13. ^ "Scotland's wild, untameable countryside and the women who work it". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  14. ^ Sutton-Hibbert, Jeremy. "The photography collective exploring Scotland's past and present". The Independent. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Caledonia dreamin': the best of Scottish photography – in pictures". The Guardian. 16 September 2014. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 October 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
  16. ^ "Document Scotland, Beyond the Border: New Contemporary Photography from Scotland, Impressions Gallery, Bradford". Aesthetica. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  17. ^ "Beyond the Border: New Contemporary Photography from Scotland". The Maltings Theatre & Cinema. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Beautiful Photos of What May Be the World's Next National Border". The New Republic. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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