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Claudette Holmes

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Claudette May Holmes (born 1962) is a British photographer. Her work, which uses elements of montage and hand-colouring, has challenged stereotypical representations of Black British people.[1]

Life

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Claudette Holmes was born in 1962 in Birmingham, England. In the early 1980s she worked in community arts in Birmingham.[1] In 1982, she exhibited in Closing the Gap at the University of Aston and Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry.[2]

In 1990, Holmes was among several female black and Asian photographers featured in the documentary Sistren in Photography.[3] The 1993 exhibition From Negative Stereotype to Positive Image included her work alongside that of three other Birmingham photographers: Sir Benjamin Stone (1838–1914), Ernest Dyche (1887–1973) and Vanley Burke (born 1951).[4] In 1996, she won the Chrissie Bailey Photography and Education Award.[1]

Exhibitions

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References

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  1. ^ a b c James, Peter (2002). "Holmes, Claudette May". In Alison Donnell (ed.). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-134-70025-7.
  2. ^ "Claudette Holmes, Photographer". Birmingham Images. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Sistren in Photography". Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ^ James, Peter (2002). "From Negative Stereotype to Positive Image". In Alison Donnell (ed.). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. pp. 119–120. ISBN 978-1-134-70025-7.
  5. ^ Keen, Melanie; Elizabeth Ward, eds. (1996). Recordings: a select bibliography of contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean and Asian British Art (PDF). p. 31.