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Edmund Clark

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Edmund Clark HonFRPS is a British artist and photographer whose work explores politics, representation, incarceration and control. His research based work combines a range of references and forms including bookmaking, installations, photography, video, documents, text and found images and material. Several of his projects explore the War on Terror.[1]

His notable projects include Guantanamo: If The Light Goes Out,[2][3] Control Order House,[4][5][6] The Mountains of Majeed,[7][8][9] and Negative Publicity: Artefacts of Extraordinary Rendition (in collaboration with researcher and writer Crofton Black).[10][11] Edmund Clark's awards include the 2009 International Photography Award from The British Journal of Photography,[12] 2016 Rencontres d'Arles Photo-Text Book Award[13] and 2017 Infinity Award in Documentary and Photojournalism category from International Center of Photography.[14] In 2018 Clark was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society. Edmund Clark was the Ikon Gallery's artist-in-residence at Europe's only wholly therapeutic community prison, HM Prison Grendon from 2014 until 2018. Supported by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, the residency culminated in the publication of My Shadow's Reflection (Ikon Gallery: Birmingham and Here Press: London) and a solo exhibition In Place of Hate at Ikon Gallery.[15][16][17]

Life and career

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Clark worked as a researcher in London and Brussels before gaining a postgraduate diploma in photojournalism at London College of Communication.[18]

He gained access to Guantanamo Bay detention camp and to a house under a control order (housing an individual held under the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011). His book Control Order House is his response to a period he spent staying in a house with a man known as 'CE' who had been placed under a Control Order due to his suspected involvement with terrorist-related activity. Clark spent three days working in the house taking a large number of quick, uncomposed photographs surveying the site. These images, along with architectural plans of the house, redacted documents relating to the case and a diary kept by 'CE' form a portrait of sorts: of the site and its inhabitant and of the structure of legal restriction imposed and represented by the house.[19]

Publications

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  • Still Life: Killing Time. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2007. ISBN 978-1904587538
  • Guantanamo: If the Light Goes Out. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2010. ISBN 978-1904587965
  • Control Order House. London: Here, 2013. ISBN 978-0-9574724-0-2. Edition of 250 copies.
  • The Mountains of Majeed. London: Here, 2014. ISBN 978-0-9574724-8-8. 8 photographs, 4 paintings by Majeed, 3 Taliban poems. Edition of 450 copies.
  • Negative Publicity: Artefacts of Extraordinary Rendition. New York: Aperture and Magnum Foundation, 2016. ISBN 978-1-59711-351-9.
    • Second edition. New York: New York: Aperture and Magnum Foundation, 2017.
  • My Shadow's Reflection. London: Here; Birmingham: Ikon Gallery, 2018. ISBN 978-1-911155-15-7. Edition of 1000 copies.

Awards

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Exhibitions

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Permanent collections

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References

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  1. ^ "The long read: Edmund Clark and Crofton Black on the War on Terror". The British Journal of Photography. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Official website". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ Lane, Guy (3 November 2010). "If the Light Goes Out: Edmund Clark's pictures of Guantánamo Bay". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Official website". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. ^ Clark, Edmund (8 March 2013). "Edmund Clark: control order house". Financial Times. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (3 June 2013). "At home with a suspected terrorist". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Official website". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  8. ^ Smyth, Dian (7 July 2015). "Edmund Clark photographed Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base, home to more than 40,000 people". The British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  9. ^ Brook, Pete (24 February 2015). "The 40,000 People on Bagram Air Base Haven't Actually Seen Afghanistan". Wired Magazine. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Official website". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  11. ^ Bayley, Bruno (22 March 2016). "Exposing the Black Sites Behind Extraordinary Rendition". Vice Magazine. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  12. ^ Abel-Hirsch, Hannah (29 November 2017). "BJP International Photography Award: Past winners". The British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  13. ^ "ANNOUNCING 2016 PHOTO-TEXT BOOK AWARD". Magnum Foundation. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  14. ^ "ICP Announces 2017 Infinity Awards". International Center of Photography. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  15. ^ Green, Miranda (29 November 2017). "In Place of Hate: Edmund Clark's new work from Grendon prison". FT Magazine. Financial Times. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  16. ^ Ramm, Jessica (6 March 2018). "IN PLACE OF HATE". MAP Magazine. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Edmund Clark's immersive study of prison life goes on show at the Ikon Gallery". 1854 Photography. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Prix Pictet Biography". 20 June 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  19. ^ "Recent Acquisitions". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  20. ^ "BJP International Photography Award: Past winners". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  21. ^ "2011 lucie awards – october 24, 2011 rose theatre, jazz at lincoln center, new york". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  22. ^ "IPA Winners 2011".
  23. ^ "New York Photo Awards 2011 - General Category Winners". Vimeo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  24. ^ "Power: The Fourth Prix Pictet Shortlist". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  25. ^ "Ponchielli Prize 2012". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  26. ^ "Awards & Grants". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  27. ^ "Kassel Photobook Award 2013". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  28. ^ "Kassel Photobook Award 2011". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  29. ^ "MAGNUM FOUNDATION EMERGENCY FUND GRANTEES ANNOUNCED!". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  30. ^ "The Roddick Foundation". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  31. ^ "ANNOUNCING 2016 PHOTO-TEXT BOOK AWARD". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  32. ^ "2017 Grant Recipients". Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  33. ^ "ICP Announces 2017 Infinity Awards". 10 January 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  34. ^ "Edmund Clark - Prix Pictet - The global award in photography and sustainability". www.prixpictet.com. 20 June 2012.
  35. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (16 August 2012). "Political, provocative, personal: photography to look forward to". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  36. ^ "The Royal Photographic Society Awards 2018". rps.org. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  37. ^ "Edmund Clark: The Mountains of Majeed". Flowers Gallery. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  38. ^ Thompson, Marcus (11 February 2015). "The Mythical Beauty of Afghanistan is Invisible to the Military". Vice. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  39. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (9 February 2015). "The idyllic art of Bagram airbase: Edmund Clark's Mountains of Majeed". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  40. ^ Brook, Pete (24 February 2015). "The 40,000 People on Bagram Air Base Haven't Actually Seen Afghanistan". Wired. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  41. ^ "Press release". Zephyr, Reiss Engelhorn Museum. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  42. ^ "Press Release" (PDF). Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  43. ^ King, Alex (22 July 2016). "The artist peering into the darkest corners of the War on Terror: From suburbia to Guantanamo". Huck. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  44. ^ Herd, Colin (August 2016). Security Measures. Aesthetica.
  45. ^ "A new exhibition paints the war on terror as a bureaucratic nightmare". The Economist. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  46. ^ Nayeri, Farah (18 August 2016). "An Artist Takes an Unflinching Look at the Fight Against Terror". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  47. ^ Stacey, Joy (3 September 2016). "War of Terror: Edmund Clark at the Imperial War Museum, London". Ibraaz. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  48. ^ Vandenbrouck, Melanie (9 September 2016). "A Frightening Take on the War on Terror at the IWM". Apollo. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  49. ^ "Edmund Clark: In Place of Hate". Ikon Gallery. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  50. ^ Fullerton, Elizabeth (15 February 2018). "Bock and Clark share a sensitive approach to their subjects". Apollo. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  51. ^ Duguid, Rosalind (18 January 2018). "Edmund Clark: In Place of Hate". Elephant. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  52. ^ Fairhead, Edward (17 January 2018). "Interview - Edmund Clark". E-International Relations. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  53. ^ "Edmund Clark's immersive study of prison life goes on show at the Ikon Gallery". British Journal of Photography. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  54. ^ Green, Miranda (29 November 2017). "In Place of Hate: Edmund Clark's new work from Grendon prison". FT Magazine. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  55. ^ Watkins, Emily (5 April 2017). "Edmund Clark at HMP Grendon". Plinth. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  56. ^ Can, Gülnaz (29 January 2018). "The Day the Music Died: the exhibition pairing Don McLean with Guantánamo Bay". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  57. ^ "War against terrorism through the eyes of Edmund Clark". L’Oeil de la Photographie. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  58. ^ Backman, Marjorie (5 March 2018). "Photographs Trace US Government Abuses, from Manzanar to Guantánamo". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  59. ^ a b Tauer, Kristen (29 January 2018). "'Edmund Clark: The Day the Music Died' Mounted at ICP Museum". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  60. ^ Phongsirivech, Pimploy (26 January 2018). "Photographer edmund clark urges his audience to contemplate the war on terror". Interview. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  61. ^ Martinique, Elena (22 December 2017). "America's Response to International Terrorism As Seen by Edmund Clark". Widewalls. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  62. ^ "Edmund Clark: The Day the Music Died". International Center of Photography. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  63. ^ "Edmund Clark: The Mountains of Majeed". Flowers Gallery. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  64. ^ "Press release" (PDF). Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  65. ^ "Press release" (PDF). Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  66. ^ Edmund Clark. "Edmund Clark - Artist - Collection". Fotomuseum.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  67. ^ "George Eastman Museum". Collections.eastman.org. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  68. ^ "Imperial War Museums". Iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  69. ^ "Collection: CLARK EDMUND (MR) | Imperial War Museums". Iwm.org.uk. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  70. ^ "The MFAH Collections". Emuseum.mfah.org. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  71. ^ "Edmund Clark | Science Museum Group Collection".
  72. ^ "Edmund Clark - National Portrait Gallery".
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