Simon Norfolk
Simon Norfolk (born 1963) is a Nigerian-born British architectural and landscape photographer.[1][2] He has produced four photo book monographs of his work. His photographs are held in over a dozen public museum collections.
Life and work
Norfolk was born in Nigeria but was raised in England. Norfolk studied documentary photography at Newport College of Art.[2] He lives and works in Brighton & Hove and Kabul.[3][4]
Norfolk has won the Prix Dialogue de l'Humanite award at Rencontres d'Arles, multiple World Press Photo and Sony World Photography Awards,[5] the Foreign Press Club of America Award, European Publishers Award for Photography[6] and an Infinity Prize from International Center of Photography.[citation needed] In 2003 he was shortlisted for the Citibank Prize[7] (now known as the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize), and in 2013 he won the Prix Pictet Commission.[8] His works have been collected by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston[9] and Tate Modern, London.[10]
Books
- For Most of It I Have No Words: Genocide, Landscape, Memory. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 1998. ISBN 978-1899235667.
- Afghanistan. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2002. ISBN 978-1899235544.
- Afghanistan: Chronotopia.
- Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2002. ISBN 978-2742740512.
- Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2005.
- Bleed. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2005. ISBN 978-1904587194.
- Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2011. ISBN 978-1907893117. Photographs by Norfolk and John Burke.
- Full Spectrum Dominance. Self-published. Edition of 95 copies.
Awards
- 2001: World Press Photo.[5]
- 2002: European Publishers Award for Photography.[6]
- 2003: Citibank Prize, shortlisted.[7][11]
- 2003: Overseas Press Club of America, Olivier Rebbot Award.[citation needed]
- 2004: Infinity Prize, International Center of Photography.[12]
- 2005: Prix Dialogue de l'Humanite award, Rencontres d'Arles.
- 2012: World Press Photo, Portraits.
- 2012: Sony World Photography Awards, Professional Competition, People, 1st place.[13]
- 2012: Association of Photographers, Gold Award, Non-commissioned Project.[14]
- 2013: Prix Pictet Commission.[15][8]
- 2015: Sony World Photography Awards, Professional Competition, Landscape, 1st place.[16]
- 2015: LensCulture Earth Awards, Series Winner, Fine Art / Conceptual.[17]
- 2016: British Archaeological Awards, Best Public Presentation (for "Under London," National Geographic Magazine)[18]
- 2020 Shifting Foundation Grant
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- For most of it I have no words. Side Gallery, Newcastle. June–August 1999.[19]
Group exhibitions
- Afghanistan: Chronotopia, part of The Citibank Prize, The Photographers' Gallery, London, 2003.[20]
- Prix Pictet Commission photographs, Somerset House, London, 10–27 October 2013.[8] With Munem Wasif, Ed Kashi, and Chris Jordan.
- AOP50: Images that Defined the Age.[21]
Collections
Norfolk's work is held in the following public collections:
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.[9]
- Tate Modern, London.[10]
- International Center of Photography (ICP)[22]
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.[23][24]
- Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle.[25]
- National Media Museum, Bradford, UK.[26]
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[27]
- Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.[28]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California [29]
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK.[30]
- Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri.[31]
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.[32]
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.[33]
- Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin.[34]
- Portland Art Museum, Oregon.[35]
- George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York.[36]
- Hyman Collection, London.[37]
References
- ^ "Simon Norfolk". Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ a b Norfolk, Simon (23 October 2008). "Simon Norfolk's best shot". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "Simon Norfolk: "Photography Has to Turn into a Moral Imperative" | Bleek Magazine". Bleek Magazine. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "SIMON NORFOLK – calamita/à". calamitaproject.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Simon Norfolk wins a portrait prize in World Press Photo". British Journal of Photography. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Previous winners Archived 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine", European Publishers Award for Photography. Accessed 8 May 2014.
- ^ a b "London Photography Exhibitions". jfFrank. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ a b c Norfolk, Simon (28 June 2013). "Prix Pictet: Simon Norfolk in Afghanistan". London: Financial Times. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Search the Collection". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Simon Norfolk: born 1963". Tate Modern. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ Searle, Adrian (4 February 2003). "Love and rockets". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Past Recipients". International Center of Photography. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "1st place, Simon Norfolk, UK | World Photography Organisation". www.worldphoto.org (in Italian). Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "The Photographers Awards 2012". www.the-aop.org. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "Simon Norfolk: Body of Work". Prix Pictet. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "Simon Norfolk, UK, 1st Place | World Photography Organisation". www.worldphoto.org. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ LensCulture, Simon Norfolk |. "When I Am Laid In Earth: Mapping with a Pyrograph - Interview with Simon Norfolk | LensCulture". LensCulture. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "2016 Winners | British Archaeological Awards". www.archaeologicalawards.com. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ "For most of it I have no words", Amber Online. Archived by the Wayback Machine on 7 March 2016.
- ^ Searle, Adrian (4 February 2003). "Love and rockets". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ Celebrating 50 Years of the Association of Photographers,' London, UK.
- ^ "The North Gate of Baghdad (After Corot)". International Center of Photography. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ Norfolk, Simon (2003), The North Gate of Baghdad, retrieved 27 December 2017
- ^ Norfolk, Simon (2003), King Amanullah's 1919 Victory Arch at Paghman, retrieved 27 December 2017
- ^ "Henry Art Gallery".
- ^ "Thirty large format c-type colour prints by Simon Norfolk".
- ^ "Search". SFMOMA. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "ACM". www.cartermuseum.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Search | LACMA". www.lacma.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "You searched for - Wolverhampton Arts & Culture". www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Afghan refugees at Jalozai camp, Peshawar, Pakistan". Archived from the original on 29 December 2017.
- ^ "Large Hadron Collider No. 6, CERN Labs, Switzerland – Results – Search Objects – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art". art.nelson-atkins.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Date Grove, Haifa Street, Baghdad | Cleveland Museum of Art". www.clevelandart.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "The Bombed, Burned, and Looted Ministry of Planning, Baghdad | Milwaukee Art Museum". collection.mam.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Portland Art Museum | Online Collections". www.portlandartmuseum.us. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Results | Search Objects | George Eastman Museum". collections.eastman.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Search - Hyman Collection - British Photography". www.britishphotography.org. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
