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Edmund Clarke lecture
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Date: 13th March 11
Time: 2:00PM - 4:30PM
Location: Plymouth University
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Contact: Jenny Leathes
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Phone: 01209211156
Cost: TBC
Type: Lecture
Region: South West
A lecture by Edmund Clarke, sponsored by RPS Headquarters, Edmund will be showing and talking about his work, examples of which can be found at www.edmundclark.com
Biography
With a reputation for combining strong ideas with an ability to work in sensitive situations, Edmund Clark is best known for his powerful, thoughtful and beautiful images exploring the consequences of control and incarceration.
Awards include the British Journal of Photography International Photography Award for 2009 for his ongoing series about Guantanamo Bay, a 2008 Terry O’Neill/IPG Award for Contemporary British Photography for his book Still Life Killing Time, and a Gold Pencil at the 2003 One Show Awards in New York.
His work has been acquired for public and private collections, including The National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and he has worked as an Artist-in-Residence for the National Trust in Britain.
Selected Exhibitions
Prime Years, Houston Center for Photography, Texas, November 2009-January 2010
BJP International Award, Association of Photographers Gallery, London, November 2009
Baby Fathers , Seen But Not Heard, Hereford Photography Festival, May-June 2009
Terry O’Neill Awards, Fulham Palace Gallery, November 2008- April 2009 Still Life Killing Time, Studio Macrillante, Pingyao Photography Festival, China, 2008
Still Life Killing Time, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, February – April 2008 Still Life Killing Time, Light House Gallery, Wolverhampton, January - March 2008
Faces and Memories of Centenarians, Bloomingdale’s, San Francisco, June 2007
Faces and Memories of Centenarians, Bloomingdale’s, Soho, New York, November 2006
Still Life Killing Time, Screening, Kaunas Photo Days, Lithuania, October 2006
Faces and Memories of Centenarians, Spitz Gallery, London, November 2005
Baby Fathers, Wasps Studio Gallery, Glasgow, June 2005
Still Life Killing Time, Frame Zero Gallery, London, Sept - Oct 2004
On Trust: People and Place, National Trust Gallery, Osterley House, London, March - April 2004
Baby Fathers, Platform for Art Exhibition, Piccadilly Circus, London, June - August 2002
Tree Street, Architecture Foundation, London, May - June 2000
Selected Publications
Guantanamo: If the light goes out & Letters to Omar, Foto 8 Biannual, Autumn 2009
Guantanamo: If the light goes out, British Journal of Photography, November 2009
Baby Fathers, Esquire Russia, October 2009
Still Life Killing Time, L’Homme Actuel, January 2007
Still Life Killing Time, Ag Magazine, December 2007
Still Life Killing Time, Dewi Lewis Publishing, ISBN 978-1-904587-53-8, November 2007
Still Life Killing Time, Guardian Newspaper and website slideshow, November 2007
Profile, F2 Magazine, August 2007
Home Stretch, Frankfurter Rundschu Magazin, December 2006
Still Life Killing Time, British Journal of Photography - October 2004
Still Life Killing Time, Photo District News, February 2004
Baby Fathers, New Images of Teenage Fatherhood, Teenage Pregnancy Unit, December 2002
Baby Fathers, Independent on Sunday Review, June 2002
Tree Street, Independent Magazine, April 2000
Home Stretch, Independent on Sunday Review, February 1999
Nowhere To Go, Asylum Seekers in Britain - Independent on Sunday Review, July 1996
Further details of the venue and cost will be advised when finalised