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Siân Davey (born 1964) is a British photographer. Her work focuses on her family, community and self, and is informed by her background in psychology.[1]
Davey has published two books, Looking for Alice (2015) and Martha (2018). In 2017 she had a solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London [2] Royal Photographic Society 's Hood Medal for Looking for Alice. [3]
Life and work
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Davey was born in Brighton in 1964. She studied painting at Bath Academy of Fine Art (1985) and social policy at the University of Brighton (1990).[4] psychotherapist for 15 years before taking up photography in 2014, which she studied at Plymouth University (MA 2014 and MFA 2016).[1] [4] [5]
Her photographic practice focuses on her family, community and self, and is informed by her background in psychology.[1] [5] Looking for Alice is a portrait of her daughter Alice who has Down syndrome .[6] Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition.[5] [7] Trolley Books in 2015. In 2016, Looking for Alice was shortlisted for Photobook of the Year in the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards .[8]
Davey's teenage daughter Martha assisted with the creation of Looking for Alice. This led to Davey's next series Martha that focuses on Martha and her teenage friends.[1] [9] [10] [11]
In 2017, Davey exhibited her series Together as a pop-up exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London . The work was made as a commission for the McCain Foods We Are Family series "which celebrates British families in all their shapes and sizes".[2] [12] [13] [14]
Publications
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Looking for Alice. London: Trolley , 2015. ISBN 978-1-907112-52-2 . With a text by David Chandler.
Martha. London: Trolley, 2018. With a foreword by Kate Bush.
Awards
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Solo exhibitions
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References
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^ a b "Hood Medal - RPS" . www.rps.org . Retrieved 29 April 2018 .
^ a b "IPE 160 - Selector Q&A - Sian Davey" . Retrieved 29 April 2018 .
^ a b c "Siân Davey on the ways psychotherapy has informed her photography" . It's Nice That . 10 October 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018 .
^ Seymour, Tom (10 December 2015). "Sian Davey's best photograph – my daughter Alice, who has Down's syndrome" . The Guardian . Retrieved 18 March 2018 .
^ "Looking for Alice: a mother's gradual acceptance of her daughter, born with Down's Syndrome – British Journal of Photography" . www.bjp-online.com . Retrieved 18 March 2018 .
^ "Photobook Awards 2016 : the shortlist - PARIS PHOTO" . www.parisphoto.com . 5 June 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018 .
^ O'Kelly, Lisa (28 April 2018). "Siân Davey on capturing her teenage daughter's life on camera" . The Guardian . Retrieved 29 April 2018 .
^ "On the cusp of adulthood, a teenage life laid bare" . Huck Magazine . Retrieved 29 April 2018 .
^ "Taylor Wessing photographic portrait prize 2016 – in pictures" . The Guardian . 16 November 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2018 .
^ a b "Food for thought in Sian Davey's new series, Together – British Journal of Photography" . www.bjp-online.com . Retrieved 29 April 2018 .
^ "We Are Family - National Portrait Gallery" . www.npg.org.uk . Retrieved 18 March 2018 .
^ Thompson, Jessie (19 September 2017). "A series of portraits celebrates the humble family dinner" . www.standard.co.uk . Retrieved 14 January 2021 .
^ "Yael Martinez Wins $40K 2019 W. Eugene Smith Grant" . PDN Online . 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019 .
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