Sophie Gerrard

Sophie Gerrard
Born1978
Edinburgh
NationalityBritish
EducationBSc (Hons) Environmental Sciences, Manchester University MA in Photojournalism & Documentary Photography, London College of Communication
OccupationDocumentary Photographer

Sophie Gerrard (born 1978) is a Scottish documentary photographer whose work focuses on environmental and social themes. She is a lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University, a member of the board of trustees for Impressions Gallery in Bradford, and a co-founder member of Document Scotland. She has won the Jerwood Photography Award, the Fuji Film Bursary and the Magenta Foundation Award.[1]

Early life and education

Gerrard was born in 1978 in Edinburgh.[2] She graduated from Manchester University in 1999 as an environmental scientist. Her interest in environmental and social issues led her to obtain a photography degree from Edinburgh College of Art and a M.A in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the London College of Communication in 2006.[3]

Career

In 2012, she co-founded Document Scotland with Colin McPherson, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert and Stephen McLaren.[1] Her work has been featured regularly in The Guardian Weekend Magazine, the Financial Times Magazine, the Telegraph Saturday Magazine, the Independent on Sunday, and by Save The Children and Greenpeace International.[3] "Drawn To The Land" which she started in 2012, is an ongoing project examining the importance of representation. The project documents the lives of female hill farmers who work in a predominantly male sector.[4]

Publications

Zines by Gerrard

  • Tunnock's. Southport: Café Royal, 2015. Edition of 150 copies.
  • Document Scotland. Southport: Café Royal, 2015. A zine each by Gerrard (Tunnock's), Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert (North Sea Fishing), Stephen McLaren (Dookits) and Colin McPherson (Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw), in a case. Edition of 50 copies.

Publications with contributions by Gerrard

  • Common Ground. Document Scotland, 2014. Includes two photo essays from each Document Scotland member, including Gerrard, plus work by members of Welsh photography collective A Fine Beginning. With essays by Malcolm Dickson and Anne McNeill. Published to accompany an exhibition at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow.[5]

Awards

  • 2007: One of 6 joint winners, Jerwood Photography Award.[6]
  • 2007: One of 25 joint UK Winners, Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Award.[7]
  • 2012: Finalist, Photography Open Salon, Arles - To See or not to See.[8]
  • 2014: One of 10 selected for FotoDocument One Planet Living Commission, Brighton, UK.[9]

Group exhibitions

References

  1. ^ a b "Sophie Gerrard". Napier. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ Houghton, Max (18 September 2014). "Sophie Gerrard: Drawn to the Land". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Sophie Gerrard : FotoDocument". FotoDocument. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. ^ "'Drawn to the Land' by Sophie Gerrard". National Trust. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Common Ground – our new publication". Document Scotland. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Jerwood Photography Award 2007 - Jerwood Visual Arts". Jerwood Visual Arts. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Flash Forward 2007 – The Magenta Foundation". The Magenta Foundation. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Finalists 2012 « Photography Open Salon". photographyopensalon.org. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  9. ^ "One Planet City Commission In Partnership With FotoDocument | Photoworks". Photoworks. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Document Scotland: A collective capturing a nation". The Scotsman. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Exhibition: "Seeing Ourselves"". Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  12. ^ "Document Scotland: The Ties That Bind". Time Out.
  13. ^ "Art review: Mixed messages on Scottish independence". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  14. ^ "Scotland's wild, untameable countryside and the women who work it". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  15. ^ Sutton-Hibbert, Jeremy. "The photography collective exploring Scotland's past and present". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  16. ^ "Caledonia dreamin': the best of Scottish photography – in pictures". The Guardian. 16 September 2014. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 October 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
  17. ^ "Document Scotland, Beyond the Border: New Contemporary Photography from Scotland, Impressions Gallery, Bradford". Aesthetica. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  18. ^ "Beyond the Border: New Contemporary Photography from Scotland". The Maltings Theatre & Cinema. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  19. ^ "Beautiful Photos of What May Be the World's Next National Border". The New Republic. Retrieved 30 October 2018.