Biography
'My photography is about social engagement. I am constantly excited by how photographs can arouse curiosity, tell stories in different voices and help us see through different eyes.'
Liz graduated from Brighton University with a first class BA Honours in Editorial Photography in 2007. She went on to receive a two-year scholarship with FABRICA research and communications department in Italy. She completed an MSc with distinction in Social Anthropology at University College London in 2011.
'Under Gods’ stories from Soho road was published in March 2011 By Dewi Lewis publishing. She recently received the Getty Image Grant to continue her work raising awareness for the cycle of child poverty in the developed world.
Liz is currently artist in residence at The Migration Research Unit based in University College London and undertaking her own research into issues of urban faith in Paris.
Liz is a member of picturetank agency and pleased to use KODAK Portra 800
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Exhibitions
2011
Ring Cube gallery, Tokyo PDN emerging 30 St Barnabas Soho, London "Our Lives" HOST Gallery, London "Under Gods"
2010
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery "Under Gods’ stories from Soho road"
- Getty Image Gallery London ‘The Ian Parry Scholarship award winners’
- Visa Pour La image festival, Perpignan ‘Under Gods’ stories from Soho road
- Rencontres d’Arles ‘Under Gods’ night projection
- Birmingham University ‘Handsworth 25 years on’
- University College London ‘Under Gods’ stories from Soho road
2009
- Studio la Citta, Verona ‘Under Gods’
- The Truman Brewery, Shoreditch 'Minba chair' installation
- National Portrait Gallery ‘Taylor Wessing Portrait prize’
- Wolverhampton Museum and Art Gallery ‘Hungry’
- Vyner Street Gallery, London ‘Salon09’
2008
- Winchester University Link Gallery ‘With Others’ solo show
- The Village Underground, London ‘Finding Home’
- Pheonix Gallery, Brighton ‘Brighton photofringe’
- Gallerie de la tapestrie, France ‘Entre-deux’
- The Proud galleries, London ‘Renaissance’
2007
Awards
2011
- Getty Editorial Grant winner
- Winner of the Alexandra Boulat Scholarship
- Nominated for the Joop Swart Masterclass
- Named one of PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers
2010
- Ian Parry International Scholarship, Highly commended
- Eugene Smith Award, Finalist, New York
- Canon female photojournalist award winner
- Magenta Foundation Flash Forward award winner
- World in Focus photo essay category winner
- BJP Project assistant award shortlist
2009
2008
- ‘Renaissance’ Photography for Breast cancer finalist
- Fabrica research and communications department Scholarship
2007
- Terry O’Neil award
- The Ian Parry photography scholarship, commended
- Skin Studios Scholarship
2006
- UNLTD Foundation' grant
Articles in Journals
Visual Studies, (Vol. 26, Issue.3, 2011) “Photographer as researcher in the project ‘Under Gods: Stories from Soho Road”
Anthropology Matters Journal, (Spring/Autumn, 2011) Knowledge Transfer: Exchanging Knowledge with the Field. "Photographer/ Researcher: notes from the field of faith"
Social Alternatives Journal, (Vol.29 Issue 4, 2011) ‘The photographic narrative: alternative exposures’ “Showcase - Under Gods’ stories from Soho Road”