TESSA BUNNEY PHOTOGRAPHY www.tessabunney.co.uk Curriculum Vitae PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Since graduating from West Surrey College of Art and Design in 1988, I have worked as a documentary photographer undertaking personal projects and editorial photography as well as a wide range of commissions and residencies nationally and internationally. My work has been published widely including the Guardian Weekend, The Financial Times Magazine, National Geographic, Geographical, foto8, The Sunday Times Magazine, Private Photo Review, Daylight, HotShoe and the British Journal of Photography. I also run occasional workshops within the community and regularly give talks to a wide range of community groups, galleries, schools and universities. As a photographer, I have a particular interest in different landscapes and the way they are shaped by human activity. Working closely with communities and individuals, I love to explore the intricacies of rural life and in recent years have collaborated with North Yorkshire hill farmers, Icelandic puffin hunters, Finnish ice swimmers and Romanian nomadic shepherds. My work consists of elements of landscape, portraiture and documentary photography and aims to contribute to the ongoing debate about the changing nature of rural life. I am currently based in Vientiane, Lao PDR where I am working on my long term project The Corridor of Opportunity, a series of landscape stories, which is supported by Arts Council England and undertaking freelance photography for NGOs in the southeast asia region including Oxfam and Save the Children. My series The Women of UCT6 which documents an all-female UXO clearance team in Laos was published in the Financial Times Magazine (UK) and was also shown online along with the photo film To Serve a Nation, a collaboration with an audio producer which can be viewed on-line at http://vimeo.com/63394753 I am represented for print sales by Klompching Gallery in New York. My work is represented for licencing for features and single images by In Pictures www.in-pictures.co.uk EDUCATION 2011/12 Northern Lights Masterclass at Noorderlicht, The Netherlands 2011 Hinterlands, 5 day multimedia ‘photofilm’ workshop run by Duckrabbit 2004 De Montfort University, Leicester - M.A. in Photography: pass with distinction 1988 West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, Surrey - B.A.(hons) Audio-Visual Studies (Photography) 2.1 Laos: +856 (0)2058 646100 UK: +44 (0)7850 740254 e: [email protected]
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TESSA BUNNEY PHOTOGRAPHYwww.tessabunney.co.uk
Curriculum Vitae PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since graduating from West Surrey College of Art and Design in 1988, I have worked as a documentary photographer undertaking personal projects and editorial photography as well as a wide range of commissions and residencies nationally and internationally. My work has been published widely including the Guardian Weekend, The Financial Times Magazine, National Geographic, Geographical, foto8, The Sunday Times Magazine, Private Photo Review, Daylight, HotShoe and the British Journal of Photography. I also run occasional workshops within the community and regularly give talks to a wide range of community groups, galleries, schools and universities.
As a photographer, I have a particular interest in different landscapes and the way they are shaped by human activity. Working closely with communities and individuals, I love to explore the intricacies of rural life and in recent years have collaborated with North Yorkshire hill farmers, Icelandic puffin hunters, Finnish ice swimmers and Romanian nomadic shepherds. My work consists of elements of landscape, portraiture and documentary photography and aims to contribute to the ongoing debate about the changing nature of rural life.
I am currently based in Vientiane, Lao PDR where I am working on my long term project The Corridor of Opportunity, a series of landscape stories, which is supported by Arts Council England and undertaking freelance photography for NGOs in the southeast asia region including Oxfam and Save the Children. My series The Women of UCT6 which documents an all-female UXO clearance team in Laos was published in the Financial Times Magazine (UK) and was also shown online along with the photo film To Serve a Nation, a collaboration with an audio producer which can be viewed on-line at http://vimeo.com/63394753
I am represented for print sales by Klompching Gallery in New York.My work is represented for licencing for features and single images by In Pictures www.in-pictures.co.uk
EDUCATION
2011/12 Northern Lights Masterclass at Noorderlicht, The Netherlands
2011 Hinterlands, 5 day multimedia ‘photofilm’ workshop run by Duckrabbit
2004 De Montfort University, Leicester - M.A. in Photography: pass with distinction
1988 West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham, Surrey - B.A.(hons) Audio-Visual Studies (Photography) 2.1
2012 Artist in residence, Project Space, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, September 20122010 Connections North, International Residency Exchange Project at Jyväskylä Printmaking Centre, Central Finland organised by Chrysalis Arts and funded by Arts Council England2009 Artist in residence at Newby Hall, Inspired by Heritage residency organised by Art Connections2003 Artist in residence, Warren Farm, Exmoor, documenting the farmers lives and relationship to stag hunting, commissioned by Aune Head Arts with Beaford Arts (Focus on Farmers)2003 Artist in residence, Artist Centre of Inari at Koppelo, Northern Finland2000 Artist in residence, Gil Society studio-workshop, Akureyri, Iceland
SELECTED AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS 2014/5 Development and implementation of photographic training for The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) 2014 3 commissions from Oxfam GB to work on documentation and fundraising campaigns in The Philippines post typhoon Haiyan2014 Winner of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year Award for my image of a Vietnamese noodle maker2013 2 nominations for Prix Pictet - the global award in photography and sustainability (theme: consumption)2013 The Women of UCT6 selected for The Other Hundred, a book project “telling the other side of the story”2012 Commission from North York Moors National Park Authority to produce new photographs of the national park for Sutton Bank visitors centre, websites, publications etc 2012 Field, Forest and Family, Grants for the Arts award from from Arts Council England2012 Commission from the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate to produce a photofilm about The Serpentine Swimming Club for the exhibition ‘Dive’.2011 Travel Photographer of the Year, Finland series commended in Cultures and Traditions portfolio2011 Commission from Yorkshire Artspace to produce work for Parson X multiples project2011 Commission from The Financial Times to photograph tidal swimming pools in South West England.2011 Honorable Mention in the Landscape category of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2011 Field, Forest and Family, G4A research and development grant from Arts Council England2011 Best Photography Portfolio, Format Festival International Portfolio Review, Derby2010 Extending Practice Award, Chrysalis Arts Development2010 Commission from Hereford Photography Festival to photograph the Hereford Cow for exhibition at the festival in October2010 Brilliant Book Awards, Ag magazine, 3rd prize for Yunnan2010 Honorable Mention in Portrait, People and Figure category of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award2010 The World in London portrait commission for the Photographers’ Gallery, London2009 Home Work, G4A grant from Arts Council England for publication2009 Home Work, selected for the Descubrimientos PHE09 Award, Photo España2009 Shortlisted, BJP/Nikon Project Assistance Award bursary 2008 Home Work - Travel Photographer of the Year, second in Life portfolio2008 Shortlisted, The Independent Photographers Gallery Terry O’Neill Award 082008 Finalist, the RPS and The Guardian Joan Wakelin Bursary2007 Home Work – G4A grant from Arts Council England to attend rhubarb-rhubarb2007 Penguin Books, book cover for God’s Own Country by Ross Raisin2007 Nominated for the Northern Arts Prize2007 Made in Vietnam, special edition prints, Pavilion2006 Hand to Mouth, shortlisted for the Descubrimientos PHE06 Award, Photo España2006 Lets Make it Personal, the Culture Company for Architecture Week
Laos, 2012/13
2005 On Ration, Skipton Auction Mart, to explore the ways that local farming and agriculture were affected by WW22004 Lamb shortlisted for Voies Off Fringe Festival Prize, Arles2003-6 Hand to Mouth, Impressions Gallery with research and development grants from the European Cultural Foundatiand Arts Council England2001-4 Moor and Dale, Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty2002 upshoots, Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Rural Arts2000 Lamb, the Culture Company as part of Year of the Artist2000 Peabody People, Peabody Housing Trust2000 Eat Better, Eat British, Honourable Mention in the Leica Oskar Barnack Award1999 Eat Better, Eat British, funded by Yorkshire Arts Award1990 Living in a Lamp Post, funded by Yorkshire and Humberside Arts
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014 Open Water Swimming, Photofusion, London2013 The Women of UCT6 at Monument Books Gallery, Vientiane, Laos2010 The Hereford, Hereford Cathedral, Hereford Photography Festival2010 Home Work, Zoe Bingham Fine Art, London2009/10 Home Work, The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate and Lighthouse, Wolverhampton2009 Hand to Mouth, Peninsula Arts University of Plymouth2007 Hand to Mouth, Impressions Gallery, Bradford2005 Green Fingers, Green Lane as part of Format 05 Festival, Derby2004 Moor and Dale, The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, The Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, Hereford Photography Festival, Nidderdale Festival2001-4 Lamb, The Old Meeting House, Helmsley, Artlink Exchange, Hull2000 Eat Better, Eat British, Site Gallery, Sheffield1992-7 Living in a Lamp Post toured nationally
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Järvenjää / Lakeice exhibited at the Carlisle Photo Festival, April 20132013 Innostaa / Inspire, Connections North, Galleria Ratamo, Jyväskylä, Finland, 7 March - 14 April 2012/13 Innostaa / Inspire, Connections North touring exhibition2012 Serpentine Swimming Club series in Dive!, The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, 16 June - 2 Sept2011 and 2012 Foto8 Summershow, Host Gallery, London2011 Land, Klompching Gallery, New York, USA, 15 June - 15 July2010 Land, Country Life in the Urban Age, Noorderlicht Festival, The Netherlands, 5 Sept - 31 Oct 2010 Twenty, Hereford Photography Festival, 22 Oct - 27 Nov 2009 Home Work, Descubrimientos PHE, PHoto España Festival, Madrid2009 AOP Photographers Awards 2009, AOP Gallery, London, 12 - 22 May2009 Splash!, Klompching Gallery, New York, USA, 30 April – 19 June2008/9 Terry O’Neill Award 08, Fulham Palace, London and The Independent Photographers Gallery, Battle2006 Hand to Mouth, Descubrimientos PHE, PHoto España Festival, Madrid2004 Focus on Farmers, Buckland Abbey, Devon and touring community venues2002 Peabody People, Spitz Gallery, London2000/1 Brilliant, Impressions Gallery, York2000 Eat Better, Eat British, screening at 31st Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles1991 Sign of the Times, Camerawork, London
from the seriesHand to Mouth, 2007
Maria’s sockfrom Hand to Mouth, 2007
PUBLICATIONS 2012 Järvenjää / Lakeice self published artists book with short story by Riikka Ala-Harja2010 Home Work published by Dewi Lewis Publishing2007 Hand to Mouth published by Impressions Gallery, Bradford2007 Focus on Farmers published by Aune Head Arts with Beaford Arts2004 Moor and Dale published by The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate2003 upshoots published by Rural Arts North Yorkshire2001 Peabody People published by The Peabody Housing Trust2000 Brilliant published by The Culture Company, Leeds
BIBLIOGRAPHY 2015 Instagram contributor for Laos for @everydaysoutheastasia2014 Instagram takeover tor @telegraphtelephoto, September 20142013 The Women of UCT6, feature about an all-female UXO clearance team in Laos in FT Weekend Magazine, 6 April 20132013 The Women of UCT6 in The Other Hundred, a book project “telling the other side of the story”2012 Mousehole tidal pool in June issue of National Geographic2012 Cold Comforts - Finnish ice swimming feature in Lonely Planet Traveller, Dec 20122012 Fire-cracker diary 20122011 A Drop of the Ocean, feature about tidal swimming pools in FT Weekend Magazine, 6 August 20112011 Home Work book featured in Selvedge, Issue 39 March/April 20112011 Home Work book review in The Global Journal 2011 #03 January & February 20112011 Home Work featured on http://www.fire-cracker.org, an online platform for european women photographers2011 Home Work review on Joerg Colberg’s blog Conscientous (http:jmcolberg.com/weblog), 28 Jan 20112010 Home Work, Private n.51 - Global Report 2, International Review of Photographs2010 The Dignity of Work, short book review of Home Work in Source, Autumn, Issue 64 2010 Home Work, Land, Country Life in the Urban Age, Noorderlicht Festival catalogue2010 L’insensé Photo, No 8, British Photographers pp116-1192010 Home Work, Geographical Magazine, February issue2009 Home Work, Lens Culture, Photography and Shared Territories website edited by Jim Casper2008 Huu – Mien (canna flour noodle) making village in Spectrum, The Sunday Times Magazine, 30 Nov2008 Home Work, Portfolio, Contemporary Photography in Britain #48, pp 18-25, 6 November2008 Hand to Mouth, Daylight magazine, Issue #7, Agriculture 2008 Home Work featured in Project Assistance Awards, British Journal of Photography, 5 March 2007 Review of Hand to Mouth exhibition, Source, Winter, Issue 532007 Hand to Mouth, ‘Exposure’ in British Journal of Photography, 31 October2007 Hand to Mouth, HotShoe, October Issue2006 Moor and Dale, Zoom, Italy, pp 10-15, issue no 73 2006 Moor and Dale, Photo Projects by Chris Dickie, pp 85-882006 Hand to Mouth, Frankfurter Rundschau Magazin, Germany, p8, issue no 442005 Hand to Mouth, 8 photojournalism magazine, pp 60-65, issue no V4N12001 Added Value, BBC 1 Countryfile, 3 June2001 Lamb, Ag Darkroom Practice & Photography Vol 24 and Lamb, Photo Art International, Issue 232000 Eat Better, Eat British, British Journal of Photography, 6 September Also on-line features and reviews on Fire-cracker, Photomonitor, Lens-Culture, 1000 words, Flak-photo, Verve, Photo-eye magazine, E-photoreview, Wayne Ford’s posterous, Landscape Stories, Women in Photography
