Olivia Arthur
Olivia Arthur (* 1980 in London ) is a multiple award-winning British photojournalist and one of the youngest members of the Magnum photo agency .
Act
Olivia Arthur graduated from Oxford University with a degree in mathematics in 2002 . In 2003 she graduated from the College of Printing in London with a degree in photojournalism . She then worked as a freelance photo journalist.
She went traveling with a tent as mobile accommodation. She attracted attention in the professional world above all with reports from areas to which outsiders are usually not allowed access. She photographed Saudi Arabian women in their home environment. Although Olivia Arthur was not allowed to portray the women unveiled, the pictures make a lot of their lives between high walls and rigid rules clear. Her first book was created from the work in 2012: Jeddah Diary .
She stayed in India for two and a half years and mainly photographed untouchables , many portraits of faces with tattoos.
Olivia Arthur has been a member of the independent Magnum photo agency since 2008. Reports from her are in the collections of the Camera Museum in Vevey , Switzerland and in the National Media Museum in Bradford .
Prices
- 2004 Vic odden Award from the Royal Photographic Society
- 2008 Laureate Photographe , Fondation Jean-Luc Lagarde, Paris
- 2008 OjodePez-PhotoEspana Award for Human Values , Madrid
- 2007 National Media Museum Bursay, Bradford
- 2007 Inge Morath Award, Magnum Photos
- 2007 Joop Swart Masterclass World Press Photo , Amsterdam
- 2001 Guardian Student Photographer of the Year, UK
Exhibitions
- 2011 New York Photo Festival (Saudi Arabia)
- 2009 PhotoEspana festival, Madrid ( Iran )
- 2008 Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City (Iran)
- 2008 Lumix festival of young photojournalism
- 2006 Center Pompidou , Paris: Les Yeux Ouverts
literature
- Olivia Arthur: Jeddah Diary. Fishbar Publishing House, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-9569959-1-9 .
- Jana Simon : You want to show yourself, but you can't. A conversation with the photographer Olivia Arthur about her image of the Arab woman. In: ZEITmagazin. June 27, 2012.
Web links
- Olivia Arthur photographs. Dubai's obsession with wealth. In: British Journal of Photography. June 6, 2015. [1]
- Homepage Olivia Arthur: [2]
- Homepage Magnum [3]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arthur, Olivia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British photojournalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |