Lua Ribeira

Lua Ribeira (born 1986)[1] is a Spanish photographer, based in London.[2] She is a Nominee member of Magnum Photos and was one of three selected artists for the Jerwood/Photoworks Award in 2017.

Her series Noises in the Blood, about femininity and Jamaican dancehall culture in the UK,[1][2][3][4] was published as a book in 2017.

Life and work

Ribeira is from Galicia in Spain. She studied documentary photography at the University of Wales, Newport, UK and graduated in 2016.[1][5]

She joined Magnum Photos as a Nominee in 2018.[6][7]

Publications

Publications by Ribeira
  • Noises in the Blood. London: Fishbar, 2017. Edition of 500 copies.

Publications with contributions by Ribeira
  • Firecrackers: Female Photographers Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2017. By Fiona Rogers and Max Houghton. ISBN 978-0500544747.

Awards
  • 2015: Firecracker Photographic Grant[8]
  • 2017: Magnum Graduate Photographers Award[9]
  • 2018: Joint winner, Jerwood/Photoworks Awards, with Sam Laughlin and Alejandra Carles-Tolra[10]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
  • Noises in the Blood, Kickplate Gallery, Abertillery, Wales, 2016; Fotoraum Gallery, Art Cologne, Germany, 2016; Fishbar Gallery, London, May 2017;[2][11] Grain Photography Hub, Argentea Gallery, Birmingham, March–May 2018.[12]

Group exhibitions
  • Jerwood/Photoworks Award winners, Jerwood Space, London, January–March 2018;[1][13] Impressions Gallery, Bradford, April–June 2018.[1] Comprised Subida al Cielo (Ascent into Heaven) by Ribeira, Where We Belong by Alejandra Carles-Tolra, and A Certain Movement by Sam Laughlin.[14]
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gollark: Yes, if your permissions are set right.
gollark: It was probably for the best that you didn't work for him.
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References
  1. "Lua Ribeira, Sam Laughlin, and Alejandra Carles-Tolra show new work in Jerwood/Photoworks Awards". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  2. "Show: Noises in the Blood by Lua Ribeira". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  3. "surprising photos of britain's subversive dancehall parties". I-d. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  4. AnOther (26 May 2017). "Photos Capturing the Spirituality and Sexuality of Dancehall". Another Magazine. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  5. "Ones to Watch: Lua Ribeira". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  6. "Magnum Photos' international new wave of Nominees". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  7. "Magnum Photos Names 5 New Nominees". Photo District News. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  8. "Firecracker – The Photographic Grant". www.fire-cracker.org. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  9. Wheeler, Alex (28 April 2017). "Magnum announce Graduate Photographers Award 2017 nominees". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  10. "Lua Ribeira, Alejandra Carles-Tolra and Sam Laughlin win the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  11. "Surprising photos of britain's subversive dancehall parties". I-d. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  12. "Noises in the Blood". grainphotographyhub.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  13. "Jerwood/Photoworks Awards - Jerwood Visual Arts". Jerwood Visual Arts. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  14. "Jerwood/Photoworks Awards: new work by Alejandra Carles-Tolra, Sam Laughlin and Lua Ribeira". Impressions Gallery. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
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