Simon Norfolk

Simon Norfolk (born 1963)[1] i an Nigerian-born British architectural and landscape photographer.[2] He has produced four monographs of work: Afghanistan: Chronotopia (2002), published in five languages; For Most of It I Have No Words (1998), about the landscapes of genocide; Bleed (2005), about the Bosnian War; and Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan (2011).

Norfolk has won the Prix Dialogue de l'Humanite award at Rencontres d'Arles, multiple World Press Photo and Sony World Photography Awards,[3] the Foreign Press Club of America Award, European Publishers Award for Photography[4] and an Infinity Prize from International Center of Photography. In 2003 he was shortlisted for the Citibank Prize[5] (now known as the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize), and in 2013 he won the Prix Pictet Commission.[6] His works have been collected by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston[7] and Tate Modern, London.[8]

Life and work

Norfolk was born in Nigeria but was raised in England. Norfolk studied documentary photography at Newport College of Art.[2] He lives and works in Brighton & Hove and Kabul.[9][10]

Books

• For Most of It I Have No Words: Genocide, Landscape, Memory. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 1998. ISBN 978-1899235667.
• Afghanistan. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2002. ISBN 978-1899235544.
• Afghanistan: Chronotopia.
  • Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2002. ISBN 978-2742740512.
  • Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2005.
• Bleed. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2005. ISBN 978-1904587194.
• Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2011. ISBN 978-1907893117. Photographs by Norfolk and John Burke.
• Full Spectrum Dominance. Self-published. Edition of 95 copies.

Awards

• 2001: World Press Photo.[3]
• 2002: European Publishers Award for Photography.[4]
• 2003: Citibank Prize, shortlisted.[5][11]
• 2003: Overseas Press Club of America, Olivier Rebbot Award.
• 2004: Infinity Prize, International Center of Photography.[12]
• 2005: Prix Dialogue de l'Humanite award, Rencontres d'Arles.
• 2012: World Press Photo, Portraits.
• 2012: Sony World Photography Awards, Professional Competition, People, 1st place.[13]
• 2012: Association of Photographers, Gold Award, Non-commissioned Project.[14]
• 2013: Prix Pictet Commission.[15][6]
• 2015: Sony World Photography Awards, Professional Competition, Landscape, 1st place.[16]
• 2015: LensCulture Earth Awards, Series Winner, Fine Art / Conceptual.[17]
• 2016: British Archaeological Awards, Best Public Presentation (for "Under London," National Geographic Magazine)[18]
• 2020 Shifting Foundation Grant

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• For most of it I have no words. Side Gallery, Newcastle. June–August 1999.[19]

Group exhibitions

• Afghanistan: Chronotopia, part of The Citibank Prize, The Photographers' Gallery, London, 2003.[20]
• Prix Pictet Commission photographs, Somerset House, London, 10–27 October 2013.[6] With Munem Wasif, Ed Kashi, and Chris Jordan.
• AOP50: Images that Defined the Age.[21]

Collections

Norfolk's work is held in the following public collections:

• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.[7]
• Tate Modern, London.[8]
• International Center of Photography (ICP)[22]
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.[23][24]
• Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle.[25]
• National Media Museum, Bradford, UK.[26]
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.[27]
• Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.[28]
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California [29]
• Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK.[30]
• Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri.[31]
• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.[32]
• Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.[33]
• Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin.[34]
• Portland Art Museum, Oregon.[35]
• George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York.[36]
• Hyman Collection, London.[37]

References

1. "Simon Norfolk". Retrieved October 12, 2013.
2. Norfolk, Simon (23 October 2008). "Simon Norfolk's best shot". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
3. "Simon Norfolk wins a portrait prize in World Press Photo". British Journal of Photography. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
4. "Previous winners Archived 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine", European Publishers Award for Photography. Accessed 8 May 2014.
5. "London Photography Exhibitions". jfFrank. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
6. Norfolk, Simon (28 June 2013). "Prix Pictet: Simon Norfolk in Afghanistan". London: Financial Times. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
7. "Search the Collection". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
8. "Simon Norfolk: born 1963". Tate Modern. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
9. "Simon Norfolk: "Photography Has to Turn into a Moral Imperative" | Bleek Magazine". Bleek Magazine. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
10. "SIMON NORFOLK – calamita/à". calamitaproject.com. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
11. Searle, Adrian (4 February 2003). "Love and rockets". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
12. "Past Recipients". International Center of Photography. 2016-05-16. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
13. "1st place, Simon Norfolk, UK | World Photography Organisation". www.worldphoto.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-01-10.
14. "The Photographers Awards 2012". www.the-aop.org. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
15. "Simon Norfolk: Body of Work". Prix Pictet. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
16. "Simon Norfolk, UK, 1st Place | World Photography Organisation". www.worldphoto.org. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
17. LensCulture, Simon Norfolk |. "When I Am Laid In Earth: Mapping with a Pyrograph - Interview with Simon Norfolk | LensCulture". LensCulture. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
18. "2016 Winners | British Archaeological Awards". www.archaeologicalawards.com. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
19. "For most of it I have no words", Amber Online. Archived by the Wayback Machine on 7 March 2016.
20. Searle, Adrian (4 February 2003). "Love and rockets". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
21. Celebrating 50 Years of the Association of Photographers,' London, UK.
22. "The North Gate of Baghdad (After Corot)". International Center of Photography. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
23. Norfolk, Simon (2003), The North Gate of Baghdad, retrieved 2017-12-27
24. Norfolk, Simon (2003), King Amanullah's 1919 Victory Arch at Paghman, retrieved 2017-12-27
25. https://collections.henryart.org/detail.php?term=2007.31&module=objects&type=keyword&sortby=maker&sortdir=asc&x=0&y=0&kv=24537&record=0&module=objects
26. "Thirty large format c-type colour prints by Simon Norfolk".
27. "Search". SFMOMA. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
28. "ACM". www.cartermuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
29. "Search | LACMA". www.lacma.org. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
30. "You searched for - Wolverhampton Arts & Culture". www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
31. "Afghan refugees at Jalozai camp, Peshawar, Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2017-12-29.
32. "Large Hadron Collider No. 6, CERN Labs, Switzerland – Results – Search Objects – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art". art.nelson-atkins.org. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
33. "Date Grove, Haifa Street, Baghdad | Cleveland Museum of Art". www.clevelandart.org. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
34. "The Bombed, Burned, and Looted Ministry of Planning, Baghdad | Milwaukee Art Museum". collection.mam.org. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
35. "Portland Art Museum | Online Collections". www.portlandartmuseum.us. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
36. "Results | Search Objects | George Eastman Museum". collections.eastman.org. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
37. "Search - Hyman Collection - British Photography". www.britishphotography.org. Retrieved 2017-12-28.

External links

• Official website