Truth & Lies
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Exhibition
14 Sept - 10 Oct 2010 Private Viewing 14 Sept 2010, 6pm -7pm Public Event 14 Sept 2010, 7pm - 9pm Entrance Fee: £15* Concession: £12** ** Students, retirees and unemployed Redeemable for £5 off books purchased in store Click to view details on the public event |
About Jillian Edelstein
London based photographer Jillian Edelstein was born and grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. She began working as a press photographer in Johannesburg on the Rand Daily Mail and the Star. In 1985 she emigrated to London to study at the London College of Printing. Her portraits have appeared in many publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Vogue and Interview. She has worked on campaigns for Comic Relief, The Dogs Trust, The National Theatre, The National Portrait Gallery, Abbot Mead Vickers BBDO, EMI, UNICEF, Save The Children Fund, and The Royal Shakespeare Company.
She has received several awards including the Kodak UK Young Photographer of the Year in 1986, Photographers Gallery Portrait Photographer of the Year Award 1990, the Visa d’Or at the International Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan in 1997, the European Final Art Polaroid Award in 1999, the John Kobal Book Award 2003.
Between 1996 and 2002 she returned to South Africa frequently to document the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Her award-winning book Truth and Lies, shot in large format was published by Granta in 2002. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally at venues including the National Portrait Gallery, The Photographers Gallery, The Royal Academy New Art Space, the Tom Blau Gallery in London, the Recontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles, France, the Bensusan Museum,Johannesburg,and Robben Island Museum in Cape Town, South Africa.
She is working on the publication of her next book which includes work on her family, exploring the themes of migration and Ancestry incorporating archival images and a photo essay on the Sangoma, the traditional healers who live, heal and train in the mountains on the Lesotho/South African border.
To learn more about Jillian, visit her website
She has received several awards including the Kodak UK Young Photographer of the Year in 1986, Photographers Gallery Portrait Photographer of the Year Award 1990, the Visa d’Or at the International Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan in 1997, the European Final Art Polaroid Award in 1999, the John Kobal Book Award 2003.
Between 1996 and 2002 she returned to South Africa frequently to document the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Her award-winning book Truth and Lies, shot in large format was published by Granta in 2002. Her photographs have been exhibited internationally at venues including the National Portrait Gallery, The Photographers Gallery, The Royal Academy New Art Space, the Tom Blau Gallery in London, the Recontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles, France, the Bensusan Museum,Johannesburg,and Robben Island Museum in Cape Town, South Africa.
She is working on the publication of her next book which includes work on her family, exploring the themes of migration and Ancestry incorporating archival images and a photo essay on the Sangoma, the traditional healers who live, heal and train in the mountains on the Lesotho/South African border.
To learn more about Jillian, visit her website