Laura Pannack
Laura Pannack (born 1985)[1] is a British social documentary and portrait photographer, based in London. Her work is often of children and teenagers. Pannack received first place in the World Press Photo Awards in 2010, the Vic Odden Award from the Royal Photographic Society in 2012, and won the Portfolio category in the Sony World Photography Awards in 2021.[2]
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Born | 1985 (age 37–38) |
Nationality | British |
Known for | Photography |
Website | www |
Early life and education
Pannack was born in Kingston upon Thames, southwest London.[1]
She gained a degree in editorial photography at the University of Brighton; studied a foundation course in painting at Central Saint Martins College of Art, London; and studied a foundation course at London College of Communication.[3]
Career
Pannack works commercially and on self initiated personal projects, her subjects often being "young people and teenagers".[4] Her work has been a feature in magazines.[5][6][7]
Her personal projects include The Untitled,[5] Young Love[5] and Young British Naturists,[8][9] For her personal work Pannack largely uses a film camera,[10] at one time a Bronica 645 medium format camera[5] and more recently a Hasselblad 6×6.
In 2011 Pannack was included in Creative Review's Ones to Watch list[4] and in 2013 in The Magenta Foundation's Emerging Photographers list.[11]
Publications
Publications by Pannack
- Against The Dying of The Light. Collection du Prix HSBC pour la Photographie. Arles, France: Actes Sud, 2017. ISBN 978-2-330-07743-3. With a text in French by Christian Caujolle, translated into English by Thyago Nogueira. Published on the occasion of the Prix HSBC Pour La Photographie 2017.
Publications with contributions by Pannack
- Hijacked III: Australia / United Kingdom. Cottesloe, W.A.: Big City Press; Heidelberg: Kehrer, 2012. ISBN 9783868282856. Exhibition catalogue.
- Great Britons of Photography Vol.1: The Dench Dozen. Eastbourne, UK: Hungry Eye, 2016. ISBN 978-0-9926405-2-1. Edited by Peter Dench. With photographs by and transcripts of interviews between Dench and Pannack, Jocelyn Bain Hogg, Marcus Bleasdale, Harry Borden, John Bulmer, Chris Floyd, Brian Griffin, Martin Parr, Tom Stoddart, Homer Sykes, and Anastasia Taylor-Lind. 160 pages. Edition of 500 copies.
Exhibitions
- A Collection, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, 2011[12]
- Young British Naturists, One and a Half Gallery, London, 2012[9][13]
- Young British Naturists, White Cloth Gallery, Leeds, 2013[14]
- Youth Without Age, Life Without Death: Chapter 1, Francesca Maffeo Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, UK, 2016[15][16][17][18]
Awards
- 2008: 1st place, Hotshot International Next Perspective Award[19]
- 2009: Winner, Magenta Foundation award[19]
- 2009: 3rd prize, UK Single Image, LensCulture Award[20]
- 2009: Finalist, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, for "Gemma"[19]
- 2010: 1st place, Portraits Singles, World Press Photo Awards, for "Graham"[19][5]
- 2010: Best in Show, Foto8 Host Summer Show, for "Shay"[19][5]
- 2010: Winner, Magenta Foundation award[21]
- 2011: 1st place Fine Art Nudes category, International Photography Awards, Lucie Foundation, for Young British Naturists[22]
- 2012: Vic Odden Award, Royal Photographic Society, Bath, UK[23]
- 2014: John Kobal New Work Award, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London for "Chayla in Shul"[24][25]
- 2014: Hospital Club 100, The Hospital Club, London[26]
- 2017: Winner, with Melanie Wenger, Prix HSBC pour la Photographie, HSBC France.[27]
- 2018: Women Seen By Women award, Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, for Purity, a long-term project on people in an Orthodox Jewish community[28]
- 2021: Winner, Portfolio category, Sony World Photography Awards[2][29]
References
- Sawa, Dale Berning; Sawa, Interview by Dale Berning (15 July 2020). "Laura Pannack's best photograph: four teenagers on a Black Country wasteland". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- Stevenson, Neil (15 April 2021). "Fourteen spectacular winning images from the Sony World Photography Awards 2021". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- "Laura Pannack". Laura Pannack. Retrieved 9 April 2017
- "Ones to Watch: Laura Pannack". Creative Review. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- Brook, Pete (12 August 2010). "Striking Teenage Portraits Boost Young Photog's Career". Wired. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- Schiller, Jakob (22 March 2013). "Chess Boxing Demands a Rare Breed of Human: The 'Nerdlete'". Wired. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- "Молодо – зелено". Esquire Kazakhstan. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- Barkham, Patrick (30 October 2010). "Exposed: Young British nudists". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- Jacques, Adam (30 October 2010). "Portfolio: Laura Pannack". The Independent. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- "Portfolio: Film stars". The Independent. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- "Flash Forward – Emerging Photographers 2013". Magenta Publishing for the Arts. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- "A Collection – Laura Pannack". Visit Cardiff. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- Sean, O'Hagan (9 May 2012). "Saatchi captures the confusion of contemporary photography". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- "Laura Pannack, Young British Naturist Exhibition Launch". Leeds Inspired. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- "Exhibition: Laura Pannack – 'Youth Without Age, Life Without Death: Chapter 1', 15th November, 2016". Francesca Maffeo Gallery. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- Chiocchia, Winifred. "Youth Without Age, Life Without Death: Chapter 1 – Interview with Laura Pannack". LensCulture. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- "The cycle of life and death in the Romanian countryside". Huck. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- "Photographing the folkloric mythologies of rural Romania – British Journal of Photography". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- "Laura Pannack". The Telegraph. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- "Archives volume 23 (11.2009–12.2009)". LensCulture. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- Pritchard, Lisa (19 April 2012). Setting Up a Successful Photography Business: How to be a Professional Photographer. London: A & C Black Publishers Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-408125-77-9. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
Laura Pannack ... twice winner of the Magenta Foundation Award
- "IPA 2011: Winners Pro". International Photography Awards. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- "Vic Odden Award". Royal Photographic Society. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- "Prize Winners". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- "The John Kobal New Work Award", John Kobal Foundation. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- "Winners". The Hospital Club.
- "Lauréats 2017" HSBC France. Retrieved 14 February 2017
- Clifford, Eva (17 January 2018). "Laura Pannack wins the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- "10 stunning images from the Sony Photographer of the Year awards". The Independent. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
External links
- Official website
- "The secret world of young British naturists" – a set of photographs at The Guardian
- "Laura Pannack: The Walks" – 7-minute video following Pannack whilst she works, produced by FullBleed, on YouTube