Biography
Edmund Clark uses photography, found imagery and text to explore
links between representation and politics. He is best known for his
work exploring the consequences of control and incarceration in the
monographs Guantanamo: If the Light Goes Out (2010) and Still Life
Killing Time (2007). After studying for a degree in History and
French at the University of Sussex, Brighton and La Sorbonne,
Paris, he worked as a researcher in London and Brussels before
gaining a postgraduate diploma in photojournalism at the London
College of Communications.
Edmund Clark's photographs have been exhibited
internationally most recently at the Australian Centre for
Photography, Sydney, Berlinische Galerie, Pingyao International
Photography Festival, MACRO Testaccio, Museo D'Arte Contemporanea
Roma, Houston Center for Photography, Bloomingdale's, New York,
Flowers Gallery, The Association of Photographers Gallery, Platform
for Art, Piccadilly Circus Station and National Trust Gallery,
Osterley House in London and at the Hereford Photography Festival.
His work is featured in many important national and international
collections including those of the National Portrait Gallery and
Imperial War Museum in London, The George Eastman House, Rochester
and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
He is a regular participant in talks and symposia and has
most recently presented Guantanamo: If The Light Goes Out at the
House of Lords, London, Captivity in Twentieth Century Warfare:
Archives, History, Memory, at the École Militaire, Paris, Medium
& Message: Conflict Photography in the Digital Era, at the
University College, Dublin, Remembering Guantanamo, at the Columbia
University, New York and The Political Life of Things, at the
Imperial War Museum, London. He has also worked as an
Artist-in-Residence for the National Trust in Britain. Clark's work
has been recognised with numerous awards including: The Royal
Photographic Society Award, Hood Medal (2011), Best Book Award at
the New York Photo Awards (2011), Lucie Awards, International
Photographer of the Year, Book Category (2011), Best Book of The
Year selection at the International Photobook Festival, Kassel
(2011) and Best Personal Work, Photo District News Annual
(2011).
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