Stephen Gill (photographer)
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Stephen Gill is a British
photographer and artist.
-based photography company, copying and restoring old photographs. Two years later, he began working full-time in a one-hour photo lab.
In 1992 he enrolled in a Photography Foundation course at Filton College
in Bristol and, a year later, began work at Magnum Photos in London
. In 1997 he become freelance photographer.
Gill currently lives in Hackney, London, England.
, Agnes B, the Victoria Miro Gallery
, Galerie Zur Stockeregg, the Gun Gallery, The Photographers' Gallery
, Palais des Beaux Arts, Leighton House Museum, and Haus der Kunst. He was exposed at Rencontres d'Arles festival (France) in 2004.
Gill's photographs have appeared in international magazines including The Guardian Weekend, Le Monde 2, Granta, The New York Times Magazine
, Tank, The Telegraph Magazine, I-D magazine, The Observer
, Blind Spot
and Colors.
Reviewer Jon Ronson says that Gill’s photographs have the naïve gusto of the old field studies series and is nicely lacking in sarcasm and malevolent irony. Ronson goes on to say that Gill's work is wise and modern and laden with understated details about modern life.
B Sides - 2010 ISBN 978-0-9556577-4-0
Coming up for Air - 2010 ISBN 978-0-9556577-2-6
44 photographs, Trinidad - 2009
The Hackney Rag - 2009 ISBN 9874902080193
Warming Down - 2008
A Series of Disappointments - 2008 ISBN 0-9556577-0-9
Anonymous Origami - 2007 ISBN 97800954940584
Hackney Flowers - 2007 ISBN 0-9549405-3-9
Archaeology in Reverse - 2007 (afterword by Iain Sinclair) ISBN 0-9549405-5-5
Buried - 2006 ISBN 0-9549405-4-7
Hackney Wick - 2005 ISBN 0-9549405-1-2
Invisible - 2005 ISBN 0-9549405-0-4
A Book of Field Studies - 2004 ISBN 0-9542813-6-5
Unseen UK, Photographs by postmen and postwomen - 2006 ISBN 0-946165-53-X
Reviews of Hackney Flowers http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article2958378.ece http://www.kingsenglish.com/book/9780954940539
Review of Archaeology in Reverse http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/dec/08/photography
Review of Hackney Wick http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2006/mar/18/communities.weekendmagazine
Misc. Art Review http://www.muar.ru/eng/exhibitions/2004/exibit060904_e.htm
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United Kingdom
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photographer and artist.
Early life
Gill began photography at a young age. In 1985, while still at school, Gill began work with a BristolBristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
-based photography company, copying and restoring old photographs. Two years later, he began working full-time in a one-hour photo lab.
In 1992 he enrolled in a Photography Foundation course at Filton College
Filton College
Filton College is a further education college in Filton, Bristol, England.The main site lies on the A38 just south of Filton Aerodrome. A second major campus, dedicated to performing arts, fine art and sport, and known as WISE , opened in 2005 adjacent to Filton High School, near Bristol Parkway...
in Bristol and, a year later, began work at Magnum Photos in London
London
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. In 1997 he become freelance photographer.
Gill currently lives in Hackney, London, England.
Exhibitions
Gill’s photographs are held in private and public collections and have also been exhibited at London’s National Portrait Gallery, The Victoria & Albert Museum, Decima GalleryDecima gallery
Decima Gallery is a London-based arts projects organisation with a reputation for irreverent projects, according to a 2008 article in The London Paper:...
, Agnes B, the Victoria Miro Gallery
Victoria Miro Gallery
The Victoria Miro Gallery is a leading British contemporary art gallery in London, with an international reputation, run by Victoria Miro, one of the "grandes dames of the Britart scene", who first exhibited Chris Ofili and the Chapman Brothers...
, Galerie Zur Stockeregg, the Gun Gallery, The Photographers' Gallery
Photographers' Gallery
The Photographers' Gallery was founded in London in 1971, and was the first independent gallery in Britain that was devoted entirely to photography. Exhibitions in the gallery have included showcases of work by André Kertész, Danny Treacy, Taryn Simon, Ori Gersht, Cuny Janssen, and David King. The...
, Palais des Beaux Arts, Leighton House Museum, and Haus der Kunst. He was exposed at Rencontres d'Arles festival (France) in 2004.
Gill's photographs have appeared in international magazines including The Guardian Weekend, Le Monde 2, Granta, The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It is host to feature articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors...
, Tank, The Telegraph Magazine, I-D magazine, The Observer
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
, Blind Spot
Blind spot
Blind spot may refer to:In ophthalmology:*Scotoma, an obscuration of the visual field*Optic disc, also known as the anatomical blind spot, the specific region of the retina where the optic nerve and blood vessels pass through to connect to the back of the eye*Blind spot , also known as the...
and Colors.
Reviews of his work
According to Martin Parr at Art Goes Heiligendam, Stephen Gill is an emerging force in British photography. His work is a hybrid between documentary and conceptual art. Gill repeatedly explores one idea in a way that makes his work fascinating and illuminating. Gill also brings an understated irony into his portrait and landscape photos.Reviewer Jon Ronson says that Gill’s photographs have the naïve gusto of the old field studies series and is nicely lacking in sarcasm and malevolent irony. Ronson goes on to say that Gill's work is wise and modern and laden with understated details about modern life.
Books
Stephen Gill founded his own publishing imprint Nobody in 2005 in order to exercise maximum control over the publication process of his books. His overriding intention is to make the book the finished expression of the photographs, rather than just a shell in which to house them. Experimentation with materials, and a hands-on, tactile approach to maquette making lead, in many cases, to his finished books having an individual, unique presence. This tactile approach includes materials and techniques such as lino cut printing, letter press printing, mono prints, spray paint, rubber stamps and on occasion entire books are manufactured and assembled by hand in Gill's Hackney studio. Gill considers the bookmaking process to be a key final stage in the production of his photographic works, and he aims to make books that are conceptually consistent with their content. All decisions made during production are therefore directed by the requirements of the work rather than any external influences or considerations.B Sides - 2010 ISBN 978-0-9556577-4-0
Coming up for Air - 2010 ISBN 978-0-9556577-2-6
44 photographs, Trinidad - 2009
The Hackney Rag - 2009 ISBN 9874902080193
Warming Down - 2008
A Series of Disappointments - 2008 ISBN 0-9556577-0-9
Anonymous Origami - 2007 ISBN 97800954940584
Hackney Flowers - 2007 ISBN 0-9549405-3-9
Archaeology in Reverse - 2007 (afterword by Iain Sinclair) ISBN 0-9549405-5-5
Buried - 2006 ISBN 0-9549405-4-7
Hackney Wick - 2005 ISBN 0-9549405-1-2
Invisible - 2005 ISBN 0-9549405-0-4
A Book of Field Studies - 2004 ISBN 0-9542813-6-5
Books edited
Andrei Tarkovsky Bright, bright day - 2008 ISBN 0-9557394-1-1Unseen UK, Photographs by postmen and postwomen - 2006 ISBN 0-946165-53-X
External links
Bio Data http://www.stephengill.co.ukReviews of Hackney Flowers http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article2958378.ece http://www.kingsenglish.com/book/9780954940539
Review of Archaeology in Reverse http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/dec/08/photography
Review of Hackney Wick http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2006/mar/18/communities.weekendmagazine
Misc. Art Review http://www.muar.ru/eng/exhibitions/2004/exibit060904_e.htm
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