Siân Davey Explained

Siân Davey (born 1964) is a British photographer. Her work focuses on her family, community and self, and is informed by her background in psychology.[1]

Davey has published two books, Looking for Alice (2015) and Martha (2018). In 2017 she had a solo exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London[2] and was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Hood Medal for Looking for Alice.[3]

Life and work

Davey was born in Brighton in 1964. She studied painting at Bath Academy of Fine Art (1985) and social policy at the University of Brighton (1990).[4] She was a psychotherapist for 15 years before taking up photography in 2014, which she studied at Plymouth University (MA 2014 and MFA 2016).[4] [5]

Her photographic practice focuses on her family, community and self, and is informed by her background in psychology.[5] Her series Looking for Alice is a portrait of her daughter Alice who has Down syndrome.[6] One of the photographs from this series was selected for the 2014 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition.[5] [7] The series was published by Trolley Books in 2015. In 2016, Looking for Alice was shortlisted for Photobook of the Year in the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards.[8]

Davey's teenage daughter Martha assisted with the creation of Looking for Alice. This led to Davey's next series Martha that focuses on Martha and her teenage friends.[9] [10] Two photographs from this series were selected for the 2016 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition.[11]

In 2017, Davey exhibited her series Together as a pop-up exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London. The work was made as a commission for the McCain Foods We Are Family series "which celebrates British families in all their shapes and sizes".[12] In creating the work, she travelled across Britain and photographed 31 families in 21 days.[13] [14]

Publications

Awards

Solo exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sian Davey's intimate portraits of her daughters – British Journal of Photography. www.bjp-online.com. en-US. 2018-03-18. Susanna. D'Aliesio.
  2. Web site: 2018-04-29. We are family: photographer Siân Davey celebrates modern Britain. Tom. Seymour. Financial Times.
  3. Web site: 2018-04-29. Hood Medal - RPS. www.rps.org.
  4. News: 2018-04-29. IPE 160 - Selector Q&A - Sian Davey.
  5. News: Siân Davey on the ways psychotherapy has informed her photography. 2017-10-10. It's Nice That. 2018-03-18.
  6. Web site: Sian Davey's best photograph – my daughter Alice, who has Down's syndrome. Seymour. Tom. 2015-12-10. The Guardian. en. 2018-03-18.
  7. Web site: Looking for Alice: a mother's gradual acceptance of her daughter, born with Down's Syndrome – British Journal of Photography. www.bjp-online.com. en-US. 2018-03-18.
  8. Web site: Photobook Awards 2016 : the shortlist - PARIS PHOTO. 2017-06-05. www.parisphoto.com. en. 2018-03-18.
  9. Web site: Lisa. O'Kelly. 2018-04-29. Siân Davey on capturing her teenage daughter's life on camera. 28 April 2018. The Guardian.
  10. News: 2018-04-29. On the cusp of adulthood, a teenage life laid bare. Huck Magazine. 1 December 2016.
  11. Web site: Taylor Wessing photographic portrait prize 2016 – in pictures. 2016-11-16. The Guardian. en. 2018-03-18.
  12. Web site: 2018-04-29. Food for thought in Sian Davey's new series, Together – British Journal of Photography. www.bjp-online.com.
  13. Web site: We Are Family - National Portrait Gallery. www.npg.org.uk. en. 2018-03-18.
  14. Web site: Jessie. Thompson. 2021-01-14. A series of portraits celebrates the humble family dinner. 19 September 2017. www.standard.co.uk.
  15. Web site: 2019-10-18. Yael Martinez Wins $40K 2019 W. Eugene Smith Grant. 17 October 2019. PDN Online.

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