Kate Stanworth
I am a London-based artist using photography to tell poignant stories exploring human resilience, identity and the search for belonging.
I have built long-term relationships of trust and collaboration with individuals and communities as far and wide as Somaliland and Argentina, and am motivated by a desire to connect emotionally with the people I photograph, and to understand their struggles, dreams and aspirations.
I began my career as a painter, developing a keen sense of observation and a love of colour. Later, a period working as a Picture Editor for an International NGO inspired me to launch my own photographic career shooting for magazines and newspapers in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Since returning to live in the UK in 2010 I have worked for a wide range of clients – predominantly NGOs – in the UK and abroad, as well as pursuing my long-term personal photography projects.
My work has been published by The Guardian, The Sunday Times, BBC News, Al Jazeera, Time Out, The Economist, CNN, International Business Times, Internazionale and many more. My clients include Save the Children, Marie Curie, Shelter, Mencap, SaferWorld, ON Agency, Big Leaf Foundation, The Queen’s Nursing Institute and London Business School.
I have led photography workshops for diverse groups including young Somalis at the Hargeisa International Book Fair, summer school students at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, young displaced people in the UK in collaboration with Big Leaf Foundation, and my local neighbours in South London. I attended facilitator training in participatory photography methods at PhotoVoice, London, in 2019.
I have a first class BA(Hons) Degree in Fine Art from Norwich School of Art and a Masters in Visual Cultures from Goldsmiths College, University of London. I have undertaken hostile environment training in Herefordshire, UK.
Exhibitions
2019 12th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Exhibition, Barcelona. Award Show
2019 209 Women, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool. Group Show
2018 SALON/18 Photofusion, London. Group Show
2018 209 Women, Portcullis House, London. Group Show
2018 Where We Are Now, Refugee Week at Birkbeck College, London. Group Show
2018 Month of Photography LA, Color at Play at The Boom Yard, Los Angeles. Group Show
2018 Somaliland Decides, Africa Research Institute, London. Solo Show
2017 Renaissance Photography Prize, Getty Images Gallery, London. Award Show
2017 Where We Are Now, SPACE Studios, London, September 2017. Group Show
2017 Retina International Photography Festival, Edinburgh. Group Show
2017 Where We Are Now, L’Asilo, Naples. Group Show
2016 SALON/16, Photofusion, London. Group Show
2015 SALON/15, Photofusion, London. Group Show
2015 Portrait Salon, Embassy Tea Gallery, London. Group Show
2015 Somaliland Summer, Oxford House, London. Group Show
2015 NCM Exposed, Photofusion, London. Group Show
2014 SALON/14, Photofusion, London. Group Show
2014 Words Not War, Story Moja Festival, Nairobi, Kenya, Group Show
2014 Words Not War, Hargeisa International Book Fair, Somaliland, Group Show
2013 Somaliland at the Polls, Hargeisa International Book Fair, Somaliland, Group Show
2013 Somaliland at the Polls, University College London, Solo Show
Grants and Awards
2020 Rebecca Vassie Trust Rapid Response Grant: Awardee
2018 12th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers: Winner of Documentary/Culture and Everyday Life categories, Singles
2018 Rebecca Vassie Trust Education and Training Grant: Awardee
2018 Latin American Fotografía 7: Chosen Artist
2018 International Photography Awards: Honourable Mention
2018 Critical Mass: Shortlisted Artist
2017 Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award: Highly Commended
2017 Latin American Fotografía 6: Selected Winner
2017 International Photography Awards: Honourable Mention
2017 Renaissance Photography Prize: Finalist
2015 Chosen to create a body of work on Mediterranean migration, part of Responding to Crisis Network AHRC funded project in collaboration with Keele and Royal Holloway Universities