TAMSIN
GREEN

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CREAM, University of Westminster, London
PhD Photography (2023 -2027)
Techne AHRC PhD Studentship
Thesis: Pages of Possibility: The photobook as a physical site for a regenerative relationship with the environment

Tokyo Institute of Technology (TiTech), Tokyo
M.Eng Architecture (2004-2006)
Monbukagakusho International Scholarship
Awards: “O-okayama Design Prize”, Japanese Institute of Architects “CLASS OF 2007”.

The Bartlett, University College London
BSc Architecture (2000-2003)

Artists’ Books
walking out of sleep: encounters with lichen territory” (manual.editions: 2023)
Scale & Substance, exhibition catalogue (manual.editions: 2022)
this is how the earth must see itself: a walk with Natural Features (manual.editions: 2021)
Born of the Purest Parents (Self Published: 2018)

Research
What Makes a Photobook Sustainable? SPP network (manual.editions 2024, Penumbra Foundation 2025, Editions JOJO 2025) - Editor | Co-designer

2022 SCALE & SUBSTANCE, Photofusion Gallery (London, UK)

2025   In the Fold: The Photobook Forum, Penumbra Foundation (New York, USA)
2025   Photobook Exhibition, Daegu Photo Biennale - The Pulse of Life, Daegu Art Centre (KR)
2025   What Makes a Photobook Sustainable?, CONTACT Photography Festival (Toronto, CA)
2024   Women and the Photobook, BOP-24 (Bristol, UK)
2024   SALON/24, Photofusion Gallery (London, UK) 
2024   Llyf – iteration, Stiwdio Griffith (Swansea, UK)
2024   Grafting: The Land and the Artist, London Art Fair Photo50 (London, UK)
2023   The Sustainable Photobook, FORMAT23 (Derby, UK), Fotofestiwal 2023 (Lodz, Poland), BOP-23 (Bristol, UK), Photoworks SUMMIT 2024 (Brighton, UK)
2022   Ways of Seeing: Green, Dulwich Arts Festival (London, UK)
2021   SELECT/21, Photofusion (London, UK)
2021   OD Photo Prize 2021, Open Doors Gallery (ONLINE)
2021   SALON/21, Photofusion (London, UK)
2021   East Meets West, FORMAT21 (Derby, UK)
2019   SALON/19, Photofusion (London, UK)
2019   Time to Think, Pil’Ours Festival (Pil’Ours, FR)
2019   Kassel Dummy Award ’18, FORMAT19 (Derby, UK), Aarhaus Photobook Week (Aarhaus, DE), Triennial Hamburg (Hamburg, DE), Kassel FotoBookFestival (Kassel, DE)
2018   209 Women, Houses of Parliament (London, UK), Open Eye Gallery (Liverpool, UK)
2018   SALON/18, Photofusion (London, UK)
2018   Casting Off, Brighton Photo Fringe (Brighton, UK)
2018   Photobook as Object / Photobook Who Cares, PhotoBangkok (Bangkok, TH)
2017   SALON/17, Photofusion (London, UK)
2017   Pathways and Passageways, Darkroom Gallery (Vermont USA)
2017   Annual Group Show, Davis Orton Gallery (New York, USA)
2016   RPS International Print 159, Retina Photography Festival (Edinburgh, UK), Belfast Photography Festival (Belfast, UK), The Museum of Somerset (Taunton, UK), Royal Albert Hall (London, UK)
2016   Annual Group Show, Davis Orton Gallery (New York, USA)
2016   The Work of the BIPP, Dean Clough Gallery (Halifax, UK), Buckinghamshire Art Gallery (Aylesbury, UK)
2015   SALON/15, Photofusion (London, UK)
2015   Telling Stories, Rich Mix (London, UK)
2015   Resilience and the Human Spirit, Lishui Photography Festival (Lishui, CN)
2015   Royal Photographic Society (RPS) Exhibition, Hull Photography Festival (Hull, UK)
2015   SALON/14, Photofusion (London, UK)
2014   Photobook Awards Exhibition, Royal Photographic Society (Bath, UK)

2024   Photofusion: Glover-Rayner Environmental Award (UK)
2024   C/O Berlin Foundation: After Nature . Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize, Nomination (DE)
2022   Ampersand | Photoworks Residency, Shortlist (UK)
2021   OD Photo Prize 2021, Shortlist (UK)
2021   Photofusion SALON/21, Select Award + Commendation (UK)
2021   Glover Rayner Environmental Award, Shortlist (UK)
2019   FOAM Talent Award, Nomination (NL) - Unfortunately I was too old
2018   Photofusion SALON/18, London Alternative Photography Collective Award (UK)
2018   BPF18 Danny Wilson Memorial Awards, Special Mention (UK)
2018   Urbanautica Awards: Nature Shortlist (UK)
2018   Kassel Dummy Book Award, Selected (DE)
2018   Mac First Book Award, Nomination (UK)
2017   Photofusion SALON/17, Photomonitor Award (UK)
2016   B&W Magazine, Portfolio Spotlight Award (USA)
2016   159 RPS IPE, Selectors Choice (Dougie Wallace) (UK)
2016   IPA 2016, Honourable Mention (USA)
2015   Offspring Photo Meet Portfolio Award, Gold (UK)
2014   RPS Photobook Awards, Honourable Mention (UK)
2014   Photolucida Critical Mass, Finalist (USA)
2012   Royal Photographic Society, Associate Distinction (UK)

Art Gallery of Ontario (CA)
Artist Book Library, Tate (UK)
NAL, Victoria & Albert Museum (UK)
Parliament Collection (UK)
Reminders Photography Stronghold (JP)
San Telmo Museum (ES)
The Photobook Museum (DE)

Mirela Dialeti, Rebels with a Printer: Independent Analog Publishing in the Digital Age. RESET! (2025)

Steve Bisson, Watered-down Sight and Apotropaic Regurgitations. Urbanautica Journal (2023)

Eugenie Shinkle, Drawn to Scale. Published in Scale & Substance (2022)

Tamsin Green, Scale & Substance. Loupe: Sustainability (2022) 

Catriona Gourlay, Artist Books and the Environment. V&A Museum (2021)

Jennifer Constable, A journey into the world of photobooks. RPS Journal (2021)

Eugenie Shinkle, this is how the earth must see itself - Book Review. C4 Journal (2021)

Kim Shaw, this is how the earth must see itself  - An interview with Tamsin Green. Photomonitor (2021)

Steve Bisson, Born of the Purest Parents - An interview with Tamsin Green. Urbanautica Journal (2019)

Rachel Arthur, Born of the Purest Parents. boom saloon (2019)

Gemma Padley, Born of the Purest Parents - Book Review. Photomonitor (21018)

George Slade, Spotlight. Black & White Magazine (2017)

What Makes a Photobook Sustainable?, Panel discussion at Penumbra Foundation (New York, USA). Part of the “In the Fold: The Photobook Forum” programme of events taking place during New York Art Book Fair, Sept 2025

Pages of Possibility, Talk at the University of Westminster, as part of the “CREAM Symposium”, (Feb 2025)

Becoming Lichenised Talk at Coventry University, School of Arts and Creative Industries, as part of “The Book as” Symposium talk series “Being Small” (Feb 2025)

Environmentally conscious approaches to photobooks, Talk at Stills Gallery, Edinburgh (June 2024)

In Conversation with Tamsin Green, at Swansea School of Art, chaired by Estéfani Bouza, as part of an artist residency and group exhibition “Llyf” at Stiwdio Griffith (April 2024)

In Conversation with Tamsin Green, with Photoworks, chaired by Julia Bunneman, as part of a “Digital Residency”, (online) (March 2024) RECORDING

Sustainability & Photobooks Panel discussion at Impressions Gallery, Bradford, with Nishant Shukla and Clare Hewitt, chaired by Raquel Villar-Pérez, as part of the “Sustainability & the Photobook”  book fair, (Nov 2023)

walking out of sleep: Tamsin Green in Conversation with Olivia (Lily) Edwards. Book launch talk at Photobook Cafe, London (1 November 2023) RECORDING

Photography Forum, Talk at Westminster University, School of the Arts, Organised by Lucy Soutter, (Nov 2022)

The Photobook Ecosystem: Searching for Sustainable Approaches, Online panel discussion co-organised by 10x10 Photobooks and SPP network, with Tamsin Green, Lewis Chaplin, Paul John and Catriona Gourlay, chaired by Daria Tuminas & Amelie Schule (April 2022) RECORDING

In Conversation with Dafna Talmor & Tamsin Green, at Photofusion Gallery in London, chaired by Sid Motion, to coincide with my solo show “Scale & Substance” (March 2022) RECORDING

In Conversation with Tamsin Green, Wendy Aldiss and Roelof Bakker at Photofusion Gallery, London, chaired by Kim Shaw, as part of Roelof Bakker’s exhibition “The Spots that Never Went” (Nov 2021)

This is how the earth must see itself, Talk as part of Fiebre Photobook Fest 2021, online programme “Talking Books”, (Sept 2021) RECORDING

Born of the Purest Parents, Talk for Reminders Photography Stronghold, Tokyo, as part of the online programme “Why we make Handmade Books”, organised by Yumi Goto (March 2021)

In Conversation with Tamsin Green, Talk for FORMAT Festival, chaired by Niamh Treacy, Instagram Live series with artists from the “EAST MEETS WEST” programme (March 2020)

Exploring Peer Mentoring, Discussion with invited guest Wendy Pye, for Brighton Photo Fringe 18, to coincide with the group show “Casting Off” (Oct 2018)

Born of the Purest Parents Talk at MiniClick, Brighton, as part of the “Minerals” series with Alexandra Lethbridge (Aug 2018)

Born of the Purest Parents,Talk at Offspring Photo Meet, Space Studios, London (June 2018)

Ain't Bad
Another Place
boom saloon
BJP
B+W Magazine
C4 Journal
Caught by the River
Corridor8
Don't Take Pictures
Lenscratch
Loupe
fLIP
F-STOP
New Landscape Photography
Photomonitor
RPS Journal
The Photographer
Urbanautica Journal
V&A Museum 
Verve Photo