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©Tamsin Green
Tamsin (b. London, 1982) is a visual artist and architect who uses walking as a process to make photographic work in the landscape. Her work utilises both scientific and experiential methodologies to question and probe our relationship with and representation of the land. The structure and materiality of the artist book are central to how Tamsin’s work takes shape, with paper maquettes made iteratively throughout each project to arrive at a final book. She is currently a PhD practice based researcher at CREAM, University of Westminster.
Her projects include Born of the Purest Parents (2016-18), a research into the landscape, cultural history and science of salt, this is how the earth must see itself: a walk with natural features (2019-21), where the Ordnance Survey mapping system and symbols are used as a guide to explore the British landscape, and walking out of sleep: encounters with lichen territory (2021-23), a book of multiple layers, that reflect the organism and the environmental conditions that they require to survive.
"Green’s practice reveals the idiosyncratic nature of the descriptive systems upon which we depend to organise our world, to make it meaningful, and to find a place in it. It shows us the land as we encounter it – in glimpses and fragments, missteps and experiments, changeable and proximate, seen and felt by a body in contact with its surroundings. And it invites us to recognise the distance between us and the world around us as one that we’ve created, to value the ground beneath us, and to think anew about the way that we inhabit our planet." Eugenie Shinkle
Get in touch: tam(at)tammidori.com
Follow: @tammidori
Bio
Tamsin Green (b.1982, London) has a passion for continuous learning, reflection and knowledge sharing. The thread that connects all of her creative practices together is her love of making physical things in a thoughtful and environmentally sustainable way. She has worked for 18 years in design and architecture for the studios of Thomas Heatherwick (London, 2012-2023), Norman Foster (London, 2007-2012) and Atelier Bow-Wow (Tokyo 2005-6). Whilst at Heatherwick studio she led a variety of projects, many of which involved the creative reuse of existing buildings, most notably Coal Drops Yard in London. She has also worked alongside book designers and editors to learn about publishing and develop her own photographic work into book form. These have included Stuart Smith (GOST), Yumi Goto (Reminders Photography Stronghold) and Tiffany Jones (Overlapse). She established manual.editions in 2021 to explore environmental approaches to book making through research, discussion and making.
She was a Visiting Professor of Design at Ecole Speciale D'Architecture, Paris (2006- 2007) and a tutor at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (2019-2021). She has spoken about design, photography and book making internationally including for the following festivals and organisations; 10X10 Photobooks (USA), Brighton Photo Fringe (UK), Coventry University (UK), East London University (UK), Ecole Speciale D'Architecture (FR), Falmouth University (UK), Fiebre Fotobook Fest (ES), Format Festival (UK), Mini Click (UK), Offspring Photo Meet (UK), Photo Cafe (UK), Photofusion Gallery (UK), The Reminders Photography Stronghold (JP), Tokyo Institute of Technology (JP), Westminster University (UK).
She has been a formal mentor on both the POC in Architecture and Open City Accelerate programmes, which seek to celebrate and support diversity in the built environment. She is part of several peer mentoring groups / collectives including (re)casting, a group of 12 female photographers, and The Photobook Club Collective, a dynamic group of Photobook makers. She is the host and facilitator of the Sustainable Photobook Publishing (SPP) network, a knowledge sharing community.
Her first artist book making workshop took place at Photofusion Gallery in London in 2022 and covered visual communication, hands on book making and ecologically sustainable approaches to designing and making books.
She is currently training to become a qualified Mountain Leader to both grow her own confidence in spending time in the wilder landscapes of the UK, and to be able to open up these places to others in a thoughtful way.
CV
Education
2023- CREAM, University of Westminster, PhD in Photography (UK)
2004-6 - Tokyo Institute of Technology, M.Eng Architecture (JP)
2000-3 - The Bartlett, University College London (UCL), BSc Architecture (UK)
Books
- walking out of sleep: encounters with lichen territory (manual.editions: 2023)
- Scale & Substance (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)
Collections
NAL, Victoria & Albert Museum (UK)
Artist Book Library, Tate (UK)
Parliament Collection (UK)
San Telmo Museum (ES)
The Photobook Museum (DE)
Reminders Photography Stronghold (JP)
Canterbury Christ Church University Library (UK)
Awards
2023 - Techne AHRC PhD Studentship (UK)
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
2019 - Photofusion SALON/19, Metro Imaging Award (UK)
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 - Black +White Spider Awards, Honourable Mention (USA)
2016 - IPA 2016, Honourable Mention (USA)
2015 - Offspring Photo Meet Portfolio Award, Gold (UK)
2014 - BIPP Awards, Silver (UK)
2014 - RPS Photobook Awards, Honourable Mention (UK)
2014 - Photolucida Critical Mass, Finalist (USA)
2012 - Royal Photographic Society, Associate Distinction (UK)
Solo Exhibitions
2022 - Photofusion: SCALE & SUBSTANCE (London, UK)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 - FORMAT23, FOTOFESTIWAL 2023, BOP-23: The Sustainable Photobook (Derby UK, Lodz PL, Bristol UK)
2022 - Dulwich Arts Festival: Ways of Seeing: Green (London, UK)
2021 - Photofusion: SELECT/21 (London, UK)
2021 - Open Doors Gallery: OD Photo Prize 2021 (ONLINE)
2021 - Photofusion: SALON/21 (London, UK)
2021 - FORMAT21: Presents (Derby, UK)
2019 - Photofusion: SALON/19 (London, UK)
2019 - Pil’Ours Festival: Time to Think (Pil’Ours, FR)
2019 - FORMAT19: Kassel Dummy Award ’18 (Derby, UK)
2019 - Open Eye Gallery: 209 Women (Liverpool, UK)
2018 - Houses of Parliament: 209 Women (London, UK)
2018 - Photofusion: SALON/18 (London, UK)
2018 - 5&23 Gallery: Shutter Hub Open18 (Amsterdam, NL)
2018 - Aarhaus Photobook Week 2018: Kassel Dummy Award 18 (Aarhaus, DE)
2018 - Brighton Photo Fringe: Casting Off (Brighton, UK)
2018 - Old Truman Brewery: Shutter Hub Open18 (London, UK)
2018 - PhotoBangkok: Photobook as Object/ Photobook Who Cares (Bangkok, TH)
2018 - Triennial Hamburg: Kassel Dummy Award 18 (Hamburg, DE)
2018 - Kassel FotoBookFestival: Dummy Award 18 (Kassel, DE)
2018 - PhotoIreland: The Library Project (Dublin, UK)
2018 - Bridewell Theatre: Borders (London, UK)
2017 - Photofusion: SALON/17 (London, UK)
2017 - Old Truman Brewery: 29th LIP Annual Show (London UK)
2017 - Darkroom Gallery: Pathways and Passageways (Vermont USA)
2017 - Davis Orton Gallery: Annual Group Show (New York, USA)
2017 - Retina Photography Festival: RPS IPE 159 (Edinburgh, UK)
2017 - Belfast Photography Festival: RPS IPE 159 (Belfast, UK)
2017 - The Museum of Somerset: RPS IPE 159 (Taunton, UK)
2016 - The University of Brighton: RPS IPE 159 (Brighton, UK)
2016 - The Printspace: Photo-Forum End of Year Show (London, UK)
2016 - Royal Albert Hall: RPS IPE 159 (London, UK)
2016 - Espacio Gallery: 28th LIP Annual Show (London, UK)
2016 - Old Truman Brewery: RPS International Print 159 (London, UK)
2016 - Davis Orton Gallery: Annual Group Show (New York, USA)
2016 - Dean Clough Gallery: The Work of the BIPP (Halifax, UK)
2016 - Buckinghamshire Art Gallery: The Work of the BIPP (Aylesbury, UK)
2015 - Photofusion: SALON/15 (London, UK)
2015 - Rich Mix: Telling Stories (London, UK)
2015 - Lishui Photography Festival: Resilience and the Human Spirit (Lishui, CN)
2015 - Hull Photography Festival: RPS Biennial Exhibition (Hull, UK)
2015 - Grant Bradley Gallery: RPS Biennial Exhibition (Bristol, UK)
2015 - Photofusion: SALON/14 (London, UK)
2014 - Royal Photographic Society: Photobook Exhibition (Bath, UK)
Talks, Workshops & Jury
2023 - Impressions Gallery: Sustainability & Photobooks Panel Discussion & SPP network Workshop (Bradford, UK)
2023 - University of Salford: Sustaining Photography Talk & Portfolio Reviews (Salford, UK)
2023 - Photo | Frome, Photobook Awards, Jury (Frome, UK)
2023 - MassArt, Boston MA: Guest Lecture (USA: Online)
2023 - Brigham Young University, Utah: Visiting Artist Lecture Series (USA: Online)
2023 - FORMAT23: re.think | re.use | re.work workshop with SPP network (UK)
2022 - Westminster University: Photography Forum (London, UK)
2022 - Falmouth University MA Photography: Guest Lecture (Online)
2022 - 10x10 Photobooks and SPP network: The Photobook Ecosystem (Online)
2022 - Photofusion: Artist talk with Dafna Talmor and Sid Motion (London, UK)
2022 - Photofusion: Artist Book Making Workshop (London, UK)
2022 - Coventry University MA Photography: Guest Lecture (Online)
2022 - Coventry University: Masterclass Catalyst Conversations (Online)
2021 - Photofusion: Artist talk with Wendy Aldiss and Roelof Bakker (Online)
2021 - Fiebre Photobook Fest 2021: Talking Books (Online)
2021 - Reminders Photography Stronghold: Why we make Handmade Books (Online)
2020 - FORMAT Festival: in conversation with Niamh Treacy (Online)
2020 - Photo Cafe: East Meets West (Online)
2018 - BPF18: Exploring Peer Mentoring, with Wendy Pye (Brighton, UK)
2018 - MiniClick: Minerals, with Alexandra Lethbridge (Brighton, UK)
2018 - Offspring Photo Meet: Lunch time chat (London, UK)
Publications
Ain't Bad, Another Place, boom saloon, B+W Magazine, C4 Journal, Caught by the River, Corridor8, Don't Take Pictures, Lenscratch, Loupe, fLIP, F-STOP, New Landscape Photography, RPS Journal, The Photographer, Photomonitor, Urbanautica, Verve Photo