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©Tamsin Green
"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, from the essay Drawn to Scale
Tamsin Green (b.1982) is a visual artist and architect based in London. 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 (2019-21), where the Ordnance Survey mapping system and symbols are used as a guide to explore the British landscape; walking out of sleep: encounters with lichen territory (2021-).
She walks alone in the landscape, carrying her own shelter, and leaving no trace. Her book-making practice continues this dialogue with the environment, through hand folding and binding, bringing her into close contact with materials and processes. In 2021 she established manual.editions as a platform to publish her handmade books in an environmentally conscious way. Through her search for a more sustainable approach the Sustainable Photobook Publishing (SPP) network was born.
Get in touch: tam(at)tammidori.com
Education
2004-6 - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Masters of Architecture (JP)
2000-3 - University College London (UCL), BSc Architecture (UK)
Books
- Scale & Substance (manual.editions: 2022)
- this is how the earth must see itself (manual.editions: 2021)
- Born of the Purest Parents (Self Published: 2018)
Talks & Workshops
2023 - Brigham Young University, Utah: Visiting Artist Lecture Series (Online)
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)
Teaching
2019-21 - Professional Practice, Enterprise and Ethics, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL (London, UK)
2006-7 - Visiting Professor, Ecole Speciale D'Architecture (Paris, FR)
Publications
Ain't Bad, Another Place, boom saloon, B+W Magazine, C4 Journal, Corridor8, Don't Take Pictures, Lenscratch, Loupe, fLIP, F-STOP, New Landscape Photography, RPS Journal, The Photographer, Photomonitor, Urbanautica, Verve Photo
Awards
2021 - OD Photo Prize 2021, Shortlist (UK)
2021 - Photofusion SALON/21, Select Award + Commendation (UK)
2021 - Glover Rayner Environmental Award, Shortlist (UK)
2019 - Photofusion SALON/19, Metro Imaging Award (UK)
2018 - Photofusion SALON/18, Alternative Process 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)
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)
Solo Exhibitions
2022 - Photofusion: SCALE & SUBSTANCE (London, UK)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 - FORMAT23: The Sustainable Photobook (Derby, UK) - Upcoming
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: Violence, 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)
Screenings
2018 - Kaunas Photo Festival, Photo Night (Kaunas, LT)
2015 - Offspring PhotoMeet, Proud Archivist (London, UK)
2013 - Urban Encounters, Tate Modern (London, UK)