Vanessa Winship
in Gaspé

EXHIBITION

Seeing the Light of Day

Vanessa Winship, Folkestone, United Kingdom | agencevu.com

“Responding to the request of preeminent photographer Todd Hido, whose son Owen had set up a new publishing house. On this occasion they were searching to present the work of a woman. Having met both Todd and his children whilst I was making my work she dances on Jackson, set in the United States of America, I was impressed by his initiative.

“Taken from an archive spanning over 40 years, I put together small edits from several extensive bodies of work. Mostly older, but several more recent and for the most part unseen. Each image is part of a larger series and across a number of geographical locations. This exhibition represents the possibility to open a window to see part of that work.” – Vanessa Winship

Exhibition at Rencontres

Seeing the Light of Day

Vanessa Winship is a member of Agence VU in Paris, France.

She the author and subject of several photographic monographs, including Schwarzes Meer, Sweet Nothings, she dances on Jackson, Vanessa Winship, And Time Folds, Sète#19, a box set: Seeing the Light of Day, and Snow.

The artist is the recipient a number of awards, including two World Press Photo prizes (1998 and 2008), Sony Photographer of the Year (2008), and the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation prize, 2011.

She has exhibited at numerous festivals and institutions, nationally and internationally, including the Barbican Art Gallery, London, in 2018. More recently she has been invited as resident artist in the region of Sète, France, and Cumbria, UK, in 2018 and 2020 respectively.

Her first mid-career-survey show was held at Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, Spain, in 2014. With George Georgiou she leads photography workshops, and works separately as guest speaker, tutor, reviewer, mentor, and latterly, curator.