Hannah Starkey (born 1971)[1] is a British photographer who specializes in staged settings of women in city environments,[2][3] based in London.[4] In 2019 she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.
Hannah Starkey: In Real Life showed at The Hepworth Wakefield in April 2023.[5]
Biography
Born in Belfast, Starkey studied photography and film at Napier University, Edinburgh (1992–1995) and photography at the Royal College of Art, London (1996–1997).[1] She now lives and works in London.[6]
Her more recent images have an almost theatrical character, often depicting women in staged settings, for example with a Coca-Cola in a pub or inside a public lavatory. She describes her work as "explorations of everyday experiences and observations of inner city life from a female perspective."[7][8]
Publications
- Hannah Starkey: Moments in the Modern World - Photographic Works, 1997-2000, Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2000. ISBN 9781873654903. Exhibition catalogue. With a foreword by Sarah Glennie and a text by Val Williams.
- Hannah Starkey: Photographs 1997–2007. Göttingen: Steidl, 2007. Isabella Kullmann; Liz Jobey. ISBN 978-3-86521-373-0.
- Hannah Starkey: Twenty Nine Pictures. Coventry: Mead Gallery, 2011. Hannah Starkey; Diarmuid Costello; Sarah Shalgosky; Margaret Iverson. ISBN 978-0-902683-99-0.
- Photographs 1997–2017. London: Mack, 2018. ISBN 978-1-912339-19-8. With a biographical essay by Charlotte Cotton and a transcript of conversation between Starkey and Liz Jobey.[9][10]
Solo exhibitions
- 1999: Hannah Starkey, Cornerhouse, Manchester[11]
- 2000: Hannah Starkey: Photographs, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin[12]
- 2000: Hannah Starkey. Un progetto per il castello, Castle of Rivoli[13]
- 2010: Forum für Fotografie, Cologne
- 2011: Hannah Starkey: Twenty-Nine Pictures, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry. Curated by Diarmuid Costello.[14]
- 2011: Visual Puzzles: Hannah Starkey, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast[15]
- 2022/3: Hannah Starkey: In Real Life, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK, 21 October 2022 – 30 April 2023[5]
Awards
- 2019: Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, Bristol[16]
Collections
Starkey's work is held in the following public collections:
- Tate Modern, London: 4 prints (as of August 2020)[17]
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London: 3 prints (as of August 2020)[18]
- Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin: 1 print (as of August 2020)[19]
- Castello di Rivoli, Turin: 3 prints (as of August 2020)[20]
References
External links
- Examples of Starkey's work from Saatchi Gallery
- "The photography of Hannah Starkey – in pictures" at The Guardian