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Laura Pannack

Laura Pannack

British photographer

Laura Pannack (born 1985)[1] is a British social documentary and portrait photographer, based in London. Her work is often of children and teenagers. Pannack received first place in the World Press Photo Awards in 2010, the Vic Odden Award from the Royal Photographic Society in 2012, and won the Portfolio category in the Sony World Photography Awards in 2021.[2]

Quick Facts Born, Nationality ...

A book, Youth Without Age and Life Without Death, was published in 2023.

Early life and education

An example of Pannack's work for Oxfam

Pannack was born in Kingston upon Thames, southwest London.[1]

She gained a degree in editorial photography at the University of Brighton; studied a foundation course in painting at Central Saint Martins College of Art, London; and studied a foundation course at London College of Communication.[3]

Career

Pannack works commercially and on self initiated personal projects, her subjects often being "young people and teenagers".[4] Her work has been a feature in magazines.[5][6][7]

Her personal projects include The Untitled,[5] Young Love[5] and Young British Naturists,[8][9] For her personal work Pannack largely uses a film camera,[10] at one time a Bronica 645 medium format camera[5] and more recently a Hasselblad 6×6.

In 2011 Pannack was included in Creative Review's Ones to Watch list[4] and in 2013 in The Magenta Foundation's Emerging Photographers list.[11]

Publications

Publications by Pannack

  • Against The Dying of The Light. Collection du Prix HSBC pour la Photographie. Arles, France: Actes Sud, 2017. ISBN 978-2-330-07743-3. With a text in French by Christian Caujolle, translated into English by Thyago Nogueira. Published on the occasion of the Prix HSBC Pour La Photographie 2017.
  • The Cracker. Multistory, 2019. Magazine format. Edition of 25 copies.[12][13]
  • Youth (Vol. 1). Polite, 2023. Postcard set.
  • Youth Without Age and Life Without Death. Guest, 2023.[14][15]

Publications with contributions by Pannack

  • Hijacked III: Australia / United Kingdom. Cottesloe, W.A.: Big City Press; Heidelberg: Kehrer, 2012. ISBN 9783868282856. Exhibition catalogue.
  • Great Britons of Photography Vol.1: The Dench Dozen. Eastbourne, UK: Hungry Eye, 2016. ISBN 978-0-9926405-2-1. Edited by Peter Dench. With photographs by and transcripts of interviews between Dench and Pannack, among others. 160 pages. Edition of 500 copies.

Exhibitions

  • A Collection, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, 2011[16]
  • Young British Naturists, One and a Half Gallery, London, 2012[9][17]
  • Young British Naturists, White Cloth Gallery, Leeds, 2013[18]
  • Youth Without Age, Life Without Death: Chapter 1, Francesca Maffeo Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, 2016[19][20]

Awards

References

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    Sawa, Dale Berning (15 July 2020). "Laura Pannack's best photograph: four teenagers on a Black Country wasteland". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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    Stevenson, Neil (15 April 2021). "Fourteen spectacular winning images from the Sony World Photography Awards 2021". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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    Brook, Pete (12 August 2010). "Striking Teenage Portraits Boost Young Photog's Career". Wired. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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    Schiller, Jakob (22 March 2013). "Chess Boxing Demands a Rare Breed of Human: The 'Nerdlete'". Wired. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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    "Молодо – зелено" [Young is green]. Esquire Kazakhstan (in Russian). Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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    Barkham, Patrick (30 October 2010). "Exposed: Young British nudists". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
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    Jacques, Adam (30 October 2010). "Portfolio: Laura Pannack". The Independent. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
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    Jacques, Adam (19 February 2012). "Portfolio: Film stars". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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    "Flash Forward 2013 - Competition Catalogue". Magenta Foundation (Book order page). 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
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