Sam Ivin is a collaborative photographer whose work focuses on social issues and the people connected with them. His pictures attempt to demonstrate the impact situations have on his subjects. By documenting their stories and perspectives he hopes to provide a more personal, tangible understanding of them. He studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales, Newport graduating in 2014.
Since then he has been awarded numerous significant photography prizes including the Magnum Photos Graduate Photographers Award, 2017, The GMC First Prize, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, 2017, the Best Graduate Single Image, Runner Up, British Journal of Photography (BJP) Breakthrough Award 2016 and the Winner of Best Single Image, Human Category at Renaissance Photography Prize 2015.
Projects
- Settling; Exploring Human Migration to Stoke-on-TrentSettling began as a 3 month, summer residency with local arts organisation Appetite (Part of Arts Council England funded Creative People and Places programme) and photography producer GRAIN projects. The brief, co-designed by the local community, was to create a display for the local festival The Big Feast ‘17 on the topic of human migration to Stoke, using local people’s personal photo albums. The stories Ivin discovered during the residency were so fascinating and poignant he decided to apply
- Lingering GhostsWhat does it mean to be an asylum seeker in the UK? This was the starting point of Ivin’s research, which began at a drop-in centre in Cardiff, Wales and continued all over England. It seeks to raise questions about how the UK’s migration system treats those who arrive in our country seeking safety. The result is a book made up of hand scratched portraits, where the eyes have been erased: once arrived in the UK, these people find themselves in a state of limbo, having to await news of their a
Work history
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Photogrpahic Artist & TeacherSam Ivin
Chalfont Saint Peter, United KingdomFreelance
Skills
- Photography Exhibitions
- Photography
- Portrait Photography
- Mixed Media
- Workshop Facilitation
- Workshop Design
- Project Management
- Grant Writing
- Community Art
- Teaching
Awards
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The GMC First Prize, Royal Birmingham Society of ArtistsRoyal Birmingham Society of Artists
Pakistan, from Lingering Ghosts series. The GMC First Prize, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, 2017.One of ten winners of Magnum Photos Graduate Photographers AwardMagnum Photos
Pakistan, from Lingering Ghosts series. One of ten winners of graduate photographers award, 2017.+ Show more