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Emily Andersen is an internationally recognized photographer. Her black and white and colour photographs are included in major public and private collections. Through broad ranging projects Andersen's practice explores themes of portraiture, of the body, and of architecture using both still and moving image.  Her research is informed by techniques and materials employed in making photographs, as well as the historical and current philosophical debates around photographic representation.

Emily Andersen's photography has been published and exhibited internationally.  She has exhibited at The Royal Academy, The Institute of Contemporary Art, and The Photographer's Gallery in London. The Institute Francais d'Ecosse in Edinburgh, the Impressions Gallery York, the Ikon in Birmingham The Maison de Photo in Montreal, and The Museum of Contemporary Photography in Ottawa Canada. She has won the John Kobal prize for innovative portraiture, and her portraits are in the permanent collection of The National Portrait Gallery in London. Mumford Fine Art in London represents Emily.

Emily has recently been sponsored by and collaborated with:

• Arts Council of England
• The National Lottery
• Millennium Commission, Millennium Award
• HotShoe Publishing Ltd (UK)
• Emotion Magazine (Germany)
• Prestel Publishers (UK and Germany)
• Simon and Schuster Publishers (UK)
• Quadrille Publishers (UK)
• Harper Collins Publishers (UK)
• Rockport Publishers (USA)
• "Intelligent Life" The Economist Magazine (UK)
• "Intelligent Life" Lithuanian edition (Lithuania)
• Photography Monthly, Archant Publishing (UK)
• Mumford Fine Art, London
• National Portrait Gallery, London
• Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
• Elizabeth Wright, artist
• landguardshoot.org
• Commissions East
• Association of Photographers
• Image Magazine (UK)
• Technical University, Munich
• Technical University, Berlin (Architecture gallery)
• Trinkkurhalle,Timmendorferstrand, Germany
• Theartsdesk.com
• University of Miami
• Matchbox magazine (UK)
• Gabriela Switek, writer, curator and art historian
• Domus Magazine (Italy)
• Digital Photographer (UK)
• Pozytyw magazine (Poland)
• Suddeutche Zeitung (Germany)
• Diamanda Galas.

Emily's book Paradise Lost and Found was published in September 2009 by HotShoe Books with funding by the National Lottery Fund through the Arts Council of England.

2011 / 12 Her touring exhibition Paradise Lost and Found has exhibited in Berlin, Munich and Timmendorferstrand and continues to tour in Germany.

Emily is making new portraits and working on her portrait archive to compile a series for publication in 2012. Andersen is inspired by making photographs on the road and is planning her next trip for 2011 / 12.

• Emily was a trustee for the Organisation of Visual Arts (OVA) from 1998 to 2008.The organisation curates exhibitions and publishes artist's catalogues internationally. Since 2009 OVA is based at INIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts) OVA holds the Tessa Boffin archive
• 2010 Emily writes a regular column for Photography Monthly Emily's people. Published by Archant and online at Photography Monthly
• Baking with Passion by Dan Leppard and Richard Whittington (23 illus) Quadrille Publishing, London
• Disgusting Bliss: The Brass Eye of Chris Morris by Lucian Randall (2 illus) Simon and Schuster Ltd
• 2009 James Joyce Literary supplement. Marilyn French (1 illus) University of Miami, Vol 23, No 2, 1996 to current Member of the Association of Photographers

Recent solo and group exhibitions include:

• 2010 National Portrait Gallery, Great Composers from Elgar to Ades (Judith Weir, commissioned)
• 2009 Trinkkurhalle Timmendorferstrand Germany Paradise lost and Found (solo)
• 2008 Mumford Fine Art, Contextuality (solo)
• 2008 Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition

Recent visiting speaker engagements include:

• 2008 Linda Marchant and Emily Andersen introductory talks on "Lets get Lost" film by Bruce Weber about Chet Baker. The Broadway Cinema, Nottingham. 6 June and 14 July

Recent funding:

• 2009 National Lottery Fund through the Arts Council of England for book publication
• 2002/3 Millennium Award, Millennium Commission for exhibition Birds eye view

Emily is interested in supervising doctoral research proposals. Please see the research and scholarly and professional interests section above. Extensive information is available on Emily's website.