Artist Statement
Sophie Gerrard was born in Edinburgh in 1978. She gained an Environmental Sciences Bachelors degree from Manchester University in 1999 and, after working for a time as an environmental consultant, returned to Edinburgh to study photography at Edinburgh College of Art. Her interest in documenting environmental issues lead to a Masters degree in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from London College of Communication in 2006.
Sophie currently works as a freelance documentary photographer in the UK and India specialising in environmental and social issues. In 2007 her series "E-wasteland" won a Jerwood Photography Award and was selected as a UK winner by The Magenta Foundation. Sophie's work has been exhibited at Flowers East in London and with The Photographers' Gallery at Paris Photo, Sophie is currently representetd by The Photographers' Gallery in London.
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