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  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 London 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.

Clients include The Guardian, Greenpeace International, Geographical Magazine, Foto8 Magazine and The National Libraries of Scotland. Sophie's work is held in a number of private collections including The Sir Elton John Collection. Her work was recently published in 2009 in the Jerwood Photography Awards book “New Light”.

Sophie lives and works both from London and Edinburgh.

  
Awards
2009 - nominee - Prix Pictet, Earth, Paris
2008 - nominee - Prix Pictet, Water, Paris & Dubai
2008 - nominee - Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo
2008 - nominee - Sovereign European Art Prize
2007 - winner - Jerwood Photography Award
2007 - winner - Fuji Film Bursary
2007 - UK selected winner - Magenta Flash Forward Award, Canada
2007 - shortlisted - Deutsche Bank Pyramid Award.
Education
2007 - Photomeetings 2007 Workshop with Peter Bialobrzeski & Denis Darzacq, Luxembourg
2006 - MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography, London College of Communication
2005 - BA Visual Communication, Photography, Edinburgh College of Art
1999 - BSc Hons Environmental Sciences, Manchester University.
   

Exhibitions
2009 - Print Sales group show - The Photographers' Gallery, London
2008 - Prix Pictet slideshow - Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2008 - Jerwood Photography Award 2007 Exhibition Artists’ Talk - Streetlevel Gallery, Glasgow
2008 - Jerwood Photography Award 2007 Exhibition - Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
2008 - Jerwood Photography Award 2007 Exhibition - Town Hall Galleries, Ipswich
2008 - Visa de L’ani - Bar FlorÈal, Paris - Group Show
2008 - Jerwood Photography Award 2007 Exhibition - Millais Gallery, Southampton
2008 - "E-wasteland" Arbetets Museum, Norrkˆoping, Sweden - Solo Show
2007 - Jerwood Photography Award 2007 Exhibition Artists’ Talk - Jerwood Space, London
2007 - Paris Photo - The Photographers’ Gallery, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris - Group Show
2007 - "Says The Junk In The Yard" - Flowers East, London - Group Show
2007 - "Focus Periphery;Photomeetings 2007" - Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxemburg
2007 - "8 Colours From The Yamato Period" - Galerie Weissraum, Kyoto, Japan
2006 - MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography - Atrium Gallery, LCC, London
2006 - "Elefest:Eye On The Elephant" - Elephant & Castle Underground, London - Group Show
2006 - Green Elephant - Postgraduate Centre, LCC, London - Solo Show
2005 - 8 Colours From The Yamato Period - Sculpture Court, Edinburgh - Group Show
2005 - "(f)actual; Looking at Documentary" - Napier University, Edinburgh - Group Show