Laura Pannack

Laura Pannack
Laura Pannack

Born 12 June 1985
Nationality British
Known for Photography
Website
www.laurapannack.com

Laura Pannack (born 12 June 1985) is a British social documentary and portrait photographer, based in London. Since 2008, she has received awards for her work and had solo exhibits. Her works are often of children and teenagers.

Education and career

An example of Pannack's work for Oxfam

Pannack 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.

In 2011 Pannack featured in Creative Review's Ones to Watch list[1] and in 2013 in The Magenta Foundation's Emerging Photographers list.[2]

She works commercially and on self initiated personal projects, her subjects often being "young people and teenagers".[1]

Pannack's work has been used to illustrate articles in magazines such as The Sunday Times, Le Monde, Time, The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph[3][4][5] and The Sunday Telegraph.[6] Her work has been a feature in publications such as Wired,[7][8] Esquire Kazakhstan,[9] Hotshoe, British Journal of Photography, Creative Review and Time.

Commercial clients have included The Mental Health Foundation, Save the Children, Oxfam,[10] Dove,[11] Samsung, Dove, Barclays and Vodaphone.

Pannack's notable personal projects include The Untitled,[7] Young Love[7] and Young British Naturists,[12][13] all covering youth and adolescence. For her personal work Pannack largely uses a film camera,[14] at one time a Bronica 645 medium format camera[7] and more recently a Hasselblad 6x6.

Solo exhibitions

Selected awards

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ones to Watch: Laura Pannack". Creative Review. 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2013. There’s a lot of trust imbued in Laura Pannack’s photographs. Her subjects, often young people and teenagers, are depicted in quiet contemplative moments, seemingly giving little away.
  2. ↑ "Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2013". Magenta Publishing for the Arts. Retrieved 5 May 2013. The Magenta Foundation is pleased to announce the results of Year Nine of its Emerging Photographers exchange. The final list of winners is posted below. ... UK Winners ... Laura Pannack
  3. ↑ Williams, Sally (5 December 2011). "Telegraph Christmas Appeal: saving the cursed children of Ghana". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Photo: Laura Pannack
  4. ↑ Williams, Sally (10 August 2012). "Fairytale ending: the rise of the British prom". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Photo: Laura Pannack
  5. ↑ Salter, Jessica (10 May 2013). "Music releases autistic children from their chains". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 May 2013. Photo: Laura Pannack
  6. ↑ Freer, Bridget (12 November 2012). "Mental illness at work: the last taboo". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Photo: Laura Pannack
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Brook, Pete (12 August 2010). "Striking Teenage Portraits Boost Young Photog’s Career". Wired. Retrieved 2 April 2013. In February, for her portrait “Graham,” a teenager suffering anorexia nervosa (above), she won first place in the Portrait Singles category at the World Press Awards. Last month, Pannack was awarded Best in Show at the Foto8 Summershow for her portrait Shay ... It is Pannack‘s portraits of British youth – her Untitled and Young Love collections – that have caught the attention and secured the plaudits. The intimacy of those photos stands out from the vast sea of portraiture.
  8. ↑ Schiller, Jakob (22 March 2013). "Chess Boxing Demands a Rare Breed of Human: The ‘Nerdlete’". Wired. Retrieved 13 May 2013. According to Laura Pannack, a photographer who shot a series of chess boxer portraits at the London Chessboxing Championships last year ... All Photos: Laura Pannack
  9. ↑ "Молодо – зелено". Esquire Kazakhstan. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  10. ↑ Laurent, Olivier (3 November 2011). "Emerging photographers to talk at BJP's Vision". Incisive Financial Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2 May 2013. Her commissions are predominantly from editorial features and advertising campaigns. and some of her clients include The Telegraph Weekend, The Sunday Times, Wall St Journal, Grazia, The Guardian Weekend, Dazed & Confused Magazine, The Mental Health Foundation, Save the Children and Oxfam. In 2011, she was profiled as the photographer to watch in Creative Review.
  11. ↑ "Where's your beauty spot? Dove campaign asks women and their friends to identify their most beautiful body parts (and it seems our pals are much kinder to us than we are)". Associated Newspapers Ltd. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013. In their latest campaign for real beauty the brand has partnered with award-winning photographer Laura Pannack to capture real women celebrating a part of themselves that their friends have helped them identify as beautiful.
  12. ↑ Barkham, Patrick (30 October 2010). "Exposed: Young British nudists". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Jacques, Adam (30 October 2010). "Portfolio: Laura Pannack". The Independent. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  14. ↑ "Portfolio: Film stars". The Independent. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2013. To mark Labyrinth's first anniversary, it is holding an exhibition entitled A Year in Development to showcase the work of artists such as Laura Pannack (top left). Shot in large format, Pannack's work highlights another benefit of film: "If you are just posting your mug on Facebook, a camera phone suffices. But if you want to print out something larger, you'd need 800 megapixels to match the quality of images shot on large-format film – a figure currently impossible using digital. "But most of all, I prefer film because, unlike digital, things happen in the development process that you didn't dream of – that's where the magic lies."
  15. ↑ "A Collection - Laura Pannack". Visit Cardiff. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  16. ↑ Sean, O'Hagan (9 May 2012). "Saatchi captures the confusion of contemporary photography". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2013. At Gallery One and a Half, Laura Pannack is showing her – no pun intended – revealing photographs of Young British Naturists. As always, it is the casual, everyday nature of the nudity that is most surreal.
  17. ↑ "Laura Pannack, Young British Naturist Exhibition Launch". Leeds Inspired. Retrieved 16 July 2013. Laura Pannack, Young British Naturist Exhibition Launch 17th July 2013 - 24th September 2013 ... White Cloth Gallery 24 - 26 Aire Street, Leeds, LS1 4HT
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 "Laura Pannack". The Telegraph. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2013. Which photographer would you most like to (a) work with ... I would love to collaborate or work for some of my inspirations/idols: Ryan Mc Ginley [sic], Joakim Eskildsen, Sally Mann, Annie Leibovitz, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Nadav Kander, Matt Eich
  19. ↑ "Archives volume 23 (11.2009-12.2009)". Lens Culture. Retrieved 2 April 2013. the panel of judges for the Lens Culture International Exposure Awards 2009 have chosen the winners. ... Top prizes in the Single Image category were awarded to Brad Moore, Stella Johnson, and Laura Pannack.
  20. ↑ Pritchard, Lisa. Setting Up a Successful Photography Business: How to be a Professional Photographer. London: A & C Black Publishers Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-408125-77-9. Retrieved 2 April 2013. Laura Pannack ... twice winner of the Magenta Foundation Award
  21. ↑ "2011 IPA WINNER'S GALLERY". International Photography Awards. Retrieved 2 April 2013. 1st place Nudes LAURA Pannack "ybn"
  22. ↑ "Vic Odden Award". The Royal Photographic Society. Retrieved 2 April 2013. 2012 Laura Pannack
  23. ↑ "Winners".

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