Simon Norfolk

Simon Norfolk
Born1963
Lagos, Nigeria
NationalityBritish
Known forPhotography
WebsiteOfficial website

Simon Norfolk (born 1963) is a Nigerian-born British architectural and landscape photographer.[1][2] He has produced four photo book monographs of his work. He lives and works in Brighton & Hove. He also lived in Kabul. His work is featured regularly in the National Geographic, the New York Times Magazine and The Guardian Weekend.[3][4]

Norfolk has won the Prix Dialogue de l'Humanite award at Rencontres d'Arles, in 2005, multiple World Press Photo and Sony World Photography Awards,[5] the Foreign Press Club of America Award, European Publishers Award for Photography[6] and an Infinity Prize from the International Center of Photography, in 2004.[7] In 2003 he was shortlisted for the Citibank Prize[8] (now known as the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize), and in 2013 he won the Prix Pictet Commission.[9] His works have been collected in museums like the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston[10] and Tate Modern, London.[11]

  1. ^ "Simon Norfolk". simonnorfolk.com. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. ^ Norfolk, Simon (23 October 2008). "Simon Norfolk's best shot". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Simon Norfolk: "Photography Has to Turn into a Moral Imperative" | Bleek Magazine". Bleek Magazine. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2018.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Simon Norfolk". International Center of Photography. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Simon Norfolk wins a portrait prize in World Press Photo". British Journal of Photography. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Previous winners Archived 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine", European Publishers Award for Photography. Accessed 8 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Simon Norfolk". International Center of Photography. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
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