Bio—
George Selley (born 1993) is a London based researcher working with photography, video and sound. George currently teaches photography at Fine Arts College, in Camden. He is a recent graduate of MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication. His work has been published in Dazed, PHMuseum, Wallpaper, Huck, The British Journal of Photography, Artpress and Fisheye Magazine, among others.
In 2019 and 2021, George was selected as a Parallel Photo Platform 3rd and 4th cycle artist respectively, and was one of the first photographers to receive the Paris Photo Carte Blanche Student Award (2017). He has been exhibited in Germany; France; Italy; Spain; Poland; Ukraine, Portugal, Isreal, Hungary, the Netherlands; the U.S and the UK. His 2015 documentary Study Drugs was selected and screened at the 2015 American Public Health Association Film Festival, in Chicago. George is a co-founder of the Carte Blanche Collective.
CV—
2014-2016, Oxford Brookes University, BSC Social & Biological Anthropology.
2017-2018, London College of Communication, MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography.
Awards—
PHmuseum 2020 Photography Grant (Shortlisted)
Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography (Photo:Isreal), 2019. (Finalist)
Parallel Photo Platform, 2019, 3rd Cycle Artist (Laureate)
Encontros da Imagem Discovery Award, 2019 (Awarded)
Prix HSBC Pour la Photographie, 2019 (Finalist)
Chromatic Awards, 2018 (Honourable Mention)
Fujifilm Young Talent Award, 2018 (Shortlisted)
Homesession Artist Residency Award, Barcelona. 2018 (Awarded)
Belgrade Photo Month, New Talents Award. 2018 (Finalist)
Paris Photo Carte Blanche Student Award. 2017 (Awarded)
Felix Schoeller Best Emerging Photographer Award. 2017 (Finalist)
Photo X, Art Gemini Prize. 2017 (Shortlisted)
Celeste Visible White Photo Prize. 2017 (Finalist)
American Public Health Film Festival. 2015 (Laureate)
Selected Exhibitions—
Of this world - Envisioning alternative cartographies, Capa Center, Budapest. August, 2021.
Broken Secrets, FMAV, Modena. Italy. August. 2021
Aperture Summer Open, New York. U.S. September. 2020
Parallel Review, Lisbon. Portugal. November. 2020
Landskrona Photo Festival. Sweden. September. 2020
Organ Vida International Photography Festival, Zagreb, Croatia. June. 2020
Modena Photo Festival, Modena, Italy. June. 2020
Censored Exhibition, Copenhagen Photo Festival. June. 2020
Photo Isreal, Tel Aviv, Isreal. November. 2019
Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal. September. 2019
Parallel Inersection, Budapest, Hungary. September 2019
Images Singulieres, Sete, France. May. 2019
Dilate by Eyesore Magazine, Giant Steps, London, UK. February. 2019
FotoFestival Schiedam, Schiedam, Holland. October. 2018
Off Limits, Squat-gallery, Kiev, Ukraine. September. 2018
(Solo) A Study of Assassination. Homesession Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. August. 2018
Odesa Photo Days Festival, Odesa, Ukraine. April. 2018
Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris. November. 2017
Gare du Nord, Paris. November. 2017
Felix Nussbaum Museum of Cultural History, Germany. October. 2017
Ostrołęka Festival of Photography, Poland. October. 2017
Fondazione Marangoni Gallery, Florence, Italy. September. 2017
Green Rooms Gallery, London. February. 2017
American Public Health Film Festival, Chicago. October. 2015
George Selley (born 1993) is a London based researcher working with photography, video and sound. George currently teaches photography at Fine Arts College, in Camden. He is a recent graduate of MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication. His work has been published in Dazed, PHMuseum, Wallpaper, Huck, The British Journal of Photography, Artpress and Fisheye Magazine, among others.
In 2019 and 2021, George was selected as a Parallel Photo Platform 3rd and 4th cycle artist respectively, and was one of the first photographers to receive the Paris Photo Carte Blanche Student Award (2017). He has been exhibited in Germany; France; Italy; Spain; Poland; Ukraine, Portugal, Isreal, Hungary, the Netherlands; the U.S and the UK. His 2015 documentary Study Drugs was selected and screened at the 2015 American Public Health Association Film Festival, in Chicago. George is a co-founder of the Carte Blanche Collective.
CV—
2014-2016, Oxford Brookes University, BSC Social & Biological Anthropology.
2017-2018, London College of Communication, MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography.
Awards—
PHmuseum 2020 Photography Grant (Shortlisted)
Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography (Photo:Isreal), 2019. (Finalist)
Parallel Photo Platform, 2019, 3rd Cycle Artist (Laureate)
Encontros da Imagem Discovery Award, 2019 (Awarded)
Prix HSBC Pour la Photographie, 2019 (Finalist)
Chromatic Awards, 2018 (Honourable Mention)
Fujifilm Young Talent Award, 2018 (Shortlisted)
Homesession Artist Residency Award, Barcelona. 2018 (Awarded)
Belgrade Photo Month, New Talents Award. 2018 (Finalist)
Paris Photo Carte Blanche Student Award. 2017 (Awarded)
Felix Schoeller Best Emerging Photographer Award. 2017 (Finalist)
Photo X, Art Gemini Prize. 2017 (Shortlisted)
Celeste Visible White Photo Prize. 2017 (Finalist)
American Public Health Film Festival. 2015 (Laureate)
Selected Exhibitions—
Of this world - Envisioning alternative cartographies, Capa Center, Budapest. August, 2021.
Broken Secrets, FMAV, Modena. Italy. August. 2021
Aperture Summer Open, New York. U.S. September. 2020
Parallel Review, Lisbon. Portugal. November. 2020
Landskrona Photo Festival. Sweden. September. 2020
Organ Vida International Photography Festival, Zagreb, Croatia. June. 2020
Modena Photo Festival, Modena, Italy. June. 2020
Censored Exhibition, Copenhagen Photo Festival. June. 2020
Photo Isreal, Tel Aviv, Isreal. November. 2019
Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal. September. 2019
Parallel Inersection, Budapest, Hungary. September 2019
Images Singulieres, Sete, France. May. 2019
Dilate by Eyesore Magazine, Giant Steps, London, UK. February. 2019
FotoFestival Schiedam, Schiedam, Holland. October. 2018
Off Limits, Squat-gallery, Kiev, Ukraine. September. 2018
(Solo) A Study of Assassination. Homesession Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. August. 2018
Odesa Photo Days Festival, Odesa, Ukraine. April. 2018
Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris. November. 2017
Gare du Nord, Paris. November. 2017
Felix Nussbaum Museum of Cultural History, Germany. October. 2017
Ostrołęka Festival of Photography, Poland. October. 2017
Fondazione Marangoni Gallery, Florence, Italy. September. 2017
Green Rooms Gallery, London. February. 2017
American Public Health Film Festival, Chicago. October. 2015
Public / Private Collections—
Human Exploitation (acquired in its entirety by Fondazione Modena Art Visive). Modena, Italy. 2021
Human Exploitation (acquired in its entirety by Fondazione Modena Art Visive). Modena, Italy. 2021