# Lua Ribeira

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{{Short description|UK-based Spanish photographer}}
{{Infobox artist
| name             = Lua Ribeira
| birth_date       = 1986 <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living artists, {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} for dead. For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per [WP:DOB](/source/WP%3ADOB). Treat such cases as if only the year is known, so use {{birth year and age|YYYY}} or a similar option. -->
| birth_place      = Galicia
| education        = University of South Wales
| known_for        = Photography
| notable_works    = Noises
| awards           = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) -->
| website          = {{URL| https://luaribeira.com/About}}
}}

'''Lua Ribeira''' (born 1986)<ref name="bjp-smyth">{{cite web |last=Smyth |first=Diane |date=14 December 2017 |title=Lua Ribeira, Sam Laughlin, and Alejandra Carles-Tolra show new work in Jerwood/Photoworks Awards |url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2017/12/jerwood-photoworks-awards/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=British Journal of Photography}}</ref> is a Galician photographer, based in Bristol in the UK.<ref name="magnum">{{cite web |date=3 September 2018 |title=In Her Work Lua Ribeira Challenges Societal Norms and Her Own Preconceptions • Magnum Photos |url=https://www.magnumphotos.com/theory-and-practice/lua-ribeira-challenges-societal-norms-and-her-own-preconceptions/ |accessdate=2020-08-28 |website=Magnum Photos}}</ref> She is interested in "using the photographic medium as a means to create encounters that establish relationships and question structural separations between people."<ref name="magnumphotos.com">{{Cite web |title=Lua Ribeira – Photographer Profile {{!}} Magnum Photos Magnum Photos |url=https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/lua-ribeira/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=Magnum Photos |language=en-US}}</ref> She is a Nominee member of [Magnum Photos](/source/Magnum_Photos) and was joint winner of the Jerwood/Photoworks Award in 2017. Her series ''Noises'' is about femininity and British [dancehall](/source/dancehall) culture.

== Life and work ==
Ribeira, originally from [Galicia](/source/Galicia_(Spain)) Spain, currently lives and works in the UK.<ref name="magnum" /> She initially studied media and graphic design, earning a degree from the BAU School of Design in Barcelona,<ref name="magnumphotos.com"/> before deciding to become a photographer.

In 2016, she graduated from the [University of South Wales](/source/University_of_South_Wales) with a first-class honors BA in Documentary Photography. Since graduating, she has been a guest lecturer at the [University of Westminster](/source/University_of_Westminster), [University of the West of England](/source/University_of_the_West_of_England%2C_Bristol), and [Complutense University of Madrid](/source/Complutense_University_of_Madrid).<ref name="magnumphotos.com"/>

In 2015, she was awarded the Firecracker Photographic Grant for her project ''Noises in the Blood'' (also known as ''Noises'')''.'' Produced between 2015 and 2019, it is inspired by Jamaican [dancehall](/source/dancehall) culture in the UK.<ref name="bjp-smyth" /><ref name="aliesio">{{cite web |last=D'Aliesio |first=Susan |date=15 May 2017 |title=Show: Noises in the Blood by Lua Ribeira |url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2017/05/show-noises-blood-by-lua-ribeira/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=British Journal of Photography}}</ref><ref name="id-ongley">{{cite web |last=Ongley |first=Hannah |date=11 May 2017 |title=surprising photos of britain's subversive dancehall parties |url=https://i-d.co/article/surprising-photos-of-britains-subversive-dancehall-parties/ |access-date=23 September 2018 |website=i-D}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Stansfield |first=Ted |date=26 May 2017 |title=Photos Capturing the Spirituality and Sexuality of Dancehall |url=http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/9869/photos-capturing-the-spirituality-and-sexuality-of-dancehall |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=[Another Magazine](/source/Another_Magazine)}}</ref>  The title is a reference to the book ''Noises in the Blood: Orality, Gender, and the”Vulgar” Body of Jamaican Popular Culture'' by author and literary scholar [Dr. Carolyn Cooper](/source/Carolyn_Cooper).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Noises |url=https://www.magnumphotos.com/shop/collections/books/noises-in-the-blood-lua-riberia-signed-book/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=Magnum Photos Store |language=en-US}}</ref>

She joined [Magnum Photos](/source/Magnum_Photos) as a Nominee in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smyth |first=Diane |date=27 June 2018 |title=Magnum Photos' international new wave of Nominees |url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2018/06/magnum-nominees/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=British Journal of Photography}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hughes |first=Holly |date=27 June 2018 |title=Magnum Photos Names 5 New Nominees |url=https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/06/magnum-photos-names-5-new-nominees.html |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=[Photo District News](/source/Photo_District_News) |archive-date=13 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013172153/https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/06/magnum-photos-names-5-new-nominees.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Publications==
===Publications by Ribeira===
* ''Noises in the Blood.'' London: Fishbar, 2017. Edition of 500 copies.

===Publications with contributions by Ribeira===
* ''Raw View Magazine, “Women looking at Women”'' curated by Susan Meiselas, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WOMEN LOOKING AT WOMEN - Curated by Susan Meiselas by Charlotte Schmitz |url=https://visura.co/Charlotte/news/women-looking-at-women-curated |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=Visura |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Firecrackers: Female Photographers Now.'' London: [Thames & Hudson](/source/Thames_%26_Hudson), 2017. By Fiona Rogers and Max Houghton. {{ISBN|978-0500544747}}.

==Awards==
* 2015: Firecracker Photographic Grant for Women in Photography<ref>{{cite web |title=Firecracker – The Photographic Grant |url=https://www.fire-cracker.org/grant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914062627/https://www.fire-cracker.org/grant/ |archive-date=14 September 2018 |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=Fire-Cracker}}</ref>
* 2015: Reginald Salisbury Fund (USW)
* 2017: Magnum Graduate Photographers Award, Magnum Photos<ref>{{cite news|first1=Alex|last1=Wheeler|accessdate=2018-09-23|title=Magnum announce Graduate Photographers Award 2017 nominees|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/magnum-announce-graduate-photographers-award-2017-nominees-1619095|newspaper=International Business Times UK|date=28 April 2017}}</ref>
* 2018: Joint winner, [Jerwood](/source/Jerwood_Foundation)/[Photoworks](/source/Photoworks) Awards, with Sam Laughlin and Alejandra Carles-Tolra<ref>{{cite web |last=Cheves |first=Olivia |date=19 January 2017 |title=Lua Ribeira, Alejandra Carles-Tolra and Sam Laughlin win the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards |url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2017/01/2017jerwood/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203202744/https://www.bjp-online.com/2017/01/2017jerwood/ |archive-date=3 December 2018 |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=British Journal of Photography}}</ref>

==Exhibitions==
===Solo exhibitions===
* ''Noises in the Blood,'' Kickplate Gallery, Abertillery, Wales, 2016;<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=706849284830994432|user=KickplateGall|title=New exhibition by Lua Ribeira called 'Noises in the Blood' opens Friday 11.03.16 5-7.30 pm.|author=Kickplate Gallery|date=7 March 2016|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902005740/https://twitter.com/kickplategall/status/706849284830994432|archive-date=2 September 2022|url-status=live|link=https://twitter.com/kickplategall/status/706849284830994432}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Rodríguez |first=Gustavo |date=24 October 2020 |title=Lua Riberia |url=https://radarfotografico.com/fotografos/lua-ribeira/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815011238/https://radarfotografico.com/fotografos/lua-ribeira/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=1 September 2022 |website=Radar Fotografico |language=es}}</ref> Fotoraum Gallery, Art Cologne, Germany, 2016;<ref name=":0" /> Fishbar Gallery, London, May 2017;<ref name="aliesio"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Ongley |first=Hannah |date=11 May 2017 |title=Surprising photos of britain's subversive dancehall parties |url=https://i-d.co/article/surprising-photos-of-britains-subversive-dancehall-parties/ |access-date=23 September 2018 |website=i-D}}</ref> Grain Photography Hub, Argentea Gallery, Birmingham, March–May 2018;<ref>{{cite web |date=2018 |title=Noises: Exhibition by Lua Ribeira at Argentea Gallery |url=http://grainphotographyhub.co.uk/portfolio-type/noises-in-the-blood/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=Grain Photography}}</ref> ''Noises,'' [Ffotogallery](/source/Ffotogallery), Cardiff, Wales, January–February 2019<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-09-01|title=Noises|url=https://ffotogallery.org/programme/noises|website=ffotogallery}}</ref>

===Group exhibitions===
* Jerwood/Photoworks Award winners, [Jerwood Space](/source/Jerwood_Space), London, January–March 2018;<ref name="bjp-smyth"/><ref>{{cite web |date=2018 |title=Jerwood/Photoworks Awards |url=http://www.jerwoodvisualarts.org/projects/jerwoodphotoworks-awards-2018/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924145030/http://www.jerwoodvisualarts.org/projects/jerwoodphotoworks-awards-2018/ |archive-date=24 September 2018 |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=Jerwood Visual Arts}}</ref> [Impressions Gallery](/source/Impressions_Gallery), Bradford, April–June 2018.<ref name="bjp-smyth"/> ''Subida al Cielo (Ascent into Heaven)'' by Ribeira, ''Where We Belong'' by Alejandra Carles-Tolra, and ''A Certain Movement'' by Sam Laughlin.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2018-09-23|title=Jerwood/Photoworks Awards: new work by Alejandra Carles-Tolra, Sam Laughlin and Lua Ribeira|url=http://www.impressions-gallery.com/exhibitions/exhibition.php?id=85|website=Impressions Gallery|archive-date=2018-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924145059/http://www.impressions-gallery.com/exhibitions/exhibition.php?id=85|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Contemporary Women of Magnum, [International Center of Photography](/source/International_Center_of_Photography), September 2022 - January 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-14 |title=Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum |url=https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/close-enough-new-perspectives-from-12-women-photographers-of-magnum |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=International Center of Photography |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|luaribeira.com}}

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Category:1986 births
Category:Living people
Category:Artists from Galicia (Spain)
Category:Spanish women photographers
Category:Magnum photographers
Category:Alumni of the University of Wales, Newport
Category:Women photojournalists

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