Sam Faulkner
Occupationphotographer and filmmaker
Alma materKing's College London
Websitewww.samfaulkner.co.uk

Sam Faulkner is a photographer and filmmaker based in London.

Life and work

In 1994 Faulkner gained a BA Hons in Philosophy from King's College London. He lives in Islington, London.

From 2009 until 2014 Faulkner worked on a series of portraits made on the battlefield of Waterloo in Belgium.[1][2]

Over the summer of 2015, the work was exhibited at Somerset House,[3][4] in London to commemorate the 200 anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. The exhibition was designed and curated by Patrick Kinmonth.

Faulkner's book, Unseen Waterloo:The Conflict Revisited[5] [6] was published to coincide with the exhibition. ISBN 0957540566[7] Publisher: Impress; 2015.

Sam Faulkner founded Fashion Films

Awards

  • 1995: Ian Parry Scholarship for young Photographers for his work from Afghanistan.[8]
  • 2001: Observer Hodge Award for his ongoing work on the war on drugs.[9]
  • 2005 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship for his ongoing work on the war on drugs.[10]
  • 2008 BJP Project Assistance Award[11] for ongoing work about the war on drugs
  • 2010 Getty Grant For Good for work on female genital mutilation in Mali[12]

References

  1. ^ House, Christian (10 June 2015). "The Battle of Waterloo, through the eyes of a war photographer". – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  2. ^ Zhou, Li. "Relive the Battle of Waterloo With These Astonishing Portraits of War Reenactors". smithsonianmag.com
  3. ^ "A Londres, une expo photo consacrée à Waterloo du 17 juin 2015 - France Inter". franceinter.fr
  4. ^ "Los rostros que no captó la cámara". elmundo.es
  5. ^ "Unseen Waterloo shows the humanity behind the battle". newsweek.com. 18 June 2015.
  6. ^ Wolfe, Alexandra (12 June 2015). "Photographer Sam Faulkner aims to capture what the 1815 Battle of Waterloo really looked like". – via www.wsj.com.
  7. ^ Faulkner, Sam; Foulkes, Nick; Padiyar, Satish (2015). Unseen Waterloo: The Conflict Revisited: Photographs from the Battlefield. IMPress. ISBN 978-0-9575405-6-9.
  8. ^ "1995 Sam Faulkner Winner - Ian Parry". www.ianparry.org
  9. ^ "Hodge award 2001 - winners announced - Special reports - The Observer". www.theguardian.com
  10. ^ "sam.faulkner.2005 - Winston Churchill Memorial Trust". www.wcmt.org.uk
  11. ^ Ltd, Magezine Publishing. "BJP Project Assistance Awards with Nikon". ephotozine.com
  12. ^ "Getty Images Announces Its 2010 ‘Grants for Good’ Recipients". businesswire.com