Introduction
Simon Norfolk (born 1963) is an architectural and landscape photographer. He has produced four monographs of work: Afghanistan: Chronotopia (2002), published in five languages; For Most of It I Have No Words (1998) about the landscapes of genocide; Bleed (2005) about the Bosnian War; and Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan (2011).
Norfolk has won the Prix Dialogue de l'Humanite award at Rencontres d'Arles, multiple World Press Photo and Sony World Photography Awards, the Foreign Press Club of America Award, European Publishers Award for Photography and an Infinity Prize from International Center of Photography. In 2003 he was shortlisted for the Citibank Prize (now known as the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize), and in 2013 he won the Prix Pictet Commission. His works have been collected by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Tate Modern, London.
Life and work
Norfolk studied documentary photography at Newport College of Art. He lives and works in Brighton & Hove and Kabul.
Books
- For Most of It I Have No Words: Genocide, Landscape, Memory. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 1998. ISBN 978-1899235667.
- Afghanistan. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2002. ISBN 978-1899235544.
- Afghanistan: Chronotopia.
- Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2002. ISBN 978-2742740512.
- Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2005.
- Bleed. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2005. ISBN 978-1904587194.
- Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the War in Afghanistan by John Burke and Simon Norfolk. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2011. ISBN 978-1907893117. Photographs by Norfolk and John Burke.
- Full Spectrum Dominance. Self-published. Edition of 95 copies.
Awards
- 2001: World Press Photo.
- 2002: European Publishers Award for Photography.
- 2003: Citibank Prize, shortlisted.
- 2003: Overseas Press Club of America, Olivier Rebbot Award.
- 2004: Infinity Prize, International Center of Photography.
- 2005: Prix Dialogue de l'Humanite award, Rencontres d'Arles.
- 2012: World Press Photo, Portraits.
- 2012: Sony World Photography Awards, Professional Competition, People, 1st place.
- 2012: Association of Photographers, Gold Award, Non-commissioned Project.
- 2013: Prix Pictet Commission.
- 2015: Sony World Photography Awards, Professional Competition, Landscape, 1st place.
- 2015: LensCulture Earth Awards, Series Winner, Fine Art / Conceptual.
- 2016: British Archaeological Awards, Best Public Presentation (for "Under London," National Geographic Magazine)
- 2020 Shifting Foundation Grant
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- For most of it I have no words. Side Gallery, Newcastle. June–August 1999.
Group exhibitions
- Afghanistan: Chronotopia, part of The Citibank Prize, The Photographers' Gallery, London, 2003.
- Prix Pictet Commission photographs, Somerset House, London, 10–27 October 2013. With Munem Wasif, Ed Kashi, and Chris Jordan.
- AOP50: Images that Defined the Age.
Collections
Norfolk's work is held in the following public collections:
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
- Tate Modern, London.
- International Center of Photography (ICP)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle.
- National Media Museum, Bradford, UK.
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
- Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK.
- Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri.
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.
- Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin.
- Portland Art Museum, Oregon.
- George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York.
- Hyman Collection, London.