Laura Pannack

Laura Pannack Laura Pannack
Born	12 June 1985
Nationality	British
Known for	Photography
Website	www.laurapannack.com

Laura Pannack (born 12 June 1985) is a British social documentary and portrait photographer, based in London. Since 2008, she has received awards for her work and had solo exhibits. Her works are often of children and teenagers.

Education and career

An example of Pannack's work for Oxfam

Pannack gained a degree in editorial photography at the University of Brighton; studied a foundation course in painting at Central Saint Martins College of Art, London; and studied a foundation course at London College of Communication.

In 2011 Pannack featured in Creative Review's Ones to Watch list^[1] and in 2013 in The Magenta Foundation's Emerging Photographers list.^[2]

She works commercially and on self initiated personal projects, her subjects often being "young people and teenagers".^[1]

Pannack's work has been used to illustrate articles in magazines such as The Sunday Times, Le Monde, Time, The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph^[3][4][5] and The Sunday Telegraph.^[6] Her work has been a feature in publications such as Wired,^[7][8] Esquire Kazakhstan,^[9] Hotshoe, British Journal of Photography, Creative Review and Time.

Commercial clients have included The Mental Health Foundation, Save the Children, Oxfam,^[10] Dove,^[11] Samsung, Dove, Barclays and Vodafone.

Pannack's notable personal projects include The Untitled,^[7] Young Love^[7] and Young British Naturists,^[12][13] all covering youth and adolescence. For her personal work Pannack largely uses a film camera,^[14] at one time a Bronica 645 medium format camera^[7] and more recently a Hasselblad 6x6.

Solo exhibitions

• A Collection, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff (2011)^[15]
• Young British Naturists, One and a Half Gallery, London (2012)^[13][16]
• Young British Naturists, White Cloth Gallery, Leeds (2013)^[17]

Selected awards

• 2008: 1st place, Hotshot International Next Perspective Award^[18]
• 2009: Winner, Magenta Foundation award^[18]
• 2009: 3rd prize, UK Single Image, LensCulture Award^[19]
• 2009: Finalist (with Gemma), Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize^[18]
• 2010: 1st place (with Graham), Portraits Singles, World Press Photo Awards^[18][7]
• 2010: Best in Show (with Shay), Foto8 Host Summer Show^[18][7]
• 2010: Winner, Magenta Foundation award^[20]
• 2011: 1st place (with Young British Naturists), Fine Art Nudes, Lucies International Professional Photography Awards^[21]
• 2012: Vic Odden Award, The Royal Photographic Society^[22]
• 2014: John Kobal Award - The Taylor Wessing at The National Portrait Gallery
• 2014: Hospital Club 100^[23]

References

1. "Ones to Watch: Laura Pannack". Creative Review. 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
2. "Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2013". Magenta Publishing for the Arts. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
3. Williams, Sally (5 December 2011). "Telegraph Christmas Appeal: saving the cursed children of Ghana". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Photo: Laura Pannack
4. Williams, Sally (10 August 2012). "Fairytale ending: the rise of the British prom". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Photo: Laura Pannack
5. Salter, Jessica (10 May 2013). "Music releases autistic children from their chains". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 May 2013. Photo: Laura Pannack
6. Freer, Bridget (12 November 2012). "Mental illness at work: the last taboo". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 May 2013. Photo: Laura Pannack
7. Brook, Pete (12 August 2010). "Striking Teenage Portraits Boost Young Photog’s Career". Wired. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
8. Schiller, Jakob (22 March 2013). "Chess Boxing Demands a Rare Breed of Human: The ‘Nerdlete’". Wired. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
9. "Молодо – зелено". Esquire Kazakhstan. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
10. Laurent, Olivier (3 November 2011). "Emerging photographers to talk at BJP's Vision". Incisive Financial Publishing Limited. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
11. "Where's your beauty spot? Dove campaign asks women and their friends to identify their most beautiful body parts (and it seems our pals are much kinder to us than we are)". Associated Newspapers Ltd. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
12. Barkham, Patrick (30 October 2010). "Exposed: Young British nudists". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
13. Jacques, Adam (30 October 2010). "Portfolio: Laura Pannack". The Independent. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
14. "Portfolio: Film stars". The Independent. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
15. "A Collection - Laura Pannack". Visit Cardiff. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
16. Sean, O'Hagan (9 May 2012). "Saatchi captures the confusion of contemporary photography". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
17. "Laura Pannack, Young British Naturist Exhibition Launch". Leeds Inspired. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
18. "Laura Pannack". The Telegraph. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
19. "Archives volume 23 (11.2009-12.2009)". LensCulture. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
20. Pritchard, Lisa. Setting Up a Successful Photography Business: How to be a Professional Photographer. London: A & C Black Publishers Ltd. p. 134. ISBN 978-1-408125-77-9. Retrieved 2 April 2013. Laura Pannack ... twice winner of the Magenta Foundation Award
21. "2011 IPA Winner's Gallery". International Photography Awards. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
22. "Vic Odden Award". The Royal Photographic Society. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
23. "Winners".

External links

• Official website
• 'The secret world of young British naturists' series of photographs at The Guardian