Ben Harman, Director of Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh, speaks to Sophie Gerrard.

Sophie Gerrard (Scottish, b.1978) is an award-winning international artist working within the field of photography. Her practice is characterised by sensitive and evocative visual exploration of the natural environment and our relationship to it.

Sophie’s work has been included in publications including The New York Times and The Guardian. Her work is shown in national and international public institutions including Paris Photo, The Martin Parr Foundation, The Photographers’ Gallery, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, OFF_festival Bratislava, Unseen Amsterdam, FORMAT International Photography Festival, The Fox Talbot Museum, and Perth Museum & Art Gallery. Her work is held in private and national collections including The Sir Elton John Collection, The National Collection of Scotland, The University of St Andrews Collection, Coutts Bank private collection and the StatOil Collection.

Sophie has a Masters from The University of The Arts London, and degrees from Edinburgh College of Art and Manchester University.

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