Hilary Stock
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Hilary Stock (born 8 November 1964) is a British fine art photographer.
Early life
Stock was educated at Bedales School, Hampshire and at University College London where she read anthropology. She is married to the author Jon Stock and lives in Wiltshire and they have three children.{{cite web
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}} Before becoming a photographer, she was a documentary features producer for BBC Radio 4.[https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/13376976.artist-opening-up-quirky-bike-shed-as-part-of-marlborough-art-trail/ Artist opening up quirky 'bike shed' as part of Marlborough art trail] Gazette & Herald 8 July 2015
Art exhibitions
Stock's work is exhibited at the Harbour Gallery in Portscatho, Cornwall[https://www.theharbourgallery.co.uk/hilary-stock/ Hilary Stock] The Harbour Gallery 5-3-2021 and also at the Watergate Bay Hotel in Cornwall, where she held an exhibition in 2012 called "When the Boat Comes in".[https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/things-to-do/a-new-exhibition-for-photographer-hilary-stock-at-watergate-bay-6934298 A new exhibition for photographer Hilary Stock at Watergate Bay Hotel] Great British Life 8 November 2012 She has also exhibited at the White Horse Gallery in Marlborough, Wiltshire, where she held a solo show, ‘From Wiltshire Woods to the Cornish Coast’, in December 2018.[https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/17227407.artists-launches-scenic-exhibition/ Artists launches scenic exhibition] Gazette & Herald 16 November 2018[https://marlborough.news/features/photographs-from-wiltshire-woods-to-the-cornish-coast-a-white-horse-gallery-exhibition/ Photographs ‘From Wiltshire woods to the Cornish coast’: a White Horse Gallery exhibition] Marlborough News 18 October 2018
In 2015, she took part in a local Wiltshire art trail, Marlborough Open Studios, in which she exhibited her Cornish work.
In a review of her 2018 solo show in Marlborough with Tower and Town,[https://towerandtown.org.uk/pdfs/93412280722018128738528088.pdf Marlborough St Mary’s Window on the World] Tower and Town December 2018/January 2019 Gabriella Venus described Stock's collection as "glorious". She added: {{Blockquote
|text="The mix of realism and storytelling is magical. There is always more to see on each viewing".
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|title="Arts Review" page 11
|source=Tower and Town December 2018
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Lifestyle and travel photography
Between 2013 and 2105, Stock's lifestyle photos of the annual WOMAD music festival in Wiltshire were featured on the Telegraph's online culture pages.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-festivals/10209094/WOMAD-2013-a-Wiltshire-weekend-in-pictures.html?frame=2629877 WOMAD 2013: a Wiltshire weekend in pictures] The Telegraph 29 July 2013[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-festivals/10997884/Womad-2014-A-family-festival-in-pictures.html Womad 2014: A family festival in pictures] The Telegraph 29 July 2014[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/11768045/Womad-2015-in-pictures.html Womad 2015: in pictures] The Telegraph 28 July 2015
Stock's photos have been used to illustrate a number of travel features in The Telegraph, including trips to Chettinad,[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/artsandculture/4939035/India-The-remote-grandeur-of-Chettinad.html India: The remote grandeur of Chettinad] The Telegraph 4 March 2009 Ladakh,[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/india/galleries/India-family-holiday-Ladakh-in-pictures/lehladiesweb/ India family holiday: Ladakh in pictures] The Telegraph 24 March 2014 and Dublin.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/pubs/11467682/Kehoes-Dublin-pub-review.html Kehoe's, Dublin, pub review] The Telegraph 12 March 2015 Her photos have also appeared in Condé Nast Traveller.[https://www.cntraveller.in/story/amritsar-kodaikanal-4-places-visit-month/ Amritsar, Kodaikanal and 4 other places to visit this month] Condé Nast Traveller 2 April 2019
The Gambia
In August 2018, Stock accompanied a group of British teenagers to Gunjur in The Gambia, where she helped to develop their confidence through photography. The trip was organised by the UK charity Thriving Through Venture.[https://www.theocelot.co.uk/marlborough-meets-gunjur Marlborough meets Gunjur] The Ocelot 3 December 2018[http://ttventure.org/2018/09/ Return from The Gambia] TT Venture 12 September 2018 On her return, Stock organised a touring exhibition of the teenagers' work.
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