Lua Ribeira
{{Short description|UK-based Spanish photographer}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Lua Ribeira
| birth_date = 1986
| birth_place = Galicia
| nationality = Spanish
| education = University of South Wales
| known_for = Photography
| notable_works = Noises
| awards =
| website = {{URL| https://luaribeira.com/About}}
}}
Lua Ribeira (born 1986){{cite web |last=Smyth |first=Diane |date=14 December 2017 |title=Lua Ribeira, Sam Laughlin, and Alejandra Carles-Tolra show new work in Jerwood/Photoworks Awards |url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2017/12/jerwood-photoworks-awards/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=British Journal of Photography}} is a Galician photographer, based in Bristol in the UK.{{cite web |date=3 September 2018 |title=In Her Work Lua Ribeira Challenges Societal Norms and Her Own Preconceptions • Magnum Photos |url=https://www.magnumphotos.com/theory-and-practice/lua-ribeira-challenges-societal-norms-and-her-own-preconceptions/ |accessdate=2020-08-28 |website=Magnum Photos}} She is interested in "using the photographic medium as a means to create encounters that establish relationships and question structural separations between people."{{Cite web |title=Lua Ribeira – Photographer Profile {{!}} Magnum Photos Magnum Photos |url=https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/lua-ribeira/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=Magnum Photos |language=en-US}} She is a Nominee member of Magnum Photos and was joint winner of the Jerwood/Photoworks Award in 2017. Her series Noises is about femininity and British dancehall culture.
Life and work
Ribeira, originally from Galicia Spain, currently lives and works in the UK. She initially studied media and graphic design, earning a degree from the BAU School of Design in Barcelona, before deciding to become a photographer.
In 2016, she graduated from the University of South Wales with a first-class honors BA in Documentary Photography. Since graduating, she has been a guest lecturer at the University of Westminster, University of the West of England, and Complutense University of Madrid.
In 2015, she was awarded the Firecracker Photographic Grant for her project Noises in the Blood (also known as Noises). Produced between 2015 and 2019, it is inspired by Jamaican dancehall culture in the UK.{{cite web |last=D'Aliesio |first=Susan |date=15 May 2017 |title=Show: Noises in the Blood by Lua Ribeira |url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2017/05/show-noises-blood-by-lua-ribeira/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=British Journal of Photography}}{{cite web |last=Ongley |first=Hannah |date=11 May 2017 |title=surprising photos of britain's subversive dancehall parties |url=https://i-d.co/article/surprising-photos-of-britains-subversive-dancehall-parties/ |access-date=23 September 2018 |website=i-D}}{{cite web |last1=Stansfield |first=Ted |date=26 May 2017 |title=Photos Capturing the Spirituality and Sexuality of Dancehall |url=http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/9869/photos-capturing-the-spirituality-and-sexuality-of-dancehall |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=Another Magazine}} The title is a reference to the book Noises in the Blood: Orality, Gender, and the”Vulgar” Body of Jamaican Popular Culture by author and literary scholar Dr. Carolyn Cooper.{{Cite web |title=Noises |url=https://www.magnumphotos.com/shop/collections/books/noises-in-the-blood-lua-riberia-signed-book/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=Magnum Photos Store |language=en-US}}
She joined Magnum Photos as a Nominee in 2018.{{cite web |last=Smyth |first=Diane |date=27 June 2018 |title=Magnum Photos' international new wave of Nominees |url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2018/06/magnum-nominees/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=British Journal of Photography}}{{cite web |last=Hughes |first=Holly |date=27 June 2018 |title=Magnum Photos Names 5 New Nominees |url=https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/06/magnum-photos-names-5-new-nominees.html |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=Photo District News |archive-date=13 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013172153/https://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2018/06/magnum-photos-names-5-new-nominees.html |url-status=dead }}
Publications
=Publications by Ribeira=
- Noises in the Blood. London: Fishbar, 2017. Edition of 500 copies.
=Publications with contributions by Ribeira=
- Raw View Magazine, “Women looking at Women” curated by Susan Meiselas, 2016.{{Cite web |title=WOMEN LOOKING AT WOMEN - Curated by Susan Meiselas by Charlotte Schmitz |url=https://visura.co/Charlotte/news/women-looking-at-women-curated |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=Visura |language=en}}
- Firecrackers: Female Photographers Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2017. By Fiona Rogers and Max Houghton. {{ISBN|978-0500544747}}.
Awards
- 2015: Firecracker Photographic Grant for Women in Photography{{cite web |title=Firecracker – The Photographic Grant |url=https://www.fire-cracker.org/grant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914062627/https://www.fire-cracker.org/grant/ |archive-date=14 September 2018 |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=Fire-Cracker}}
- 2015: Reginald Salisbury Fund (USW)
- 2017: Magnum Graduate Photographers Award, Magnum Photos{{cite news|first1=Alex|last1=Wheeler|accessdate=2018-09-23|title=Magnum announce Graduate Photographers Award 2017 nominees|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/magnum-announce-graduate-photographers-award-2017-nominees-1619095|newspaper=International Business Times UK|date=28 April 2017}}
- 2018: Joint winner, Jerwood/Photoworks Awards, with Sam Laughlin and Alejandra Carles-Tolra{{cite web |last=Cheves |first=Olivia |date=19 January 2017 |title=Lua Ribeira, Alejandra Carles-Tolra and Sam Laughlin win the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards |url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2017/01/2017jerwood/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203202744/https://www.bjp-online.com/2017/01/2017jerwood/ |archive-date=3 December 2018 |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=British Journal of Photography}}
Exhibitions
=Solo exhibitions=
- Noises in the Blood, Kickplate Gallery, Abertillery, Wales, 2016;{{Cite tweet|number=706849284830994432|user=KickplateGall|title=New exhibition by Lua Ribeira called 'Noises in the Blood' opens Friday 11.03.16 5-7.30 pm.|author=Kickplate Gallery|date=7 March 2016|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902005740/https://twitter.com/kickplategall/status/706849284830994432|archive-date=2 September 2022|url-status=live|link=https://twitter.com/kickplategall/status/706849284830994432}}{{Cite web |last=Rodríguez |first=Gustavo |date=24 October 2020 |title=Lua Riberia |url=https://radarfotografico.com/fotografos/lua-ribeira/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815011238/https://radarfotografico.com/fotografos/lua-ribeira/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=1 September 2022 |website=Radar Fotografico |language=es}} Fotoraum Gallery, Art Cologne, Germany, 2016; Fishbar Gallery, London, May 2017;{{cite web |last=Ongley |first=Hannah |date=11 May 2017 |title=Surprising photos of britain's subversive dancehall parties |url=https://i-d.co/article/surprising-photos-of-britains-subversive-dancehall-parties/ |access-date=23 September 2018 |website=i-D}} Grain Photography Hub, Argentea Gallery, Birmingham, March–May 2018;{{cite web |date=2018 |title=Noises: Exhibition by Lua Ribeira at Argentea Gallery |url=http://grainphotographyhub.co.uk/portfolio-type/noises-in-the-blood/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=Grain Photography}} Noises, Ffotogallery, Cardiff, Wales, January–February 2019{{cite web|accessdate=2020-09-01|title=Noises|url=https://ffotogallery.org/programme/noises|website=ffotogallery}}
=Group exhibitions=
- Jerwood/Photoworks Award winners, Jerwood Space, London, January–March 2018;{{cite web |date=2018 |title=Jerwood/Photoworks Awards |url=http://www.jerwoodvisualarts.org/projects/jerwoodphotoworks-awards-2018/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924145030/http://www.jerwoodvisualarts.org/projects/jerwoodphotoworks-awards-2018/ |archive-date=24 September 2018 |accessdate=23 September 2018 |website=Jerwood Visual Arts}} Impressions Gallery, Bradford, April–June 2018. Subida al Cielo (Ascent into Heaven) by Ribeira, Where We Belong by Alejandra Carles-Tolra, and A Certain Movement by Sam Laughlin.{{cite web|accessdate=2018-09-23|title=Jerwood/Photoworks Awards: new work by Alejandra Carles-Tolra, Sam Laughlin and Lua Ribeira|url=http://www.impressions-gallery.com/exhibitions/exhibition.php?id=85|website=Impressions Gallery|archive-date=2018-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924145059/http://www.impressions-gallery.com/exhibitions/exhibition.php?id=85|url-status=dead}}
- Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Contemporary Women of Magnum, International Center of Photography, September 2022 - January 2023.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-14 |title=Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum |url=https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/close-enough-new-perspectives-from-12-women-photographers-of-magnum |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=International Center of Photography |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|luaribeira.com}}
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Category:Artists from Galicia (Spain)
Category:Spanish women photographers