Lydia Goldblatt

{{Short description|British photographer}}

Lydia Goldblatt (born 1978) is a British photographer, living in London.{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-29|title=My mother in the garden swamped by green – Lydia Goldblatt's best photograph|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jun/08/mother-garden-lydia-goldblatt-best-photograph|date=8 June 2022|website=The Guardian}}{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-29|title=A place of refuge, Lydia Goldblatt's new series is a gentle contemplation on loss and uncertainty|url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/lydia-goldblatt-fugue-photography-060121|website=www.itsnicethat.com}}

Life and work

Goldblatt was born and lives in London. She gained a masters in photography from London College of Communication.

Her book Still Here (2013) contains photographs of her parents and of their home, in Hampstead, London.{{cite magazine|access-date=2023-01-29|title=Lydia Goldblatt's "Still Here"|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/lydia-goldblatts-still|date=21 October 2014|magazine=The New Yorker}}{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-29|title=Lydia Goldblatt's Still Here: an essay born of the intimacy of family love|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/10312393/Lydia-Goldblatts-Still-Here-an-essay-born-of-the-intimacy-of-family-love.html|website=The Daily Telegraph}}

Publications

  • Still Here. Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2013. With essays by Christiane Monarchi and Goldblatt. {{ISBN|978-3-7757-3628-2}}.{{cite web|first1=David|last1=Rosenberg|access-date=2023-01-29|title=Does Being Born to Older Parents Cause You to Think About Aging Differently?|url=https://slate.com/culture/2014/10/lydia-goldblatt-still-here-is-an-examination-of-time-and-aging-as-seen-through-the-photographers-parents-photos.html|date=6 October 2014|website=Slate Magazine}}{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-29|title=ZEIT ONLINE - Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl.|url=https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2Fkultur%2Fkunst%2F2013-11%2Ffs-lydia-goldblatt-still-here-hatje-cantz|website=www.zeit.de}}

Awards

  • 2020: Second prize, Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-29|title='Lost summer' prom images win over judges of Taylor Wessing photo portrait prize|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/nov/24/lost-summer-prom-images-win-over-judges-of-taylor-wessing-photo-portrait-prize|date=24 November 2020|website=The Guardian}}{{cite web|first1=Lizzie|last1=Thomson|access-date=2023-01-29|title=Plus-size model, school leavers and lockdown portraits shortlisted for prize|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/03/portraits-of-plus-size-model-school-leavers-and-child-in-lockdown-shortlisted-for-major-photography-prize-13528820/|date=3 November 2020|website=Metro}}

Collections

Goldblatt's work is held in the following permanent collection:

  • National Portrait Gallery, London: 1 print (as of 29 January 2023){{cite web|access-date=2023-01-29|title=Lydia Goldblatt - National Portrait Gallery|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp164327/lydia-goldblatt|website=National Portrait Gallery}}

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