Olivia Arthur

Originally studying mathematics at Oxford University, Arthur later studied photojournalism at London College of Printing."[https://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_9_VForm&ERID=24KL535OLY Olivia Arthur]" Magnum Photos"[http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/going-out/who-what-where/in-conversation-olivia-arthur-photographer-february-2013-issue]". Harper's Bazaar. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113213055/http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/going-out/who-what-where/in-conversation-olivia-arthur-photographer-february-2013-issue|date=2014-01-13}}

She became a nominee member of Magnum Photos in 2008, an associate member in 2011, and a full member in 2013.{{cite web|accessdate=2018-04-30|title=Magnum Photos appoints new full members – British Journal of Photography|url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2013/06/magnum-photos-appoints-new-full-members/|website=British Journal of Photography}} She was its president from 2020 to 2021.{{cite news|access-date=2022-09-19|title=How Magnum got back in the picture|url=https://www.ft.com/content/0e269ecb-e717-41ee-aa91-df7b5e2ccfc4|newspaper=Financial Times|date=1 October 2021}}{{cite web|access-date=2022-09-19|title=Magnum announces its new president - Magnum Photos Magnum Photos|url=https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/magnum-announces-its-new-president/|website=Magnum Photos}}

In 2010 Arthur co-founded Fishbar, a publisher and space for photography in East London, with her husband Philipp Ebeling.

Her first book Jeddah Diary (2012) is about the lives of young women in Saudi Arabia.{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-30|title=Olivia Arthur Photographs a Side of Women the West Rarely Sees|url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/jm9eax/olivia-arthur-middle-distance-jeddah-diary-women-india-caste-system-saudi-arabia-magnum-photography|newspaper=Vice|date=23 January 2014}}{{cite web|first1=Global|last1=Yodel|accessdate=2018-04-30|title=Behind Closed Doors in Saudi Arabia. Interview with Olivia Arthur|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/global-yodel/behind-closed-doors-in-sa_b_4590781.html|date=14 January 2014|newspaper=Huffpost}}{{cite news|first1=Lucy|last1=Davies|accessdate=2018-04-30|title=Olivia Arthur lifts the veil on Saudi Arabia|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/9226098/Olivia-Arthur-lifts-the-veil-on-Saudi-Arabia.html|date=28 April 2012|issn=0307-1235|via=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-30|title=Behind Closed Doors With the Women of Saudi Arabia|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/11/30/olivia_arthur_photographs_saudi_arabian_life_in_her_book_jeddah_diaries.html|newspaper=Slate|date=30 November 2013|issn=1091-2339}} Her second book Stranger (2015) views Dubai through the eyes of the survivor of a shipwreck.{{cite magazine|first1=Olivier|last1=Laurent|access-date=2018-04-30|title=Anatomy of a Photobook: 'Stranger' by Olivia Arthur|url=https://time.com/4076844/anatomy-of-a-photobook-stranger-by-olivia-arthur/|magazine=Time|date=4 January 2016 }}{{cite journal|last1=Allen|first1=Sarah Marie|title=Olivia Arthur photographs Dubai's obsession with wealth|journal=British Journal of Photography|date=15 June 2015|url=http://www.bjp-online.com/2015/06/olivia-arthur-photographs-dubais-obsession-with-wealth/}}

In 2022 Yves Saint Laurent and Magnum Photos collaborated with Arthur as part of an exhibition series called Self, which explores the spirit of the Parisian house.{{cite web |url= https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/3ad85b/olivia-arthur-photography-saint-laurent |title=Olivia Arthur's photographs capture the many facets of Saint Laurent |date=8 June 2022 |access-date=8 June 2022 |publisher= I-D, London, United Kingdom}} In 2022, Arthur's work was included in the exhibition curated by Charlotte Cotton, Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum, at the International Center of Photography in New York City from 27 September 2022 to 9 January 2023.{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Jacque |date=2022-12-03 |title=International Center of Photography |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}} The exhibition's title was inspired by Magnum co-founder Robert Capa's quote "If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough," and includes projects from 12 living women Magnum Photos members.{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Jacque |date=2022-12-03 |title=Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum |url=https://www.fstopmagazine.com/blog/2022/close-enough-new-perspectives-from-12-women-photographers-of-magnum-icp/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=fstop Magazine}}

• Jeddah Diary. London: Fishbar, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0956995919}}. Edition of 1000 copies
• Stranger. London: Fishbar, 2015. {{ISBN|9780956995971}}. Edition of 1000 copies
• Murmurings of the Skin. Void, 2024.

• Kurds: Through the Photographer's Lens. London: Trolley, 2008. {{ISBN|978-1-904563860}}.
• Unknown Quantities. London: Fishbar, 2012.
• Kitten Clone: Inside Alcatel-Lucent. London: Visual, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-345814111}}.
• La premiere fois. Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: Silvana, 2017. {{ISBN|978-8-836636648}}.
• Magnum Manifesto. London: Thames & Hudson, 2017. {{ISBN|978-0-500544556}}.
• Home. Tokyo: Magnum Photos Tokyo, 2018. {{ISBN|978-4-9909806-0-3}}.

• Sound of Harris, by Arthur and Philipp Ebeling, Leica Studio, London, 2015{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-30|title=Photographers capture the bleak beauty of the isle of Harris|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/sound-of-harris-photographers-olivia-arthur-and-philipp-ebeling-capture-the-bleak-beauty-of-the-a6757921.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=2 December 2015}}{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-30|title=In Pictures: An old way of life in the remote wilderness of Scotland's Outer Hebrides|url=http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/sound-harris/|newspaper=Huck Magazine|date=10 December 2015}}{{cite news|accessdate=2018-04-30|title=Aesthetica Magazine - Olivia Arthur and Philipp Ebeling, Sound of Harris, Leica Studio, London|url=http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/olivia-arthur-sound-of-harris-leica-studio-london/|newspaper=Aesthetica Magazine}}
• Home, an exhibition of the work of Magnum Photos photographers, curated by Pauline Vermare; New York and six other cities worldwide, beginning in March 2018{{cite book |last=Vermare|first=Pauline|title=Home|date=2018}}
• La premiere fois, exhibition of the work of Magnum Photos photographers, held within the Brescia Photo Festival 2017, Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy, March–September 2017{{cite book |last=Holzherr|first=Andrea|title=La premiere fois|date=2017}}
• Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum, International Center of Photography, New York, 29 September 2022 – 9 January 2023{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Jacque |date=2022-12-03 |title=International Center of Photography |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 website}}

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• {{Official website|www.oliviaarthur.com}}

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