Polly Braden

Braden was born in Perthshire, Scotland. She graduated from London College of Printing in 2003. She lives in London and is a single parent.{{cite web|access-date=2021-11-27|title='I'd like to think my daughter is proud': the life of single parents – in pictures|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/05/id-like-to-think-my-daughter-is-proud-the-life-of-single-parents-in-pictures|date=5 June 2021|website=The Guardian}}

Her subjects have included China{{cite web|access-date=2021-11-27|title=Polly Braden's photos of her decade in China|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatpicturegalleries/9143286/Polly-Bradens-photos-of-her-decade-in-China.html|website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=15 March 2012 }} (where she lived for over 15 years), the City of London,{{cite news|first1=Leah|last1=Harper|access-date=2021-11-27|title=Pictures of the week: London's Square Mile, by Polly Braden|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/mar/14/pictures-of-the-week-london-city-square-mile|newspaper=The Guardian|date=14 March 2014|issn=0261-3077}}{{cite web|access-date=2021-11-27|title=The Top 40 Photos of London Ever Taken, Ever|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/art/the-40-best-photos-of-london-ever-taken|website=Time Out London}} single parent families,{{cite web|access-date=2021-11-27|title=Holding the Baby: Photographer Polly Braden offers a glimpse into the lives of single-parent families on the poverty line|url=https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/holding-the-baby-photographer-polly-braden-offers-a-glimpse-into-the-lived-experiences-and-challenges-of-single-parent-families-on-the-poverty-line/|date=19 April 2021|website=Creative Boom}} and learning disabilities and autism.{{cite web|access-date=2021-11-27|title=The great escape: people with learning disabilities on what they love best|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/06/great-escape-people-with-learning-disabilities-what-they-love|date=6 February 2016|website=The Guardian}}

• China Between. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2010. {{ISBN|978-1-904587-88-0}}. With essays by David Campany and Jennifer Higgie.
• Great Interactions: Life with Learning Disabilities and Autism. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2016. {{ISBN|978-1-907893-86-5}}. With an interview by David Campany and an afterword by Sophie Howarth.
• London Square Mile: a Secret City. Tales from the City: Book 8. Hoxton Mini, 2019. {{ISBN|978-1-910566-44-2}}. With an essay by David Kynaston.{{cite web|access-date=2021-11-27|title=Street photographs by Polly Braden that shed light on modern life in London's Square Mile|url=https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/street-photographs-by-polly-braden-that-shed-light-on-modern-life-in-londons-square-mile/|date=19 February 2019|website=Creative Boom}}

• Adventures in the Lea Valley. East London Photo Stories: Book 12. Hoxton Mini, 2016. With David Campany. {{ISBN|978-1-910566-12-1}}.{{cite news|access-date=2021-11-27|title=Olympic legacy: photographing the Lea Valley – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/dec/07/adventures-in-the-lea-valley-polly-braden-david-campany-photography|newspaper=The Guardian|date=7 December 2016|issn=0261-3077}}
• Out of the Shadows: the untold story of people with autism or learning disabilities. Stockport: Dewi Lewis; West Bromwich: Multistory, 2018. With seven stories by Sally Williams and three first-hand accounts. {{ISBN|978-1-911306-36-8}}.
• A Place For Me: 50 Stories of Finding Home. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2022. With Sally Williams. {{ISBN|978-1-911306-83-2}}.

• Street Photography Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-500-54393-1}} (hardback). London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-500-28907-5}} (paperback). Edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren. Includes work by Braden made in China.

• Great Interactions: Photographs by Polly Braden, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, 2016{{cite web|access-date=2021-11-27|title=Photo exhibition capturing lives of people with learning disabilities opens in Bradford|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14313931.photo-exhibition-capturing-lives-of-people-with-learning-disabilities-opens-in-bradford/|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=2 March 2016 }}
• Polly Braden & Sally Williams: Out of the Shadows: the untold story of people with autism or learning disabilities, mac, Birmingham, 2018
• Holding The Baby, Museum of the Home, London, 2021; Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, 2021. With text by Claire-Louise Bennett and Sally Williams.{{cite web|first1=Lucy|last1=Robinson|access-date=2021-11-27|title=Holding The Baby: Polly Braden's new photography exhibition|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/holding-the-baby-polly-braden/513205|date=7 June 2021|website=Stylist}}
• Holding The Baby, Arnolfini, Bristol, 2022
• Leaving Ukraine, Foundling Museum, London, 2024{{cite news |title=Focus on women uprooted by war as the Ukraine conflict turns two |work=Big Issue |issue=1604 |date=26 February 2024 |page=7}}

• Real Estate: Art in a Changing City, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2005 included Adventures in the Valley (Ongoing) with Campany{{cite web|access-date=2021-11-27|title=City limits|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2005/sep/01/heritage|date=1 September 2005|website=The Guardian}}
• Made in China, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, 2006{{cite web|access-date=2021-11-27|title=Made in China|url=https://www.mocp.org/exhibitions/2000/6/made-in-china.php|website=Museum of Contemporary Photography}}
• London Street Photography: 1860–2010, Museum of London, London, 2011{{cite web|url = http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/EventsExhibitions/Special/London-Street-Photography/Default.htm|title = Museum of London - London Street Photography|website=Museum of London}}

• 2002: Winner, Photographer of the Year, Guardian Student Media Award

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

• Guildhall Art Gallery, London{{cite web|access-date=2021-11-29|title=Guildhall Art Gallery|url=https://twitter.com/guildhallart/status/1256143500426567680|website=Twitter}}

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

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