Photographer
Jillian Edelstein
Jillian Edelstein
South Africa
« I have a curiosity about people which drives me. I want to hear their stories. Like all of us I am trying to make sense of it all - the lens and accompanying narrative serve as powerful witnesses. »
Jillian Edelstein moved to London in 1985 to pursue her career as a freelance photographer, she started her photographic career in her native South Africa. She captures everyone from celebrity sitters to the victims of the current refugee crisis.
Credentials
- Works on commission
LensCulture Portrait Awards- Finalist- London, United Kingdom
Latin American Fotografia 4- First prize- London, United Kingdom
AI-AP Archive- finalist- London, United Kingdom
Taylor Wessing Portrait Award - Finalist- London, United Kingdom
AI-AP Archive- finalist- London, United Kingdom
John Kobal Book Award- First prize- London, United Kingdom
European Final Art Polaroid Award- First prize- London, United Kingdom
World press photo - Honourable mention- London, United Kingdom
Visa d’Or - First prize- Perpignan, France
Kodak young Photographer of the year- First prize- London, United Kingdom
hotographers' Gallery Portrait Photographer of the Year Award - First prize- London, United Kingdom
World press photo - Honourable mention- London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / AVA GALLERY - Cape Town, South Africa
Jillian Edelstein / Sotheby's Galerie Charpentier - Paris, France
Jillian Edelstein / Espace Muraille - Geneva, Switzerland
Jillian Edelstein / OXO Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / Getty Images Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / Robben Island Museum - Cape Town, South Africa
Jillian Edelstein / National Portrait Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / Exhibition at Roast Restaurant - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / Perpignan Visa pour L'Image - Perpignan, France
Jillian Edelstein / Royal Shakespeare Company - Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / Tom Blau Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / Curzon Soho Cinema - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / Royal Academy of Art - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / The AOP Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / National Portrait Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / National Portrait Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / Bensusan Museum of Photography, Museum Africa - Johannesburg, South Africa
Jillian Edelstein / Special Photographers Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / Royal Academy of Art Summer Show - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / National Portrait Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / South African Jewish Museum - Cape Town, South Africa
Jillian Edelstein / The St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / Perpignan Visa pour L'Image - Perpignan, France
Jillian Edelstein / World Press Awards - World Wide Exhibition, Netherlands
Jillian Edelstein / National Portrait Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / National Portrait Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / The Photographers Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / National Portrait Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / The Photographers’ Gallery - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / National Portrait Gallery, London - London, United Kingdom
Jillian Edelstein / L'Espace Van Goch Arles - Arles, France
Jillian Edelstein / National Portrait Gallery - London, United Kingdom
The Apartheid Museum, South Africa
Incite Project, United Kingdom
The Arpad A. Busson Foundation, Switzerland
National Portrait Gallery, United Kingdom
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