Polly Braden Photography

Polly Braden has become renowned for her documentary photography exploring the relationship between everyday life, work, leisure and economics. Searching for small and telling gestures her images are acutely observed portraits and broader assessments of contemporary culture.

She works on long-term, self-initiated projects, as well as commissions for international publications. In recent years she has collaborated with journalists to produce extended photo-essays in the UK, the Middle East, Morocco, Kenya and China. Her photography has appeared in The Guardian, The Saturday Telegraph magazine, Ei8ht magazine, Portfolio, ICON, Photoworks, Frieze, The Sydney Morning Herald and D Magazine (Italy). Polly has lived in China and photographed the country over the last decade.

Polly is a winner of the Jerwood Photography Prize (2003) and The Guardian Newspaper Young Photographer of the Year 2002. She has exhibited at venues internationally including the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London) and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (USA).

Her book China Between is out now. A selection of her work from China is included in the book Street Photography Now due to be published by Thames & Hudson in September 2010.

Spread from Street Photography Now due out in September 2010

Spread from Street Photography Now due out in September 2010