Rory Carnegie

http://www.rorycarnegie.com

RORY CARNEGIE: BIOGRAPHY

Rory Carnegie is an award winning photographer working both in the UK and Internationally. His published books include: Sons of the Moon, a study of the people of the Altiplano, Bolivia; Art Crazy Nation, portraits from the art world in the UK and, How the World came to Oxford, documenting the experiences of refugees in the UK.

He was shortlisted for Sony World Photographic Awards 2013 in the Fashion category and won Gold at the AOP Awards 2013.

He has exhibited in the UK at the National Portrait Gallery, The Lowry in Salford, South East Art Centre and MAO in Oxford, as well as contributing to exhibitions in America, Holland and Russia.

He is currently working on a project with the writer, Tim Pears, documenting the lives of a divided community called, I Am From.

Rory carnegie has looked at people on buses, looking at their identity, the work focuses on looking through the wondow at the occupier, and gives us a split second bit of information about what is going on in their lives, or what we think is going on in their lives more to the point.