SEBASTIAN PALMER
b.1979, currently divides his time between London, UK + São Paulo, Brasil
Prior to photography, Sebastian studied French, History, Economics and went to the University of London to read both Management and Sociology. Deciding he wanted to take a more artistic route in life he left to study Graphic Design at Central St.Martins, London; where he discovered photography. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including 2 first places at the IPA Lucies and a 1st at the SonyWPA. His clients include brands such as Nike, Jaguar and Sony and he continues to be published in numerous international publications such as The Sunday Times, GQ and WIRED.
CLIENTS + PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE:
Nike / Sony / Jaguar / Selfridges & Co / H+M / Smart / Harlequins Rugby / Made to Play Records / Thames & Hudson
Audi magazine / Bloomberg Markets / Creative Review / Esquire Russia / Folha de S.Paulo / GQ (UK, Brasil, Germany, India, Korea, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey) / GUP magazine / Il Post / Lomography / L'Obs / New York Magazine / The Sunday Times Magazine / VICE / WIRED (UK, Germany, Italy)
AWARDS:
2020 Lens Culture Exposure Awards - Finalist
2019 International Photography Awards, Lucies – Honourable mention
2016 PDN, Exposure Award – Finalist
2016 PX3 – Honourable mention
2015 Lens Culture Exposure Awards - 2nd
2015 Creative Review Photo Annual - Finalist
2015 GUP open call - Finalist
2015 The Exposure Award, See.Me – Finalist
2015 Critical Mass, Photolucida – Finalist
2015 The Solas Prize - Shortlisted
2015 International Photography Awards, Lucies – x4 Honourable mentions
2013 International Photography Awards, Lucies – 3rd
2013 International Photography Awards, Lucies – x4 Honourable mentions
2012 Sony WPA – 1st
2012 International Photography Awards, Lucies – 1st
2012 Foto8 summer show – Finalist
2012 Gomma Mono Vol1 – Shortlisted
2012 International Photography Awards, Lucies – x11 Honourable mentions
2012 Masters Cup Colour Photo Awards – Honourable mention
2011 International Photography Awards, Lucies – 1st
2011 International Photography Awards, Lucies – 2nd
2011 Sony WPA – 3rd
2011 International Photography Awards, Lucies – x4 Honourable mentions
2011 PX3 – shortlisted x2
2010 International Photography Awards, Lucies – 3rd
2010 PX3 – 2nd
2010 PX3 – Honourable mention
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 “Right here, Right now, Foto Festival Naarden, Naarden, Netherlands
2016 “YOU”, Breda Photo Festival, Breda, Netherlands
2016 “connect”, Lens culture Network Photographers, Online, curator – Aaron Schuman
2016 “La Nuit Emergences”, Voies Off, Arles
2016 “Lens Culture”, Photo London, Somerset House, London
2016 ‘I / Land’, The Reminders Photography Stronghold Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 ‘I / Land’, The Embassy Tea Gallery, London (MINICLICK)
2015 Portrait Salon, The Embassy Tea Gallery, London
2015 ‘Celebration of the Image’, See.Me 2015 Exposure Awards, Musée du Louvre, Paris,
2012 Foto8, Summer Show, Host Gallery, London, UK
2012 "Sony World Photo Festival”, London, UK
2012 "Thames+Hudson book launch", RK Burt Gallery, London, UK
2011 "Best of Show” International Photography Awards, Lucies, NYC, curator – Audrey Landreth
2011 "Sony World Photo Festival”, London, UK
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS, INTERVIEWS, FEATURES etc [non-commercial]
2020 The Guardian , Picture Editor's pick of the 2020 Lens Culture Exposure Award, online
2016 Maia, Ana, “Hope”, P3, online
2016 Todisco, Matteo, “Love Hotels”, C41 magazine, online
2016 Matias, Michelly, “Part II : Ghosts”, Lomography, online
2016 Matias, Michelly, “Part I : Hope”, Lomography, online
2016 Pereda, Tania, “MMA en un indescriptible instante”, VICE, online
2016 Muti, Alessia, “Gli occupanti di San Paolo e le loro cose”, Il Post, online
2016 Casper, Jim, “Portraits of Resilience”, Lens Culture, online
2015 Biryukova, Vera, “In One Inhalation”, Esquire Russia , online
2015 Creative Review , Photography Annual, pg 36-37, print
2015 Yacoe, Abbey, “Sebastian Palmer”, Radiozoa , online
2015 Lebina, Ekaterina, “Fantasmas”, RT, online
2015 Brody, Anna, “Hope – Sebastian Palmer”, A-B magazine , online
2015 Oktober Matthews, Katherine, “GUP #47 - 10th Anniversary issue”, GUP magazine, pg 48-57, print
2015 Volpe, Heidi, “The Daily Edit”, aPhotoEditor , online
2015 Putman Cramer, May, “Instagram Takeover”, GUP magazine, online
2015 Arena, Gianpaolo, “Crime, LS21”, Landscape Stories, online
2015 Yonezawa, Juliana, “Globo Notícia Europa”, GloboTV News, broadcast
2015 Oliva, Daigo, “Rostos da cracolândia”, Folha de S. Paulo , print + online
2015 Robertson, Sarah, "Deteriorating ghosts of Crackland”,The Plaid Zebra, online
2015 Vicente, João, “Quis dar voz a essas pessoas”, Virgula, online
2015 Dimenstein, Gilberto, “Cracolândia”, Quem Inova, online
2015 Ferri, Graziano, “Portraits from Cracolândia”, Fotografia magazine, online
2015 Novak, Ronit, “Sobering portraits - residents of Crackland”, Feature Shoot, online
2015 Cosua, Giacomo, “Ghosts”, Positive magazine, online
2015 Hoogwaerts, Romke, “Cracolândia”, Mossfull, online
2014 Racy, Sonia, "Olhar Gringo”, Estadão, online
2014 Chui, Delphine, “#WorldCupOnInstagram”, British GQ, online
2014 Blecher, Leonardo, “Ocupação em SP”, Catraca Livre, online
2014 Konrath, Camila, “Ensaio HOPE registra moradores de ocupação em SP”, ESPM, online
2013 Pires, Joana, “Hope”, Dicas São Paulo, online
2013 Varo, Lila, “Hope -retrata moradores de ocupação illegal”, Mistura Urbana, online