NEWS
APRIL 2010 - SEPTEMBER 2010
New Exhibition at Roast Restaurant, Borough Market, London
Includes portraits of Jade Jagger, Lenny Henry, Marianne Faithfull, Nigella Lawson, Simon Pegg,
Lulu, Zaha Hadid.
Truth & Lies Exhibition extended until June 2010
Truth & Lies, Jillian Edelstein’s photographic exhibition is currently showing at the Nelson Mandela Gateway on the V&A Waterfront until June 2010. The exhibition is based on her documentation of hearings that revealed gross human rights violations during proceedings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) from 1996 to 2000.
This selection of photographs is a reminder of an apartheid ‘hell-hole’ that was prevalent in South Africa prior to 1994; a South Africa that the young of today might only have heard about. The Edelstein photographs also represent seemingly innocent scenes of murder, torture, secrets, lies and the uncovering of truths.
A visit to the exhibition goes hand in hand with a deeper understanding of Nelson Mandela’s words of wisdom at the dawn of our democracy: “Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.”
Credit: Text from Robben Island Museum website
DECEMBER 2009
To celebrate the launch of the new Sony Ericsson Satio handset on Vodafone, Jillian was commissioned by Sony to photograph 121 eyes in only 12.1 hours. The campaign called Eyes Wide Open was to delve into the realm of visual communication through the exploration of eyes. The 61 participants were selected from successful applicants who were invited for an exclusive photoshoot which took place during the first week of December at Westfield department store. The results can be viewed by visiting www.eyeswideopen.uk.net.
DECEMBER 2009
Nominated as candidate for the Magnum Foundation’s Emergency Fund
AUGUST 2009 - FEBRUARY 2010
Exhibition at Roast Restaurant, Borough Market, London
JULY 2009
Portrait of Ralph Fiennes for The RSC was selected for the Creative Review Photography Annual.
JUNE 2009
National Portrait Gallery - Portrait of the Month
George Melly and Ronnie Scott;
image on display is also being used as a promotional campaign to promote and attract visitors to the Gallery's permanent Collection.
Jillian appointed principal photographer of The Pixel Project
The Pixel Project, is a global fund raising campaign in aid of the Women's Aid Organisation ( Malaysia) and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (USA) -
it is acknowledged by The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
FEBRUARY 2009
JILLIAN EDELSTEIN: IN FOCUS
Exhibition
Room 41 (A)
Portraits of rock band Blur, boxer Lennox Lewis, artist Bridget Riley and actor Simon Pegg are some of the highlights in the first solo display of photographs by Jillian Edelstein at the National Portrait Gallery. This display celebrates over 20 years of photographic portraiture by Edelstein from the Gallery’s collection and will include well-known sitters from the worlds of film, dance, literature, politics, art and sport.
Many of the portraits in the display come from Edelstein’s Affinities project for which she photographed creative or successful working partnerships from a variety of disciplines. These collaborations include Damien Hirst and Jay Jopling, Darcey Bussell and Jonathan Cope, and Colin Jackson and Linford Christie. These photographs appeared as a regular photo slot in The Saturday Telegraph magazine under the title ‘Soul Mates’. The display includes a portrait of Nelson Mandela which was featured on the cover of the New York Times Magazine, and a previously unseen portrait of Daniel-Day Lewis, recently acquired by the Gallery. Other portraits include Withnail & I writer, Bruce Robinson, actor Rufus Sewell, broadcasters Dame Joan Bakewell and John Simpson, and writer Julian Barnes.
National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, London, WC2H 0HE | Admission Free
Dates: 14 February – 19 April 2009
Opening hours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday: 10am – 6pm (Gallery closure commences at 5.50pm)
Late Opening: Thursday,
JANUARY 2009
Save The Children Fund Assignment
Save The Children Fund assignment to Rajhastan and Delhi, with Gwyneth Paltrow to highlight child mortality, and malnutrition in India.
Represented by Gill Turner
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Email: gill@gillturner.com
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NOVEMBER 2008
National Portrait Gallery - Portrait of the Month
Ed Gardner