Join Carolyn Mendelsohn as she shares the story of her journey into photography; exploring what drives her to tell peoples stories through portraits, and talks through the commissions and projects that she has become known for. From Being inbetween, and the story behind it, through to the contemporary art commission Hardy and Free, and much more. Carolyn will talk though her process, her motivations and share insights she has gained on the way, and is happy to answer any questions about developing your project .

Carolyn Mendelsohn is an artist and portrait photographer whose practice is rooted in telling stories and amplifying those quieter voices through co-produced portraits.

Her portrait work has been selected, collected and exhibited internationally, within solo and group shows including Impressions Gallery, Bradford, IWM London and Manchester, Open Eye Liverpool, Portcullis House, Uk Parliament, Royal Albert Hall, Galerie Huit Arles, France, Bologna, Unesco Paris. She has been selected for the BJP’s Portrait of Britain and the RPS’s IPE, as well as winning first prize for the IPE 159, The Kuala Lumpa International Portrait Awards 2021, and being named the winner of the Portrait Series category for the 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards . Her work has been published widely and includes the following BBC, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Le Monde, the British Journal of Photography, Photo Monitor. Huffington Post, Buzzfeed.

She is recognised internationally for her work with young people, including her portrait series, exhibition and book Being Inbetween (2020), a series of portraits and stories of girls aged between 10-12 years, and Through Our Lens , an initiative that was developed by Carolyn working with and for young people, during the pandemic. It is a workshop and mentoring programme that enables people to tell their stories through the medium of photography. It has become recognised by Arts Council England and curators internationally as a model of best practice.

Carolyn is currently a freelance photographer and the artist in Residence for Born In Bradford, one of the largest health research studies in the world. She is working on BiB Age of Wonder – Teenage Stories – a seven-year project capturing the journey through adolescence and adulthood for teenagers in Bradford, alongside this she works on personal projects, and portrait commissions.

She is an Ambassador for Nikon Europe & The Royal Photographic Society and patron for Photo North.