Carolyn Mendelsohn

English portrait photographer

Carolyn Mendelsohn is an English portrait photographer.[1]

## Life and work

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Mendelsohn originally trained and worked as an actor and film-maker, becoming a professional photographer in 2008.[2]

In 2016 she won a gold medal in the Royal Photographic Society's International Photography Exhibition (IPE 159) for Alice Being Inbetween, part of her project "Being Inbetween" for which she is photographing girls aged 10 to 12;[2] this portrait was also selected for the 2017 Portrait of Britain, being one of 100 photographs which were displayed on billboards nationwide.[3] Her Maria, 10 from the same project is included in IPE 160.[3] Each girl chooses her own clothes and pose. Mendelsohn says that girls of this age-group are "at a vulnerable stage and are often hidden within the cocoon of familial protection until they emerge as young women", and that "The series is a way of giving a voice and face to the girl I was and the girls who are; a way to explore the hidden complexity, duality and contradictions that mark this phase of life."[1]

Mendelsohn is a member of the Royal Photographic Society and the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers.[4]

She is based in Saltaire, West Yorkshire.[5] She has three children.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b Roberts, Sarah (8 March 2018). "A Portrait of Britain: I wanted to give a face to the girl I was and the girls who are". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
2. ^ a b "Carolyn Mendelsohn: Being Inbetween". Royal Photographic Society. 16 April 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
3. ^ a b "RPS 160 Artist Talk - Carolyn Mendelsohn". The Culture Diary. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
4. ^ "About". Carolyn Mendelsohn. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
5. ^ Tate, Chris (13 October 2016). "Carolyn Mendelsohn awarded gold medal for her picture of 11-year-old Alice Ackroyd in Royal Photographic Society's international print exhibition". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
6. ^ "Home page". Carolyn Mendelsohn. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

## External links

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* Official website
* Official website (commercial)
* Profile at Be Inspired: Seamless

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