Sara Hannant is a freelance photographer based in London. She graduated in MA Visual Arts: Transnational Arts at Camberwell College of Arts in 2009, Documentary Photography at Gwent College, Newport in 1988 and Art and Design in Social Contexts at Dartington College of Arts in 1985.
Since 1988 she has worked on editorial, commercial and cultural assignments. She has also initiated and run over 20 collaborative photography projects devised to empower marginalised groups in the UK and abroad.
Sara has worked extensively within the voluntary sector including international assignments for UNICEF, VSO and Womankind Worldwide. Her social documentary work has appeared in The Guardian, Marie Claire, Time Out and The Sunday Times among others.
Her forthcoming exhibition Almanac will be opening at The Horniman Museum, London in November 2010. Recent solo exhibitions; Harvest (2006) charts the journey of hospital food from cultivation to consumption and Bread St (2004) examines the ethnic and cultural diversity of London’s artisan bakers, both launched at City Hall in London. Earlier work includes Reaching Out (Oxo Tower 2001) highlighting causes and consequences of homelessness in south London and Mixed Emotions (Sheridan Russell Gallery 2002) reflecting the experiences of isolated carers in Westminster.
In recognition for her photography she received the Resurgence Photography Award 2006, Arts Council England project awards in 2004 and 2005, The Royal Society of Arts Young Artist of the Year Award in 1995 and BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour Capture the World in 1994.
Gervase Gordon, London Art on Bread Street: "Sara Hannant shows a keen eye for the unexpected, but never allows that to detract from her subjects. Some of the images have a spontaneous immediacy while others introduce more depth and measured aesthetic-unfussy and beautifully shot”
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| CLIENTS | |
| Voluntary Organisations | BLISS, British Epilepsy Association, Carers National Association, Thomas Coram Foundation, Crossroads Care, CSV, DARE Foundation, Downs Syndrome Association, John Grooms, The Kings Fund, MIND, National Children’s’ Bureau, NCVO, The National Federation of Housing Associations, The Shafetsbury Society, Shelter, Women’s Aid |
| Aid Agencies/NGO’S | Bernard van Leer Foundation, International Children’s Trust, UNICEF, VSO, Womankind Worldwide |
| Environmental Organisations | Friends of the Earth, Sustain, The Soil Association, Campaign for Better Transport |
| Design Companies | Frameworks, Hudson Fuggle, Pink Fish, Vertigo |
| Newspapers and magazines | Community Care, Drapers, Environmental Health News, The Guardian, Health Matters, Health Service Journal, Housing, Marie Claire, Nursing Times, Personnel Today, The Telegraph, Third Sector, Time Out Guides, The Times Educational Supplement, Slow Food UK, The Sunday Times, Voluntary Housing, Vegetarian, Zero2nineteen |
| Others | Department of Health, English Language Arts, Ethnic Media Publishing, The Institute for Citizenship, London Development Agency, London Festival of Architecture, Lucas Girling |
| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2006 | Harvest for Health |
| City Hall, London | |
| The Royal Brompton Hospital | |
| 2004 | Bread Street |
| City Hall, London | |
| Gunnersbury Park Museum, London | |
| Oxford House, London | |
| The Hub, London | |
| 1995 | Young Lives |
| Islington Arts Factory, London | |
| Montage Gallery, Derby | |
| Lanchester Gallery, Coventry | |
| Restless in the Kitchen | |
| Hereford Photography Festival | |
| 1989 | Expressive Eating |
| Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester | |
| The Atrium, Chelmsford | |
| SELECTED GROUP TOURING EXHIBITIONS | |
| 1995 | Youth, People and Places |
| Royal Society of Arts, London and UK tour | |
| 1992 | Stones in her Pockets |
| The Small Mansion House, London and UK tour | |
| 1991 | The Bottom Drawer |
| Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery and Uk tour | |
| 1990 | Staged for Bulgaria |
| The British Council, International Festival of Photography Plovdiv, Bulgaria | |
| The Picture House Centre for Photography, Leicester | |
| OTHER GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2007 | Country Life Shire Hall Gallery, Staffordshire |
| 2005 | Cream Sun and Doves Gallery, London |
| 2001 | Reaching Out Oxo Tower Wharf, London |
| 2001 | Mixed Emotions Sheridan Russell Gallery and London tour. |
| 1998 | Dreams Radlett Art Centre, Hertfordshire |
| I am what I am Radlett Arts Centre, Hertfordshire | |
| Rituals The Picture House Centre for Photography, Leicester | |
| Resourceful Women Flaxman Gallery, Staffordshire | |
| Mosaic Morley College, London | |
| 1994 | The Looking Glass Spaceframe Gallery, Kent |
| 1993 | Twelve Faces of Age Centre for Policy on Ageing |
| 1993 | Mapping the Margins Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Somerset |
| 1990 | Points of View South Bank Photo Show, Festival Hall, London |
| SELECTED COLLECTIONS | |
| Westminster Arts Council | |
| The Kings Fund | |
| NCH Action for Children | |
| St Giles Trust | |
| PRIZES AND AWARDS | |
| 2006 | Photography Award Resurgence magazine |
| 2005 | Project Award London Arts Board |
| 2004 | Project Award London Arts Board |
| 1998 | 'Home 2000' Award Housing magazine |
| 1995 | Young Artist of The Year Award, The Royal Society of Arts, travel bursary |
| 1994 | Capture the World Award, BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour |
| 1990 | Prize winner South Bank Photo Show 'Points of View' |
| PUBLICATIONS/ARTICLES | |
| 2005 | Bread Street, London Art 06.05 |
| 2004 | Bread of Heaven, British Journal of Photography 17.03.04 |
| 2001 | Mixed Emotions, British Journal of Photography 16.05.01 |
| 2001 | Street Life, British Journal of Photography 24.01.01 |
| 2001 | Things are not what they seem, Housing 03.01 |
| 1999 | First Glance, British Journal of Photography 07.06.00 |
| 1998 | Vicker's Trailer, The Artist, September 1998 |
| 1998 | Eat, drink, photograph, Second Sight No11 |
| 1997 | People Sara Hannant, Hotshoe Professional Photography no 89 |
| 1997 | In the Picture, Second Sight Volume 4 |
| BROADCASTS | |
| 2001 | Channel 4, Love off the Streets |
| 2000 | London Live radio Reaching Out |
| 1989 | Granada TV, 'Good morning' Expressive Eating |