Open Theme nominee

The photographic assemblage series was created by Gemma Pepper from Switzerland.

In her work practice, she seeks to suspend and transcend time and space, always searching for the connection between the past and the present. Further she explores the meaning of nostalgia and memory photographs as aesthetic objects and cultural artifacts. Accordingly, the following questions are always central to her work. What does a photograph do? What ideas and visions of the world's future can photographs reproduce by recontextualizing them into something new?

Gemma Pepper is a British artist and photographer living in Switzerland. She studied photography at Llandrillo College, Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales, Great Britain and at the University of Derby, England, Great Britain. She also graduated with a Master of Arts ZFH in Art Education, with a Specialization in Curatorial Studies at the Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland in 2021. Her analogue collages and fine art photographs have been presented and published internationally and are held in private and public collections. In her work practice, she seeks to suspend and transcend time and space, always searching for the connection between the past and the present.

Awards (Selection)
2023
Shortlisted Photoville4600 by Fujifilm Awards
Honorable Mention Annual Photography Awards

​2022
Elles x Paris Photo , The French Ministry of Culture, Kering
Honorable Mention ND Awards - Special Open Theme
Winner Vienna International Photography Award - Free Subject
Shortlisted International Photography Award - One Shot Colour
Shortlisted Lucie Foundation, Carte Blanche - Object Category
Shortlisted Fine Art Photography Awards - Open Theme
Shortlisted Sony World Photography Organisation - Creative Category


Recent Exhibitions

2024
Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
Rotterdam Photo 24, Rotterdam
PH21 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Light and Shadow, Glasgow Gallery of Photography,