Biography
Eleanor Curtis
Photographer and Writer
Based in London and Cambridgeshire.
Has also lived and worked in Cairo, Milan and Luanda.
Has worked as a photographer and writer for both news and features with UK and international broadsheets and journals on international affairs, architecture and design. She has published five books, four with John Wiley & Sons and her latest with Giles Ltd. Eleanor Curtis also works as a researcher on international affairs
Books
John Wiley & Sons -
Hotel Interior Structures 2001
School Builders 2002
Club Culture 2003
Fashion and Architecture 2004/2006
Giles Ltd -
St George's Chapel, Windsor: A Portrait
Portfolio
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Photographic Archive includes
Angola | Egypt | Italy | USA | Landscapes | Waterscapes | Desertscapes | Portraits | Architecture
Solo Exhibitions
Angola Worn and Torn 1999 – Africa Centre, London; Chatham House, London; Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin; University of Warwick: VISION, Birmingham
Picture Angola 2000 / 2001 – Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin; Gallery 27, Cork Street, London; British Embassy, Luanda, Angola; European Parliament, Brussels; Windsor Castle, London. (Sponsored by Ilford.)
A Photographic Portrait of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle (forthcoming 2008)
Current Work
A Photographic Portrait of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle
(publication and exhibition 2008)
Education
University of Sussex (1989)
Royal College of Art, London (1993)
SOAS, University of London (2004)
Sponsors
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Photographs above taken with the Contax TVS II on ILFORD Delta 400 film and printed on ILFORD MG Fibre Matt paper. The Egyptian National Folk Dance Group, Cairo, 2001. © Eleanor Curtis 2001
Film and Paper
Eleanor Curtis is sponsored by ILFORD with photographic film and paper; specifically - ILFORD100 Delta, Delta 400 and Delta 3200 professional black and white film, and ILFORD multigrade matt fibre based paper.
Cameras
She has also received support from CONTAX with her only compact camera - the CONTAX TVS II with zoom. Her other main cameras are a Lecia M6, a Nikon F100, and a Mamiya 645.
Exhibition Work
Eleanor Curtis received generous sponsorship from Sonangol, the Angolan national oil company, for her exhibitions on Angola from 1999 through to 2000.