AnthropoSEAne H CO is in response to my growing concern for our ocean, the health of which is integral to maintaining a balance that supports all life on Earth. Referred to as ‘climate change’s evil twin’, ocean acidification remains, for the time being, on the fringe of the environmental discourse.
Through my interpretation of the scientific evidence I am attempting to bring out of the shadows and make tangible, what is an evolving and abstract environmental issue.
With a discord between initial aesthetic and the subsequent environmental message, my aim is to provoke an emotional response in the viewer, and for these images to be seen by people who can affect change to reduce ocean acidification.
Victoria is a nature photographer and expedition guide who divides her time between the UK and the remote, often uninhabited, regions of the world. This has fostered her deep connection with the environment and a passion for conservation.
Her love of the environment is reflected in her practice which comments on the beauty and plight of the natural world, as she aims to engage audiences in ways which will encourage the preservation of nature.
Through lockdown she began experimenting with alternative processes to bridge the gap between science and the public's understanding of environmental issues in particular, ocean acidification.
Victoria studied a BA in Photography, at Falmouth University, graduating with a first-class honours and is also an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society.
Awards
2023 Woman Science Photographer of the Year | FINALIST
2023 The Climate Creatives Challenge | Ecological Change | Shortlisted
2022 International Photography Awards | Editorial / Press-Environmental | HONORABLE MENTION
2022 International Photography Awards | Architecture, Bridges | Official Selection
2022 Wild Art Photographer of the Year | Abstract | Top 100
2022 Wild Art Photographer of the Year | Wet | Top 100
2021 Royal Photographic Society | Associate
2021 Fotonow | South West Graduate Photography Prize | FINALIST
2021 Tokyo International Foto Awards | Advertising, Travel/Tourism|WINNER
2021 Tokyo International Foto Awards | Science, Environment | Official Selection
2021 Tokyo International Foto Awards | Editorial, Environmental | Official Selection
2021 BarTur Photo Award | Climate Change | Shortlisted
2020 Landscape Photographer Of The Year | Black & White | Shortlisted
2020 Landscape Photographer Of The Year | Urban Life | Shortlisted
2020 Royal Photographic Society | Licentiate
Exhibitions
2024 Showcase Exhibition | Polar Artists Collective
2023 A Multifaceted View | Royal Photographic Society | UK
2021 Woman Science Photographer of the Year | Bristol | UK
2021 TIFA Exhibition | Budapest | Hungary
2021 Landings: Retake The World | Falmouth | UK
2021 Landings: Human Nature Bond | Falmouth | UK
2021 APS Annual Exhibition | Buckinghamshire | UK
Publications / Features
2023 The Climate Creatives Challenge | Ecological Change
2023 By Degrees | RPS Landscape | Special Publication
2022 Southwest Graduate Photography Prize 2021 |Featured Artist | ISBN: 978-1-908678-28-7
2021 The Journal of the Royal Photographic Society | July/Aug 2021 | Vol 161 | No 4
2021 Antarctic Marine Wildlife | ISBN-13 : 979-8735528623
2018 RPS Travel Log | Special Edition | Women in Travel Photography | Issue 80
2013 Pink Science Breast Cancer Campaign Magazine | Summer Edition
Digital Media
2023 We Are | RPS Women In Photography Magazine | March 2023
2022 Australian Traveller
2022 We Are | RPS Women In Photography Magazine | March 2022
2020 Viajes National Geographic
Education
2021 BA Hons Photography | Falmouth University | First Class