A Londoner by birth and inclination, the city provides for me a fresh daily helping of eclectic people to watch and wonder about.
I'm endlessly fascinated with the human form, especially meta-figures like ghosts or dolls or archetypes. Sometimes I think my work stems from a collectors' sensibility - particularly those Victorian do-gooders who pinned butterflies or measured skulls. This may be the reason why each picture is always one of a series. Each series is an independent specimen, a set of examples of a particular type.
Presence, oddity, beauty and humour are important elements in all my work, as is colour and aesthetics. Weird things in jars, classification, crypts, fashion, horticulture and medieval European painting are just some of the things that inspire me.

catlinharrison at london.com

Education
BA(hons) Fine Art, (Combined Media) Chelsea College of Art & Design, 1997
BTEC Foundation Art & Design Cambridge Regional College, 1994

Selected Exhibitions
'Beautiful Things', group 6/2010, Vermont Photospace Gallery, Vermont
'Alchemists', group5/2010 Viewfinder Gallery, London
Nature's Best Photography, group11/2009-5/2010, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington DC
‘Fine Art & Fashion’, solo 5/2009, Paper Dress, London
‘Sample’, group 8/2008, the Printspace, London
‘Through the Lens' group7/2008 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
'Inspirit', group7/1998 Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Maidstone
'Housebound', dual 6/1998 Contact Gallery, Norwich
'Manipulations', solo 5/1998 Crescent Arts, Scarborough

Awards
Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Self-portrait non pro category, 2010
Award of Merit, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards, Four Seasons Contest, 2010
Creative Digital Award, Windland Smith Rice International, 2009
Silver-Gilt medal, Royal Horticultural Society, 2009
Honorable Mention PX3 Prix De La Photographie, Paris, 2009
Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards, 2009
Contemporary Print Award, Royal West of England Academy, 2008

Publications
Best of Photography annual 2010
Camera Obscura Journal
fLIP London Independent Photography
Photoshop Creative Magazine