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Joel Redman

England

Joel Redman is a contemporary artist whose work focuses on the land, communities, climate change and the environment. Joel’s photographs have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts and he was shortlisted for the International Photographer of the year at the Lucie Awards.Joel works nationally and internationally. His work considers landscapes and the people who inhabit them, revealing this complex relationship through a combination of intimate detail and sweeping panorama. Joel has been led around the world in his search for stories, from the deserts of North America and South-American rainforests to the Arctic Circle or the Highlands of Scotland.Since its foundation, Joel has worked closely with the charity If Not Us Then Who?, producing a body of work that highlights the role Indigenous peoples play in protecting our planet, as well as mentoring young Indigenous artists with their practices. Joel regularly works on several self-directed and commissioned projects that reflect on the climate crises.

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