Jamie Murray’s photographic work centres around storytelling. Drawing on ideas from history, he is interested in the persistence of stories and their relevance to humanity. Looking towards the notion of documentary within contemporary photography he feels it is important to engage with subjects in a number of ways, not being afraid to confront, collaborate with and record the experiences he has.
He is currently undertaking a series of long-form works interrogating the institutions that exist within the framework of our society such as prisons, the military and the police. Alongside this he is also collaborating with writers and artists to create a large body of work, made up of short visual stories that attempt to reckon with questions of the human, animal, and wilderness.
Jamie (b. 1992) has received a BA (Hons) in Documentary Photography from the University of Newport, South Wales, and an MA in Photography from UWE, Bristol. For the past five years Jamie has been lecturer in photography and is a QEST scholar for craft within photography and printmaking, has been exhibited at the Martin Parr Foundation, RPS and festivals including Format and Manifesta 12. His work has also been featured in Abridged magazine, The British Journal of Photography and has received commissions from clients such as the The Financial Times, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Port Magazine. His first book, Folly, was released in May 2023.
Print editions are available - please get in touch through contact info below.
Teaching at | Boomsatsuma | UWE
Contact | j@jamiemurray.work
Instagram | @jamieemurray
Images | ©Jamiemurray
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Serchia Gallery, Bristol, UK.
Publications
2023 Folly (Monograph published by Photo Editions)
Group Exhibitions
2019 Tellers. Martin Parr Foundation, UK.
2019 Format Festival, Derby, UK.
2019 Loupe Magazine Exhibition, London, UK.
2019 Royal Photographic Society IPE 161, Touring, UK.
2018 Foundations, Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK.
2018 Portrait Salon 18, London, UK.
2018 Momentum, Manifesta 12, Palermo, IT.
2015 Open for Business, Multi-story x Magnum, Newport, UK.
2014 Nato Summit, Newport, UK.
2014 Secvente Festival, Ploesti, RO.
2013 The Winding House, Diffusion Festival, Cardiff, UK.
He is currently undertaking a series of long-form works interrogating the institutions that exist within the framework of our society such as prisons, the military and the police. Alongside this he is also collaborating with writers and artists to create a large body of work, made up of short visual stories that attempt to reckon with questions of the human, animal, and wilderness.
Jamie (b. 1992) has received a BA (Hons) in Documentary Photography from the University of Newport, South Wales, and an MA in Photography from UWE, Bristol. For the past five years Jamie has been lecturer in photography and is a QEST scholar for craft within photography and printmaking, has been exhibited at the Martin Parr Foundation, RPS and festivals including Format and Manifesta 12. His work has also been featured in Abridged magazine, The British Journal of Photography and has received commissions from clients such as the The Financial Times, Süddeutsche Zeitung and Port Magazine. His first book, Folly, was released in May 2023.
Print editions are available - please get in touch through contact info below.
Teaching at | Boomsatsuma | UWE
Contact | j@jamiemurray.work
Instagram | @jamieemurray
Images | ©Jamiemurray
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Serchia Gallery, Bristol, UK.
Publications
2023 Folly (Monograph published by Photo Editions)
Group Exhibitions
2019 Tellers. Martin Parr Foundation, UK.
2019 Format Festival, Derby, UK.
2019 Loupe Magazine Exhibition, London, UK.
2019 Royal Photographic Society IPE 161, Touring, UK.
2018 Foundations, Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, UK.
2018 Portrait Salon 18, London, UK.
2018 Momentum, Manifesta 12, Palermo, IT.
2015 Open for Business, Multi-story x Magnum, Newport, UK.
2014 Nato Summit, Newport, UK.
2014 Secvente Festival, Ploesti, RO.
2013 The Winding House, Diffusion Festival, Cardiff, UK.
Interviews | Reviews
The Guardian
American Suburb X
C4 Journal
Vessel Editions
Lintervalle
British Journal of Photography (Print)
It’s Nice That
Whynow
Fotoroom
Aint-Bad (Print)
Awards | Selections
2019 Abridged 0_58: Kassandra (Print)
2019 Der Greif Guest Room Selection by Tristan Lund
2019 Vogue Italia (online)
2019 Fotofilmic, JRNL 2 (print)
2019 Magenta Flash Forward Award (Winner)
2019 Libraryman Award (Shortlisted)
2019 Alec Soth Workshop Selection, Fotofilmic, CA.
2018 Chromatic Awards (Honourable Mention)
2018 Aint-Bad (online)
2018 Scholar, Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust.
2018 Aint-Bad, Issue No 13 (print)
2018 Threshold Award (winner), Metro Imaging, London, UK.
2018 F-Stop Magazine (online)
2014 BJP, August 2014 Issue (print)
2014 Thin White Line, Issue No 2 (print)
Education
2019 MA UWE Bristol
2014 BA(hons) Documentary Photography Newport
The Guardian
American Suburb X
C4 Journal
Vessel Editions
Lintervalle
British Journal of Photography (Print)
It’s Nice That
Whynow
Fotoroom
Aint-Bad (Print)
Awards | Selections
2019 Abridged 0_58: Kassandra (Print)
2019 Der Greif Guest Room Selection by Tristan Lund
2019 Vogue Italia (online)
2019 Fotofilmic, JRNL 2 (print)
2019 Magenta Flash Forward Award (Winner)
2019 Libraryman Award (Shortlisted)
2019 Alec Soth Workshop Selection, Fotofilmic, CA.
2018 Chromatic Awards (Honourable Mention)
2018 Aint-Bad (online)
2018 Scholar, Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust.
2018 Aint-Bad, Issue No 13 (print)
2018 Threshold Award (winner), Metro Imaging, London, UK.
2018 F-Stop Magazine (online)
2014 BJP, August 2014 Issue (print)
2014 Thin White Line, Issue No 2 (print)
Education
2019 MA UWE Bristol
2014 BA(hons) Documentary Photography Newport