Mark Sealy

Mark Sealy MBE is interested in the relationship between photography and social change, identity politics, race, and human rights. He has been director of Autograph ABP (London) since 1991 and has produced many artist publications, curated major exhibitions for international art galleries, and commissioned photographers and filmmakers worldwide, including the recent critically acclaimed photographic archive project titled Human Rights Human Wrongs for Ryerson Image Centre Toronto. In 2002, he jointly initiated and developed a £7.96 million capital building project (Rivington Place), which opened in 2007. He has written for several international photography publications, including Foam Magazine, Aperture, and Next Level. Amongst his recent projects include curating the The Unfinished Conversation Encoding Decoding; with Gaetane Verna at the Powerplant Toronto.  He has served as a jury member for several  major awards including World Press Photo, the Carmignac Gestion photojournalism award, and the Sony World Photo. In 2015, he chaired the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Book award. Sealy has guest lectured at institutions such as the Royal College of Art and Tate, and devised a global photography MA studies program for Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Sealy has been awarded the Hood Medal by the Royal Photographic Society and a Most Excellent Order of the British Empire award for services to photography 2013. He gained his PhD at Durham University UK focusing on photography and cultural violence.

 

Mark Sealy is part of the Be.Bop 2018 Team.