BIO
Elsie is a Kenyan born photographer based in London, UK.
She graduated from the University of Westminster with a BA in Photography (2017) and an MA in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism (2020).
Initially self-taught, her love for the medium continues to grow with her photography focusing primarily on portraiture, documentary, sports and events.
Elsie has worked on various assignments mainly within the sports industry and she is a contributor to Alamy.
Her photography has appeared in a few publications in print and online like The BBC, The Scotsman, The Times, The Guardian, Metro Online, Ebony Magazine, Daily Mail Online, Cycling Weekly, Daily Star and Russian Cosmopolitan.
She is also the co-founder of The African Photobook.
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
London Marathon Series – The Kenya Society 30th Anniversary Annual Lunch
(Royal Over-Seas League)
23 July 2019, London
Group Exhibitions
Untitled #16 – Self -Preservation x Black Women Photographers
(Photoville Festival)
18 September – 01 December 2021, New York
Ngara ’97 – Ife Nkili
(Black Women’s Arts Festival)
30 November 2021 (The Hackney Social), London
02 November 2021 (Everyman Cinema Broadgate), London
21 October 2021 (Twitter Live), Global
14 October 2021 (YouTube Live), Global
Movement – Video Projection x The Journal
(KoKi Freiburg)
19 November 2021, Freiburg
Movement – About Last Year – Lockdown Photography x The Journal
(Willy-Brandt-Haus)
19 August – 19 September 2021, Berlin
Marinated Hymns – Everything, All the Time
(The Project Space – University of Westminster)
20 – 24 March 2019, London
See, To Be Seen – Working Progress
(London Gallery West – University of Westminster)
4 – 9 December 2018, London
African Spirit – MyAfrica 10th Anniversary Online
(Mo Ibrahim Foundation website)
2016 – 2019, Global
Women in Sports – CSR Arts Programme
(Travers Smith LLP)
July 2016 – July 2017, London
Women in Sports – Free Range Shows
(Old Truman Brewery)
24 – 27 June 2016, London
Ngara ’97 – Everything’s A Document
(London Gallery West – University of Westminster)
9 – 13 June 2014, London
AWARDS
Second Runner-up
The Self-Portrait Competition – HOME by Ronan McKenzie
2021, London
Highly Commended
Women in Sports – Travers Smith LLP
2017, London
FEATURES
In conversation with The Black Gaze
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