Melinda Gibson

Foam Magazine #24 / Talent / Melinda Gibson

Melinda Gibson was born 1985 in Aldershot, UK and currently lives and works in London. She studied for a BA in Photography at the London College of Communication and has plans to complete an MA in the next few years. After graduating Melinda Gibson assisted various photographers, notably Martin Parr and Wolfgang Tillmans, while still continuing to develop her photographic practice.

Melinda Gibson has exhibited in London and will be participating in the European Capital of Culture exhibitions in Finland 2011. The Magenta Foundation has selected Melinda as one of the UK winners for this years Flash Forward Emerging photographers award.

In The Photograph as Contemporary Art Melinda Gibson is interested in the changing perspectives of the photographic medium, it’s positioning within contemporary art and the help and hindrances brought about through the technological advances in photography.