Hannah Starkey

Hannah Starkey (born 1971) is a British photographer who specializes in staged settings of women in city environments, based in London. In 2019 she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.

Hannah Starkey: In Real Life showed at The Hepworth Wakefield in April 2023.

Biography Born in Belfast, Starkey studied photography and film at Napier University, Edinburgh (1992–1995) and photography at the Royal College of Art, London (1996–1997).

Her more recent images have an almost theatrical character, often depicting women in staged settings– for example, with a Coca-Cola in a pub or inside a public lavatory. She describes her work as "explorations of everyday experiences and observations of inner city life from a female perspective."

Publications Hannah Starkey: Moments in the Modern World - Photographic Works, 1997-2000, Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2000. . Exhibition catalogue. With a foreword by Sarah Glennie and a text by Val Williams. Hannah Starkey: Photographs 1997–2007. Göttingen: Steidl, 2007. Isabella Kullmann; Liz Jobey. . Hannah Starkey: Twenty Nine Pictures. Coventry: Mead Gallery, 2011. Hannah Starkey; Diarmuid Costello; Sarah Shalgosky; Margaret Iverson. . Photographs 1997–2017. London: Mack, 2018. . With a biographical essay by Charlotte Cotton and a transcript of conversation between Starkey and Liz Jobey.

Solo exhibitions 1999: Hannah Starkey, Cornerhouse, Manchester 2000: Hannah Starkey: Photographs, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 2000: Hannah Starkey. Un progetto per il castello, Castle of Rivoli 2010: Forum für Fotografie, Cologne 2011: Hannah Starkey: Twenty-Nine Pictures, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry. Curated by Diarmuid Costello. 2011: Visual Puzzles: Hannah Starkey, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast 2022/3: Hannah Starkey: In Real Life, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, UK, 21 October 2022 – 30 April 2023

Collections Starkey's work is held in the following public collections: Tate Modern, London: 4 prints (as of August 2020) Victoria and Albert Museum, London: 3 prints (as of August 2020) Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin: 1 print (as of August 2020) Castello di Rivoli, Turin: 3 prints (as of August 2020)