Venetia Dearden

Venetia Dearden (born 1975) is a British photographer and filmmaker. Her books include Somerset Stories, Fivepenny Dreams, Glastonbury, Another Stage (2010), Mulberry 40 Years (2011) and Eight Days (2012).

Dearden had a solo exhibition of her Glastonbury photographs at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2010 and was awarded the Vic Odden Award from the Royal Photographic Society in 2011. Her work is held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.

Biography Dearden was born in Brecon, Wales. She grew up in Somerset, England.

She has an MA in Anthropology, Comparative Religion and History of Art from the University of Edinburgh (1998) and undertook postgraduate studies in Photojournalism at the London College of Printing (1999–2000).

In 2011 Dearden undertook a two-year commission from Mulberry to shoot a book celebrating the company's 40th anniversary.

Publications Publications by Dearden Somerset Stories, Fivepenny Dreams. Berlin: Kehrer, 2008. . Glastonbury, Another Stage. Berlin: Kehrer, 2010. . Mulberry 40 Years. Chilcompton, UK: Mulberry, 2011. Edited by Georgia Fendley. . Eight Days. Berlin: Kehrer, 2011. .

Publications paired with others Tangier: Notes from Late Summer. Khbar Bladna, 2015. With Elena Prentice.

Publications with contributions by Dearden Rise: Images of Life Change. Dubai: Legatum; London: Foto8, 2010. Edited by Jon Levy. . With text by Max Houghton and photographs by Dearden and others.

Awards Vic Odden Award from the Royal Photographic Society, 2011

Exhibitions Glastonbury: Another Stage, solo exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2010

Collections Dearden's work is held in the following public collection: National Portrait Gallery, London: 11 prints (as of May 2018)