Sam Faulkner is a photographer and filmmaker based in London.

Sam Faulkner
Alma materKing's College London
Occupation(s)photographer and filmmaker
Websitewww.samfaulkner.co.uk

Life and Work

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In 1994 Faulkner gained a BA Hons in Philosophy from King's College London. He lives in Islington, London.

From 2009 until 2014 Faulkner worked on a series of portraits made on the battlefield of Waterloo in Belgium.[1][2]

Over the summer of 2015, the work was exhibited at Somerset House,[3][4] in London to commemorate the 200 anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. The exhibition was designed and curated by Patrick Kinmonth.

Faulkner's book, Unseen Waterloo:The Conflict Revisited[5] [6] was published to coincide with the exhibition. ISBN 0957540566[7] Publisher: Impress; 2015.

Sam Faulkner founded Fashion Films

Awards

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  • 1995: Ian Parry Scholarship for young Photographers for his work from Afghanistan.[8]
  • 2001: Observer Hodge Award for his ongoing work on the war on drugs.[9]
  • 2005 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship for his ongoing work on the war on drugs.[10]
  • 2008 BJP Project Assistance Award[11] for ongoing work about the war on drugs
  • 2010 Getty Grant For Good for work on female genital mutilation in Mali[12]

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