Jillian Edelstein
(1957-), PhotographerSitter in 3 portraits
Artist of 120 portraits
Edelstein was born and grew up in South Africa. She graduated as a social worker before starting work as a press photographer in Johannesburg in 1981. She moved to London in 1985 and began working as a freelance photographer in 1986. Her portraits have appeared in the Sunday Times Magazine, the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Time and the New Yorker. Edelstein has received a number of awards including the Visa d'Or at the International Festival of photojournalism in Perpignan (1997) for her work on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Her book Truth & Lies resulting from this project was published in 2002.
by Jillian Edelstein
bromide print, 1993
NPG P553
Penelope Mary Fitzgerald (née Knox)
by Jillian Edelstein
bromide print, July 1999
NPG P768
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 30 October 2011
NPG P1780
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 30 October 2011
NPG P1789
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 5 March 2011
NPG P1778
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 30 October 2011
NPG P1781
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 19 October 2011
NPG P1788
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 16 December 2011
NPG P1774
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 8 November 2011
NPG P1786
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 14 October 2011
NPG P1782
Mark Bensted; William ('Billy') Smith
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 12 October 2011
NPG P1776
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 10 May 2012
NPG P1785
Gerard O'Sullivan; George Whitelock
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 30 March 2012
NPG P1787
Fiona Banner; Bob & Roberta Smith (Patrick Brill)
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 3 April 2012
NPG P1775
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 13 January 2012
NPG P1784
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 1 May 2012
NPG P1783
Margaret Anne Ford, Baroness Ford; Eleanor Fawcett
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 18 April 2012
NPG P1779
Catherine, Princess of Wales with members of GB Women's Hockey Team
by Jillian Edelstein
gelatin silver print, 15 March 2012
NPG P1705
by Jillian Edelstein
archival pigment print, 14 May 2012
NPG P1777
by Jillian Edelstein
bromide fibre print, 1985
NPG x31005
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