Polly Alderton is a British photographer. She works on several long term and self motivated projects, often personal, using the premise of 'Show Don't Tell'. This is notably prevalent in her striking portrait work which has been described and emotive and tactile.
Polly resides in North Essex, UK. She studied Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art, Central St. Martins.
Polly has had her work published in Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience, and The British Journal of Photography's Portrait of Britain 2018 book. Recently nominated for the Royal Photographic Society's, Hundred Heroines: Celebrating Women in Photography Today and longlisted for two years running in the Taylor Wessing Photographic portrait prize and is currently part of The Portrait Salon 2019 selection. She has had work shared on several online platforms that include VSCO , Frieze Magazine and The British Journal of Photography. She has worked with the BBC on various projects including the BBC Ident project with Martin Parr. She has had work published in numerous magazines and newspapers including The Observer, Fathers, Suddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, KekMama, Seasons, Mini*Mini, Nido. And has collaborated with BoboChoses for their A/W 2018 campaign.
Polly resides in North Essex, UK. She studied Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art, Central St. Martins.
Polly has had her work published in Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience, and The British Journal of Photography's Portrait of Britain 2018 book. Recently nominated for the Royal Photographic Society's, Hundred Heroines: Celebrating Women in Photography Today and longlisted for two years running in the Taylor Wessing Photographic portrait prize and is currently part of The Portrait Salon 2019 selection. She has had work shared on several online platforms that include VSCO , Frieze Magazine and The British Journal of Photography. She has worked with the BBC on various projects including the BBC Ident project with Martin Parr. She has had work published in numerous magazines and newspapers including The Observer, Fathers, Suddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, KekMama, Seasons, Mini*Mini, Nido. And has collaborated with BoboChoses for their A/W 2018 campaign.