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Margaret Mitchell

An Ordinary Eden
About Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell’s work bridges psychological landscapes and social realities, exploring the intricacies
and complexities of people’s lives. Her practice sits within a documentary tradition, with a particular interest in place and belonging.

She has exhibited widely including at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (2017 & 2022) and at the National Portrait Gallery, London as part of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize (2014 & 2022). Her four-year project 'An Ordinary Eden' premiered at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, in 2023.

Work has been acquired for the permanent collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, the Martin Parr Foundation, and the University of Stirling Art Collection. Her book ‘Passage’ (Bluecoat Press, 2021) reflects on the nature of disadvantage and privilege in a study over three generations. Recognition includes in the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award (2022 & 2024), the Sony World Photography Awards (2018, Contemporary Issues, 2nd), and the Royal Photographic Society IPE (2017, 1st).

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  • Portrait Awards 2017
  • The Eastern Wood
    Margaret Mitchell
    How much does place shape our paths in life? Margaret Mitchell’s quiet portraits of children and teens in the Dutch countryside explore what it’s like to grow up in a small, contained environment.
  • In This Place
    Margaret Mitchell
    After a pause of two decades, a photographer began to re-document her nieces and nephews—while the outside world has changed, their lives appear remarkably still, immobile even. This is a personal, yet universal, story of family, loss and love.
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