Claudette May Holmes (born 1962) is a British photographer. Her work, which uses elements of

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and

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, has challenged stereotypical representations of Black British people.

Life

Claudette Holmes was born in 1962 in

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, England. In the early 1980s she worked in community arts in Birmingham. In 1982 she exhibited in ''Closing the Gap'' at the

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and

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, Coventry. In 1990 Holmes was among several female black and Asian photographers featured in the documentary ''Sistren in Photography''. The 1993 exhibition ''

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'' included her work alongside that of three other Birmingham photographers: Sir Benjamin Stone (1838–1914), Ernest Dyche (1887–1973) and

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(born 1951). In 1996 she won the Chrissie Bailey Photography and Education Award.

Exhibitions

* ''Womanness'', Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 1990. With Roshini Kempadoo. * ''Sharp Voices, Still Lives'', Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1990. * ''In Sight in View: Mozaix Black Visual Arts Poster Campaign''. Various sites, 1990. With Nigel Madhoo, Roshini Kempadoo, Alvin Kelly, Maxine Walker and Said Adrus. * ''Manipulated Images'', Picture House, Leicester, 1992. * ''Black British Photographers'', Houston FotoFestival, Texas, 1992. * ''The Critical Decade'',

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, 1993. * ''

'', Birmingham Central Library, 1993. With Sir Benjamin Stone, Ernest Dyche

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, Claudette 1962 births Living people 20th-century British photographers 21st-century British photographers Black British photographers British women photographers Photographers from Birmingham, West Midlands