Hannah Starkey


Hannah Starkey is a British photographer who specializes in staged settings of women in city environments, based in London. In 2019 she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.
Hannah Starkey: In Real Life showed at The Hepworth Wakefield in April 2023.

Biography

Born in Belfast, Starkey studied photography and film at Napier University, Edinburgh and photography at the Royal College of Art, London. She now lives and works in London.
Her more recent images have an almost theatrical character, often depicting women in staged settings– for example, with a Coca-Cola in a pub or inside a public lavatory. She describes her work as "explorations of everyday experiences and observations of inner city life from a female perspective."

Publications

Starkey's work is held in the following public collections:
  • Tate Modern, London: 4 prints
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London: 3 prints
  • Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin: 1 print
  • Castello di Rivoli, Turin: 3 prints