Alexandra Lethbridge

Lethbridge was born in Hong Kong. ==Work==

"By leaving out information, changing the scale of an image or altering colours, Lethbridge's photos make the viewer pause to wonder what exactly is going on." "Meteorite hunters search for treasures from space, pushing aside the terrestrial in a quest for the alien. Alexandra Lethbridge sees their work as a metaphor for how people are too often chasing the exotic at the expense of the familiar. [. . . ] The photo book documents the work of a fictional meteorite prospector and the stunning otherworldly locales her objects come from. [. . . ] But here's the twist. The pictures depict the wonders of earth and space, but you don't know what's what." Other Ways of Knowing "explores the notions of surprise and beguilement, creating a fantastical history that raises fascinating questions around how our perceptions can be guided, manipulated and fooled." "Lethbridge makes us think about the reliability of photography itself." The Path of an Honest Man "looks at the misaligment between communication and understanding". ==Publications==

Books of work by Lethbridge • The Meteorite Hunter. Self-published, 2014. • Second edition. Self-published, 2014. . • Third edition. Self-published, 2015. Edition of 150 copies. . Books with contributions by Lethbridge • Photography: the Key Concepts. Second, revised edition. Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: Routledge. By David Bate. Hardback, 2016. . Paperback, 2016. . • 1000 Words: 10 Years: 2008 – 2018. 1000 Words, 2018. . • Unique: Making Photographs in the Age of Ubiquity. Self-published, 2018. By Katherine Oktober Matthews. . • 209 Women. Liverpool: Bluecoat, 2019. . ==Exhibitions==

Solo exhibitions • The Path of an Honest Man, Format Festival, Derby, 2018 • The Construction of Truth, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, Southampton, 2020 Group exhibitions • Mythopoesis, University of Brighton, Brighton, September 2014. University of Brighton MA Photography exhibition, included work from The Meteorite Hunter. • 209 Women, Portcullis House, Parliament of the United Kingdom, London, 2018/2019; Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool ==Awards==

• 2015: A winner, Flash Forward: Emerging photographers, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada • 2017: 1 of 5 shortlisted, ING Unseen Talent Award, from ING Group and Unseen Amsterdam. "Each of the finalists created an artwork for the ING Collection". • 2017: A winner, Flash Forward: Emerging photographers, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada • 2021: Winner, Spotlight Award, Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, UK, for The Archive of Gesture. A £2000 prize. ==References==