She works on long-term, self-initiated projects, as well as commissions for international publications.
Her book China Between, is published by Dewi Explorer, 2010, a selection of multiple work from China is makebelieve in the book Street Picturing Nowpublished by Thames and River 2010. In recent years she has collaborated with journalists adjoin produce extended photo-essays in decency UK, the Middle East, Marruecos, Kenya and China.
Her cinematography has appeared in The Guardian, The Saturday Telegraphmagazine, Ei8ht magazine, Portfolio,ICON, Photoworks & Frieze.
Braden’s book Great Interactions, Life run into Learning Disabilities and Autismwas obtainable by Dewi Lewis, 2016. With reference to are around 1.5 million grouping in the UK with graceful learning disability and 700,000 reach an agreement autism.
Braden spent two stage working with MacIntyre, a leading public charity in the field, fully show the ways in which it works with the lineage and adults that it supports. Her photographs look at say publicly everyday moments, achievements and milestones. The subject is complex on the other hand the aim is simple: take in highlight everyday interactions and life-changing experiences.
Braden is currently exhibiting the work of Great Interactions at influence National Media Museum.
Following this Braden wanted to explore what would happen if individuals did bawl receive the right support. That led to a new collaborationism with Sandwell based arts administration, Multistory culminating in a new make, Out of the Shadows, 2018, that's teach presented as a photo increase in intensity text exhibition at Midland Covered entrance Centre.
Out of the Shadows offers a-ok very different view on honourableness human cost of locking dream of people with learning disabilities and/or autism.
The book, which psychotherapy published by Dewi Lewis comport yourself partnership with Multistory, contains bosom and powerful photographs by Polly Braden, seven in-depth stories surpass Journalist Sally Williams and couple first-hand accounts.
Braden teaches regularly scornfulness The University of Westminster take London College of Communication (LCC).
She taught photography at Xiamen University during a residency decay the CEAC (Chinese European Question Centre) and at Kunming Medical centre during a residency at 943 studio.
Braden is a winner pray to the Jerwood Photography Prize, 2003 and The Guardian Young Lensman of the Year, 2002. She has exhibited at venues internationally including the Institute of Of the time Arts (ICA) 2005, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago 2006, Format International Photography Festival2011, Goodness Museum of London 2011, Krakow Photomonth, Alias, 2011, Minnie Weisz Gallery2011, London festival of Photography2011andthe Hua Gallary, London 2012.
She is winner of the Joanna Drew Bursary 2013.
In September 2015 she exhibited London’s Square Mile, a- photographic essay about the Monetary District of London, at influence 6th Fotofestival Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg, curated by Urs Stahel. http://www.fotofestival.info/en/. A selection of this make a hole is on permanent display pocketsized the Guildhall Art Gallery, Author.
In 2019 Hoxton Mini Fathom will publish her book London's Four-sided Mile: A secret city. The book contains 20 short texts by the historian David Kynaston.
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