Leia Ankers is a British documentary and portrait photographer. Leia's photographic interest lay in a curiosity of the unknown. Leia is drawn to uncovering locations and people that can be seen as normally inaccessible. Stories of beautiful lives were discovered in meeting the individuals, normally unseen by many in society, in her series The Same As You.
First Class BA (Hons) Photography - Cambridge School Of Art, 2020
2020 BenQ Yearbook Award, (Highly Commended)
2020 Selected:THE YEARBOOK 100 , Shutter Hub Publication
2020 APHE Photomeet Bursary Award, Winner
2020 Sustainability Art Prize, Shortlist
2020 Wellcome photography Prize, Longlist
2020 Eaton Portrait Prize, Shortlist
2020 The South West Collective Online Exhibition: Odyssey
2020 The Pupil Sphere Graduate Showcase
2020 Photograd Online Degree Show
2019 Hopes/Dreams/Reality by DIY YOUTH: The Brunswick, Leeds, UK
2019 Off Centre photography festival, Nottingham, UK
2019 Party In The Car Park, Stamford, UK
2018 Converge by Tyro: Photo Parlour, Nottingham, UK
2020 The Story Portrait
2020 Eighty Seven Gallery
2020 British Journal of Photography: Editor's Pick- Portrait of Britain
2020 Invisible Britain
2020 Rebecca Vassie Trust
2020 Grain
2020 Float Magazine
2020 Edge of Humanity Magazine
2019 Elephant Magazine
2020 Print Magazine, Issue 04
2020 Shutter Hub, THE YEARBOOK 100, Printed Publication by Newspaper Club
2020 Photograd, Limited Edition Postcard Pack
2020 Amber Magazine, Issue 8
2019 DIY Youth Zine, Issue 3
2020 Arts Culture Interview
2019 Off Centre Artist Lightning Talks (Discussing 'The Same As You'), Nottingham, UK
Co-founder of Images that Resonate
leia_photography@hotmail.com
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