CIG HARVEY
UPCOMING SYMPOSIUM
The Art of Photographic Bookmaking: Inspiration, Creation & Acquisition
(Special Guest)
PREVIOUS WORKSHOP
Finding Your Audience: an Introduction to Marketing Your Photographs
(Special Guest)
Cig Harvey is a British-born artist and writer working in color photography and creative non-fiction. She is the author of several monographs: “You Look At Me Like An Emergency” (Schilt Publishing, 2012), “Gardening At Night” (Schilt Publishing, 2015), “You An Orchestra You A Bomb” (Schilt Publishing, 2017), and “Blue Violet” (Monacelli, 2021), which was featured in the New York Times Book Review. Her new book “Emerald Drifters” (Monacelli, 2025) is due to be released in the spring of 2025.
Her photographs have been featured in The Times and Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Vogue, BBC, the Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, the Independent on Sunday. She regularly contributes to the New York Times.
Cig’s work is held in permanent in private collections across the world, including the Library of Congress; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Farnsworth Art Museum; the International Museum of Photography and Film at the George Eastman House; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection. Her first solo museum show was held at the Stenersen Museum in Oslo, Norway (2012) and a midcareer solo exhibition at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Maine (2019).
In 2023, a documentary film about Cig by River Finlay, “Eat Flowers”, premiered at prestigious film festivals worldwide, winning numerous awards including the Audience Award at the Indy Shorts, and was shortlisted by the International Documentary Association for Best Short Documentary. She is the recipient of the Prix Virginia Laureate (2018), the Maine in America Award by the Farnsworth Art Museum (2021), and the JP Morgan Highlighted Artist at Paris Photo (2022).
Cig lives in Midcoast Maine with her husband Doug and daughter Scout. The passing of time and the natural surroundings of her rural home has made her alert to the magic in the mundane.
