About – Chris Jerrey

My photography practice is entwined with my interest in the relationship between human beings and the natural world.

As the Modern, industrial, consumerist way of life has spread around the world, it has created a global crisis that threatens human civilisation. My practice is to document and comment upon this crisis. I approach this in three ways:

I bear Witness to the way in which the Earth is harmed.

I celebrate what remains of the Wild Earth, the wilderness and diversity that is the source of all life, including our own.

I celebrate the actions of those who Rebel against the destruction of Earth and seek to amplify their actions and achievements.

The current crisis is devastating for the Earth, but it will survive. The fate of human civilisation is less certain. If we do not make urgent and radical changes to the way that billions of people live, human life will become very difficult. This is the story of our time and the story that I am committed to address in my practice.

As part of the Rebel aspect of my practice, I work with Extinction Rebellion to record their actions and protests. My work is regularly published in news sources to illustrate these events.

MA Photography from Falmouth University

Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS)

BA (Hons) Humanities from the University of Brighton.

Social Media

Twitter https://twitter.com/chrisjerrey

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrisjerrey/

Competitions

Shortlisted for Earth Photo 2021 in the Climate of Change category

Exhibitions

August 2021 – Source – Graduate Photography Online 2021
https://www.source.ie/graduate/2021/falmunivma/falmunivma_index.php

August 2021 – Retake The World https://flounder-blenny-4z7s.squarespace.com/

July 2021 – Photographic Museum of Humanity online https://phmuseum.com/cjerrey/grant-submission/37127

June 2021 – Earth Photo 2021, Royal Geographical Society, Kensington, London
(shortlisted in the Climate of Change category)
https://www.earthphoto.world/2021exhibition

October 2020 – Photo Fringe 2020, online https://2020.photofringe.org/exhibitions/rebel-for-life

September 2020 – contributed to Drilling Through the Anthropocene curated by Alice Owen https://extractingus.org/contributors/alice-owen/

August 2019 – Landings 2019, single-artist show at Martells, East Grinstead

Published

04/04/2023

Museums Association https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2023/04/questions-raised-about-process-behind-smgs-adani-deal/#

12/01/2023

The Big Issue https://www.bigissue.com/news/activism/extinction-rebellion-just-stop-oil-quit-protest-2023/

13/09/2022

The Big Issue https://www.bigissue.com/news/activism/right-to-protest-explainer/

19/07/2022

Sussex Express https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/east-sussex-councillor-accused-of-violently-shoving-extinction-rebellion-protestor-in-lewes-3775200 (pics 1 & 3)