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The Best Photography Books of the Year - 2015
Smithsonian
selects The Skate Girls of Kabul in the top 10. “The ten books below
are ones not to miss this year because of these artists’ unique
perspectives.” - Molly Roberts
International Photography Awards which salute the achievements of the world’s finest photographers:
Skate Girls selected for IPA’S Best of Show Exhibition 2015 opening Oct 24th New York
also Shortlisted for IPA’s Editorial Photo Essay/Feature Story Award.
I was interviewed by the BBC World News about the new book - ‘Skate Girls of Kabul’
BBC World News - Skate Girls of Kabul - Jessica Fulford-Dobson | Facebook →
A recent interview that I had with the BBC World News
Grazie Magazine
Skate Girls Roll into Saatchi
Delighted to announce that the Skate Girls of Kabul exhibition is going to launch from the Saatchi Gallery and will be on from 15th-28th April →
Andrea Alessi from topical magazine ArtSlant have a lovely piece about my up-coming Saachi Gallery Exhibition on 15th April.
Prize Winning Skate Girl Portrait gets to Meet our PM and her New Afghan President at the London Conference on Afghanistan
The PM, David Cameron, approved for a selection of my recent photographs from Afghanistan to be shown to the new Afghan President on his visit along with 300 other world leaders.
Photographs can be seen on the DFID Flickr Account.
JFD was invited on Wednesday evening to the conference reception at Lancaster House to say a few words about her work finding herself standing in a rather surreal line up of speakers: the Secretary Of State Justine Greening, Afghan CEO no 2 leader Dr Abdullah Abdullah and the BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet and then JFD!!
"Skate Girl - a symbol of new freedoms in Afghanistan" Evening Standard →
Take a look at the winners of this year’s National Portrait Gallery’s major international Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize.
With my award winning Portrait at the Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize Award ceremony - Awarded 2nd Prize