Olivia Arthur

Documentary photographer

Olivia Arthur is a London-based photographer known for her work examining people and their personal and cultural identities.

Why you should listen

Olivia Arthur's first book, Jeddah Diary, follows the lives of young women in Saudi Arabia. Her second book, Stranger, is a journey into Dubai through the eyes of the survivor of a shipwreck. Her work has been exhibited in international institutional collections and published in the New Yorker, Vogue and TIME. Arthur became a member of Magnum Photos in 2013 and in 2020 was elected as its president. She studied mathematics at Oxford University and photojournalism at the London College of Printing.

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