Alicia Bruce is an award-winning working-class photographer, artist, and activist. Her work bridges documentary and staged photography, co-authoring humane stories of people and places. Often inspired by art history, her practice engages with environmental issues, portraiture, human rights, feminism, participation and the politics of space.
Her monograph, I Burn But I Am Not Consumed (Daylight Books, 2023), documents 16 years of Donald Trump’s impact on Menie, earning international acclaim. Bruce’s photographs are held in public collections, including the National Galleries of Scotland and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago), and have been exhibited and published globally.
She has received numerous accolades, including the Royal Scottish Academy Morton Award, Lishui Photography Festival Expert Recommended Photographer Award, and a nomination for the Prix Pictet 2025. Bruce’s commissioned work spans editorial and charitable campaigns for clients such as Harper’s Magazine, Zero Tolerance, and the NHS.
She has exhibited internationally including National Galleries of Scotland, VU Photo (Quebec), MoCP (Chicago), Street Level Photoworks (Glasgow), Ffotogallery (Cardiff), Lishui Museum (China), Scotland House (Brussels) and UK Parliament.
In 2023, she appeared in the BBC documentary The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland. Currently a Teaching Fellow at Edinburgh College of Art, Bruce is represented by Women Photograph.
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