Annabel Elgar is a photographic-based artist who lives and works in London. She was one of eight nominees for the Prix Elysée 2014-2015 with her project 'Cheating the Moon', which was shown at the Musée de L'Elysée in Lausanne in Spring 2015. She has an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art, and her work has featured in international exhibitions and publications throughout Europe, North America and Asia. These have included 'Theatres of the Real' at FotoMuseum Antwerp; 'New Photography in Britain' at the Galleria Civica di Modena, Italy (curated by Filippo Maggia); 'Contemporary photography from north-west Europe' at the Fondazione Fotografia Modena, Italy and 'Photography is Magic' at Aperture, New York (curated by Charlotte Cotton). She has had two solo shows at the Wapping Project, London and has also exhibited at, amongst others, ZEPHYR, Mannheim, Germany; Metronom, Modena, Italy; Sweet Briar College, Virginia, USA; Galerie Polaris, Paris; the Museum of New Art, Detroit, USA, and Apexart, New York, USA. Elgar's work has featured as an online portfolio with Photomonitor and Photoworks. Elgar's work has featured in a number of photo festivals, including the DongGang Photo Festival, South Korea; the Belfast Photo Festival (selectors Brett Rogers and Alec Soth); the Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia (as the Portfolio Prize Winner); the Singapore Photo Festival and the Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Netherlands.
'Noon in the Desert', Elgar's photo book about the nuclear weapons test site in the Nevada desert, was shortlisted for the Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award at Arles 2019 and also for the FUAM Dummy Book Award 2019 at the Istanbul Photo Book Festival. Elgar's series 'Birds Fly Low' is featured in Hapax Issue 7, Summer 2025.
Annabel Elgar is represented by Metronom, Italy.