Yvonne Maxwell

Yvonne Maxwell is a Saint Lucian-Nigerian self-taught documentary photographer whose work explores issues surrounding migration, collective and individual memory, community and identity. Maxwell uses a range of photographic practices, words and moving image to communicate and visualise critiques on society and state, looking to the past, present and imagined futures to shape these mediums. Maxwell is a winner of the 2023 Portrait of Britain Award, and has worked with The Wellcome Collection, Vittles, The British Library, SUITCASE Magazine, Open City, Level Up, Something Curated, among others.