About
Michelle Sank was born in South Africa and currently resides in the UK. Her photographs have been exhibited and published extensively in England, Europe, Australia and Mexico, South Africa and the U.S.A. Her imagery is held in the permanent collections of Allan Servais, Brussells, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, and Open Eye Gallery Archive, Liverpool .
She has undertaken numerous commissions for prominent galleries and magazines in Europe and the USA and her work has won awards in many prestigious competitions.
Sank has three published books, The Water's Edge: Women on the Waterfront (Published by Liverpool University Press, 2007) - a study of women who worked and still work on Liverpool's Docks, Becoming (Published by Belfast Exposed Photography and Ffotogallery, 2006) - a major monograph featuring her portraits taken over five years, and The Submerged published by Schilt Publishing, 2011.
A new body of work “Insula” created during a 6 month residence in Jersey, Channel Islands will be published in 2014.
Michelle Sank is represented by Gallerie Vassie, Amsterdam.
info@galleryvassie.com
Works
Ellie 21 yrs - Tatooist
Hannah 17 yrs - Botox
Roland 19 yrs - alias Lady Gaga
Amy 18 yrs - Breast Augmentation
Hannah 20 yrs - lip fillers, breast augmentation, botox, body liposuction, rhinoplasty
Jackie 18 yrs - Full transition surgery from male to female at 16 yrs
ade 20 yrs -Tattooed eyebrows and hair extensions
Jason 19 yrs - Body Builder
John 19 yrs - Transitioned female to male - now gender neutral
Martha 24 yrs - Lip fillers
Matt 17 yrs - Transgender female to male
Mike 22 yrs - Body waxing and body supplements
Nicola recovering anorexic and Rachel Breast Augmentation 20 yr old twins
Olli 19 yrs - recovering anorexia
Saraya 20 yrs - Full body liposuction and lip fillers at 18 yrs
Shaye 21 yrs - Transgender female to male post breast removal surgeryJason 19 years old Body Builder
Cambell 16 yrs - Transgender male to female