Education and Courses
2021–2022 - Lighthouse: Talent Development Program, FOTODOK, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2019 - Workshop led by NOOR photographer Kadir van Lohuizen, iMPACT DOC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2018–2019 - Internship at Posh Productions, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2018 - Graduated from the Nederlandse Fotovakschool, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.
Awards and Distinctions
2023 - Royal Photographic Society’s Award for Achievement in the Art of Photography (under 35yrs)
2022 - Foam Talent 2022
2021 - Winner of the MACK First Book Award 2021
2019 - Longlisted for the Rabo Photographic Portrait Talent 2019
2019 - LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2019, awarded special distinction by Dagmar Seeland
2019 - FRESH EYES 2019
2019 - Zilveren Camera 2018 – Documentary National, 1st place
2018 - GUP New Dutch Photography Talent 2019
2018 - Winner of the Keep an Eye Fotovakschool Grant 2018
2018 - Life Framer Photography Award – The Human Body, honorable mention, judged by Roger Ballen
Public Collections
Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Frankfurt, Germany
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Books
MARVEL. London: MACK, 2021.
MARVEL. Self-published, 2020.
Selected Features, Interviews, Press, and Print Publications
2023 - Picter: Meet Photographer Marvel Harris
2023 - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Das Erfassen des Unsagbaren
2023 - VOSTOK magazine #37 – Your Selfie
2022 - Pf Fotografie Magazine #7
2022 - de Volkskrant: Tentoonstelling in Fotodok Utrecht creëert empathie voor andere mensen
2022 - doc! photo magazine #48
2022 - Blind Magazine: Looking at Gender and the Self
2022 - Harper’s Bazaar: Una mostra a New York esplora l’identità di genere
2022 - Dazed: These portraits explore how it feels to inhabit a queer body
2022 - Foam Magazine #61: Talent
2021 - photo-eye: Jess T. Dugan’s Favorite Book from 2021
2021 - Vogue Italia: Marvel Harris documents his gender transition in a photobook
2021 - International Center of Photography: Top Ten Photobooks by David Campany and Vince Aletti
2021 - i-D: Racconto fotografico di una transizione di genere: intervista a Marvel Harris
2021 - British Journal of Photography: Ten photobooks by emerging photographers to take note of
2021 - Strange Fire Collective: Book Review: “MARVEL” by Marvel Harris
2021 - British Journal of Photography: July/August 2021: Ones to Watch
2021 - i-D: A photographer understands their dysphoria & autism through self-portraits
2021 - Dazed: Marvel Harris’s portraits capture the anguish and joy of gender transition
2021 - The Guardian: ‘An ongoing search for myself’: the story of a transition – in pictures
2021 - The Observer: The big picture: Marvel Harris captures a joyous moment during his gender transition
2021 - AnOther Magazine: “Raw and Honest”: A Photographer Documents Their Journey to Self-Acceptance
2021 - kwerfeldein: Im Gespräch mit Marvel Harris
2020 - The Best of LensCulture, Volume 4
2020 - NRC Weekend: ‘Uit de kast komen’ is nog geen emancipatie
2020 - SHUTR.photo: Transitie van gender in beeld
2019 - Twentsche Courant Tubantia: De schreeuw van Marvel Harris
2019 - de Stentor: Marvel legde zijn transitieproces van vrouw naar man vast
2018 - Pf Fotografie Magazine: Marvel Harris – Inner Journey
2018 - Focus Magazine: Marvel Harris – De camera als beste vriend
Selected Creative Talks and Lectures
2022 - Foam Talks: Talent Talks 2022 with Marvel Harris & Hélène Selam Kleih.
2022 - In Conversation: Just Wide Enough to Hold the Weight with Drew Sawyer, Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, New York, USA.
2021 - Marvel Harris & Mariama Attah: photography as therapy, Webber Gallery, London, UK.
2020 - FOTODOK Book Club: The Dutch Edition, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2020 - Queer Café, What You See Festival, Bibliotheek Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2019 - What You See Symposium, Het Huis Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2018 - Talks About Photography, Het Huis Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.