Acknowledgements for A Perfect Sentence

Thank you to Chris Rawcliffe at Forma Arts; the epic list of names and on this page is a testament to the complexity and ambition of the work and his remarkable vision. I’m grateful to the team at Forma, including Caroline Heron, Jenny O’Neill, Carolina Ongaro, Annika Thiems and especially Antonia Shaw for accompanying me on these journeys and for her logistical, emotional and creative support. The following people championed the project from its inception; their support generated crucial funding, without which it would never have been made: James Lingwood, Director, Artangel; Simon Baker, Director, MEP, Paris; Dr Bronwen Colquhoun, Senior Curator of Photography, National Museum Wales; Florian Ebner, Head of the Department of Photography, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Clare Grafifik, Head of Exhibitions, The Photographer’s Gallery, London; Simon Groom, Director Modern and Contemporary Art, National Galleries of Scotland; Nicoletta Lambertucci, Contemporary Art Curator, The Box, Plymouth; Helen Legg, Director, Tate Liverpool; Emma Philip, Senior Curator, The Box, Plymouth; Nigel Prince, Director, Artes Mundi, Wales; and Andrew Wilson, Senior Curator Modern and Contemporary British Art, and Archives, Tate. Thank you in Wales to Farah Allibhai, Tom Davies and Melissa Hinkin; in Norfolk to Ricardo Adelmo, Kaavous Clayton and Julia Devonshire, Tricia Hall and Dr. Rosy Gray; in Plymouth to Ben Botherwick and Josh Parrett; in Derby to Peter Bonnell, Janine Derbyshire, Grace Hill, Laura Phillips, Parmjit Sagoo and Niamh Treacy; in Wolverhampton to Andrew Newell, Euripides Altintzoglou, Carol Thompson, Leonie O’Dwyer and Penelope Thomas; and in London to Ryan Brake, Serena Gibidi, Elizabeth Scott and Viviane Vix. Thank you to Hasselblad for loaning me a camera. Thank you to my partner Fiona Jane Burgess for being the most inspiring person I know, and to our children, August and Yves. Finally, thank you to my publishers, Sarah Chaplin Espenon and Lewis Chaplin, for inviting me to Marseille to lay out the publication on their studio floor.