http://www.tomsilverstone.com/self-portraits-gillian-anderson-1 daily 0.75 2015-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1438037272985-GP2TEFXMWIUGVMDQY03T/image-asset.jpeg Self Portraits: Gillian Anderson Director/ Editor   One from a series entitled 'Self Portrait's looking at the private identity of public figures. See the rest here Actor Gillian Anderson analyses her reflection while looking down the lens of the camera and drawing her self-portrait on an iPad. Through this intimate process she reveals her thoughts about her perception of her own beauty, her insecurities and how fame has affected her https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1438037272985-GP2TEFXMWIUGVMDQY03T/image-asset.jpeg Self Portraits: Gillian Anderson Director/ Editor   One from a series entitled 'Self Portrait's looking at the private identity of public figures. See the rest here Actor Gillian Anderson analyses her reflection while looking down the lens of the camera and drawing her self-portrait on an iPad. Through this intimate process she reveals her thoughts about her perception of her own beauty, her insecurities and how fame has affected her http://www.tomsilverstone.com/work daily 1.0 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1464024495882-ZBQGRJBI80PCADZM2QGD/IMG_2119.JPG Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1503518675325-V0BWE48BKSJ6BG4ETH35/EDIT005.00_00_24_02.Still002.jpg Work - Filmmaker / Editor Despite working six days a week, Fran Marion, a single mother of two, can’t make ends meet on the $9.50 an hour she gets at Popeyes. After her previous residence was condemned by the city, she became homeless and today sleeps on her friend’s sofa. Now, she’s fighting for employee rights in Missouri on behalf of Stand Up Kansas City – to make sure that she, and other people in her position, can get a fair wage and adequate employer protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1507114244692-PXQW990ZBZVPADFWB6GV/image-asset.jpeg Work - Filmmaker / Editor Whiteclay, Nebraska is a tiny unincorporated town that sits on the border with South Dakota. Until its closure by state officials, its four liquor stores sold more than 4m cans of beer a year, almost entirely to members of Lakota Sioux tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation, where the sale of alcohol is banned. The Guardian spent time on the reservation to understand the impact of alcohol on its residents – and the activists and Lakota tribe members determined to keep the town closed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1546639046454-OIIXXWQNS5RI900X2S9N/image-asset.jpeg Work - The fight to stop Chicago's gang killings: 'He died sitting on our front porch' Over the Fourth of July weekend, over 100 people were shot in Chicago – a worrying increase after the city’s murder rate had fallen to its lowest level in 40 years. Adam Gabbatt visits the city’s south side to understand why gang violence remains such a problem – and how grassroots groups are working to prevent it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1634052306958-KEYEXGRMPJMWU5XPL71S/asatru_thumbnail8.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1583182236166-CWJSBUNGYZYGP82ARWBM/image-asset.jpeg Work A growing number of collectors are cuddling, changing and caring for 'reborns' – individually crafted baby dolls that can cost up to $20,000. For some, it's about rekindling their baby-rearing years. For others, it's about dealing with their own inability to birth real human babies. Despite the finger-pointing from outsiders, it's a subculture that's thriving globally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1571935459282-PGY1FULH3YRD3UNHRLKR/thumbnail_v2.jpg Work About 90,000 people in America have dwarfism. The writer and podcaster Cara Reedy takes us on a journey to reflect on what it means to be a person with dwarfism – and why America's obsession with little people has left lasting damage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1564761401440-PHTMFEF9YASIZ7CQ8G8I/thumbnail.jpg Work In the remote Ohio town of East Jackson, which sits in the Appalachian foothills, residents have for decades identified as black – despite the fact they appear white. Tom Silverstone and Francisco Navas visit a place where residents' racial lines have been blurred to invisibility https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1493547236822-X3J4PVQLZTZIGSDUBMSX/image-asset.jpeg Work Advances in computer science and engineering mean that sex robots are no longer just science fiction. The first sex robots, with animatronic movement and artificial intelligence, are due to go on sale by the end of the year. Jenny Kleeman crosses continents to meet the men who are making sex robots, the customers who want to buy them, and the critics who say they are dangerous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1559333665675-TI0PWU7NSL3QFVPYIUGL/THUMBNAIL.jpg Work Ashley Heavyrunner Loring was 20 when she disappeared from the Blackfeet reservation in Montana in June 2017. Her family has been searching for her ever since. Ashley was one of more than 5,000 Native American women listed missing in 2017. Lawmakers are calling it an epidemic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1477707847884-HEUC8U9D0U76Q82I7L7V/Clip0121.MXF.01_38_25_12.Still001+copy+%288e363df9b778a32383eca913bdce2c504115924d%29+%282%29.jpg Work Donald Trump was more popular in McDowell County than anywhere else in America during the Republican primaries. I explored the power of the Republican presidential nominee’s message in the poorest county of West Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1546638768674-UNL3NIH4QB81Y43OE3CV/image-asset.jpeg Work In 1971, two police officers were shot dead in Harlem. Nineteen-year-old Jalil Muntaqim of the Black Liberation Army was convicted and sent to prison. Nearly half a century later, he's still locked up – and he believes he's a victim of his involvement in the black liberation struggle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1682974348679-XYG42JFHUKD37MUTAR0N/image-asset.jpeg Work If you are a black, gay man in America, your risk of contracting HIV is one in two. Leah Green travels to Atlanta, Georgia, which has the largest gay and black community in the country. She finds out how stigma, education and structural racism continue to feed into this startling statistic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1694450035036-2D8MMFJ9B8QFVYACXD9J/image-asset.jpeg Work In August 2022, Talia Avrahami was living a normal life as an Orthodox Jewish teacher in New York City with her husband and daughter. But a month later, the Orthodox school she taught at dismissed her after parents found out she is transgender, creating a fierce debate within the traditionally conservative community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1737040339839-NKTKHGZYUJNXGSS1QVH6/image-asset.jpeg Work Why is Donald Trump's brand of rightwing politics so appealing to white male voters? Is Kamala Harris struggling to gain their support because of misogyny, or do some men just feel unheard and lonely? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1761827679757-6HQ20AW4DC7A9EKD64C6/image-asset.jpeg Work Made in association with Guardian Documentaries Tina Frundt is one of Washington DC’s most experienced specialists in protecting children from sex trafficking. Fighting to break this cycle, Tina works closely with law enforcement, social workers and parents to create an environment where some of America’s most vulnerable children can feel safe again https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1761828149844-A1IHNNHCAC9FBG7NOKQC/image-asset.jpeg Work Mazyouna, a 13-year-old girl from Gaza, lost the right side of her jaw in an Israeli attack on her home in Gaza that killed her brother and sister. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1748908504467-0PP8P3P2AEDZ6V43XE44/image-asset.jpeg Work In a remote corner of central Bolivia, hundreds of coca farmers have armed themselves with sticks and makeshift shields to protect the country’s former president, Evo Morales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1698342717514-6QSZAH2OI4A9QKA9ZY76/image-asset.jpeg Work Director / Camera / Editor I spent five days with MOAS meeting its crew as they search for and save migrants stranded at sea. During the first six months of 2015, an estimated 137,000 migrants tried to cross the Mediterranean sea - the majority fleeing war, conflict or persecution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1438037135959-YDKVLPE3LKPZ6L62T4MF/image-asset.jpeg Work Director / Camera / Editor One from a series entitled 'Self Portrait's looking at the private identity of public figures. See the rest here Actor Gillian Anderson analyses her reflection while looking down the lens of the camera and drawing her self-portrait on an iPad. Through this intimate process she reveals her thoughts about her perception of her own beauty, her insecurities and how fame has affected her https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1438028810593-5UZT2YC9P7JKYWKIZJQW/image-asset.jpeg Work Director / Camera / Editor A short series looking at the 'other side' of musicians. Monchan Monna, drummer of Japanese acid-punk band Bo Ningen, is known by his fans for his unbridled, animated and visceral drumming technique. But that's not the only side to him. Here, he shares his love of calligraphy – a notably more tranquil craft – and discusses the contrast between the ancient Japanese artform and his musical life. He also demonstrates the drum style upon which he's built a career. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1438037966194-6GI2E6UBEC9650B94UH8/image-asset.jpeg Work Camera / Editor An animated agony aunt series featuring and the Philippa Perry and the many anxious people of the UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1438025477598-NCNBCUU6JOTTKP1LMGT7/image-asset.jpeg Work Director / Camera / Editor Commissioned, shot and edited in 48 hours After the Paris shootings, an estimated 1.6 million people took to the streets of the French capital to voice their solidarity with those murdered at the hands of radical Muslim terrorists and proclaim 'Je suis Charlie' (I am Charlie). But not everyone in the city felt comfortable with that idea. I went to Paris to meet the many Muslims throughout Paris chose to stay away - some of them even stating 'Je ne suis pas Charlie' (I am not Charlie) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1438022918164-57MGS7WD8N0J6DW56ITO/image-asset.jpeg Work Director / Camera Viewed 3 million + times online Many women describe sexism as a part of 'normal' life. Here Leah Green goes undercover in London to see how unsuspecting men react to sexist situations often experienced by women – but this time perpetrated by a female. All scenes are based on real encounters reported by women to @EverydaySexism 'Enough is enough': the fight against everyday sexism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1438037676699-SODQ8QGI0DB3VW8OX0Q6/image-asset.png Work Director / Camera / Editor Viewed 400k+ online In a live session recorded exclusively for the Guardian, Damien Rice performs an acoustic version of his song Colour Me In. It's taken from Rice's latest album, My Favourite Faded Fantasy, the Irish singer-songwriter's first since 2006's platinum-selling 9. Produced by Rick Rubin, the album was recorded in Los Angeles and Reykjavik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1439222870429-ZB58JNT2Y8PDWZTPTK2W/image-asset.jpeg Work - The migrants trafficked to work on UK's free-range farms Laurynas was just 19 when he was trafficked into the UK to work with 30 other Lithuanians, catching chickens. They worked in a supply chain producing premium free-range eggs for McDonald’s, Tesco, Asda, M&S and Sainsbury’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1439223138483-J2JXMFVXSLJJLKNTDBND/image-asset.jpeg Work - Martin Creed meets Adrian Searle Martin Creed gives Adrian Searle a glimpse into his retrospective at London's Hayward Gallery. The first major survey of Creed's work, the exhibition spans his entire career, from his balloon-filled room Half the Air in a Given Space to his imposing steel fulcrum spelling out the word 'mothers' rotating precariously above the viewer's head https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b1149ae4b0e5187d8080e3/1446140420968-K9CAY3BDE9ELV35ASKT4/image-asset.jpeg Work Filmmaker A short doc for Tate / Guardian. 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