Therese Debono is a documentary photographer covering places, the streets and portraiture: endangered places, local interiors, and documentary portraiture are among the subjects she explores and interprets. Her personal projects include Maltese Interiors, Brides on Beds, Class of ‘93 and BLANK.

Her main work with places revolves around the loss of heritage in her country as well as the over-development that is currently ongoing that is destroying the spirit of the places that once were so powerful and unique on the island of Malta.

Therese grew up in Malta. She graduated from the University of Malta with an MFA in Digital Arts and an MA in Cultural Heritage. She currently lectures photography and cultural heritage units at MCAST Institute for Creative Arts, as well as photography units at the University of Malta within the departments of Communications and Media and Knowledge Science.

I am a member of Women Photograph.

CURRICULUM VITAE

2015 MFA end of year show at Spazju Kreattiv, Malta

2015 Book Publication by Ede Books – ‘Passing by’

2015 Second place in a competition organised by the Ministry of Sustainable Development, the Environment & Climate Change

2016 Participation in the Mdina Biennale, Malta

2018 Seagate US filming my journey in photography.

2018 ‘Spirit of Place’ exhibition wall at Avantech

2019 Collaboration work in the documentation of hospitals – SAMOC & Boffa Hospital, Malta

2019 Collective Exhibition, Matera by Canon Europe

2019 Full year featuring my work on the back cover of the magazine ‘Encore’.

2019 Women in Photography Exhibition at Avantech

2020 Art+Feminism Collective Exhibition – Brides on Beds (Ethnographic Project - ongoing) - Spazju Kreattiv

2020 Participation in the outdoor exhibition ‘TNAX’ organised by VCA (the month of November 2020)

2021 Collaboration with Anna Horvath for Project ‘Sorgi’

2021 Curator for outdoor exhibition ‘TNAX’ organised by VCA (yearlong project)

2021 ‘Jazz Expressions’ organised by Festivals Malta and exhibited at Phoenicia Hotel, Valletta, Malta

2021 Quarantine images and blog selected to be part of the permanent collection in the National Archives of Malta

2021 ‘Uncovering Transition’ Collective Exhibition. Images will be part of the permanent national collection of artworks at Muża – National Museum of Fine Arts

2021 Calendar for ‘Women for Women Foundation’, Malta

2021 Awarded an honourable mention for the 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers. Work will be exhibited in a collective exhibition in Barcelona in October 2022 at Fotonostrum.

2021 ‘Spaces in Suspension’ in collaboration with Photographer Joe Smith – 6-weeklong exhibition at Spazju Kreattiv.

2022 Winner of the People Category for Professional Photographers in the 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers. The exhibition opened on 20th April 2023.

2022 Winner for Master Architecture Awards – Interior Architecture Photography Awards with Images from the ‘Spaces in Suspension’ exhibition.

2022 Calendar for ‘Women for Women Foundation, Malta

2023 Shortlisted and finalist for the Hellerau Portrait Awards, Dresden.

2023 Honourable mention for the ‘Cities to be’ award.

2023 Awarded an honourable mention for the 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers.

2023 ‘MARA’ – Collective exhibition at Bureau Iniala, Malta opened on 14th April 2023.

2023 Curating Exhibition for Joe Smith - ‘The Last Dance’

2023 Shortlisted for Taylor Wessing Portrait Award

2023 Member of ‘Women Photograph’, US

2023 Winner of ‘Prempju ghall-Arti’ with Joe Smith for the best visual art production - Exhibition Spaces in Suspension, Arts Council Malta