Cig Harvey (born 1973) is a British fine art photographer known for her surreal images of nature and family.
[7] Harvey began her career as an assistant professor at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University where she worked for ten years.
"[10] Harvey's third monograph, You an Orchestra You a Bomb (Schilt Publishing, 2017) was inspired in part by her near-death experience in a car accident.
[11] She began to shoot in a more documentary style after the accident, which Harvey explains as being inspired by the " [...] idea of the gasp and awe.
[16] In 2020, Harvey was selected by The New York Times to participate in Still Lives, a project documenting thirteen photographers' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.