Born in England Harsent began his career in London before moving to Australia in 1987. Ten years later in 1997 he moved to New York where he spent twenty years. In 2017 Harsent relocated his base back to Sydney. Harsent’s work has been recognized at numerous award shows around the world including American Photography, Graphis, Communication Arts, PDN, D&AD, Head On Portrait and Landscape awards and the National Photographic Portrait Prize. Harsent has had over 10 solo exhibitions and has participated in over 20 group exhibitions. His work for ACON is held is held in the permanent collection of both the power House Museum and the QLD Art Gallery In 2009 Harsent’s first monograph Melt portrait of an Iceberg was published to critical acclaim. Reinforced by it’s inclusion in the Photo District News (PDN) yearly Best of Annual and the prestigious D&AD annual. In 2011 Simon collaborated with his father, the Poet David Harsent, on a series called Into the Abyss, which was later exhibited at the Sydney Opera House. Late 2020 saw the publication their latest collaboration Salt Moon with Guillemot Press in the UK.
