David Stewart
I began my career by photographing punk bands including The Clash and The Ramones. My first job was photographing the passing parade of colourful characters on Morecambe UK Promenade with squirrel monkey’s Joey and Queenie.
My work involves observing the strangeness of everyday life, people and pop culture and reconstructing these scenes as large scale tableaus.
In 2015 I won the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery London.
I have published 5 books from my personal projects, Fogeys 2001, Thrice Removed 2009, Teenage pre-occupation 2013, Paid Content 2018 and Geoffrey Valentine 2020.
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About The Collection…
I shoot on a large format camera (8×10 & 4×5 film) and this can bring a heightened sense of reality to the images. The details are clearer and become more important. Large Format is the way I have always worked. It involves thinking more about what you are about to shoot and then trusting your instinct. With no Polaroid or instant digital image to work with, the pre planning and thought leading up to the shoot is transmitted to the first shot.
