angus stewart 

I am a documentary photographer based on the East coast of England, with a particular interest in social documentary work and the physicality of the printed image. I have a keen interest in the physical output of the work, whether book, inkjet print or handprinted images be that photogravure, salt prints or cyanotype prints.    

 

I believe that the nature of photography is inherently a collaborative act. Whether between a photographer and their subject, a creative team, or the environment, each element contributes to the final image. It is important to me that my work is part of the dialogue between artist and subject. 

 

In 2025 I was awarded a Distinction for my MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at London College of Communication, UAL. 

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Currently working on a public engagement commission as part of the Quarry Life Awards 2025, in collaboration with a sculptor. This work involves building a stone circle alongside a public footpath in Essex and creating an exhibition of images of neolithic standing stones from across the UK, alongside community images created in response to the new stone circle.

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I have worked  extensively with the circus, burlesque and cabaret communities in London through which I depicted not just what happens on stage but the families and communities that support it.   London Burlesque: The Family Album was published in 2022.

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In 2017 I was  was commissioned to work with on a project on 'rights to the city' in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil and London with students and tutors from UCL London & UFBA, Brazil: Rights To The City published by UCL Press in 2020. ​

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Solo Exhibitions:

 

London Burlesque – A Family Album, London Lighthouse Gallery - Feb 2023 

 

More To Me Than HIV - London Lighthouse Gallery - June 2022

 

More To Me Than HIV - Brighton Jubilee Library - December 2021

 

Rights To The City – Conway Hall, in collaboration with UCL, London - March 2020

 

Rights To The City – Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, on street exhibition with local participants - 2019

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 Selected Group Exhibitions: 

 

Summer Exhibition - Royal Academy, Jun-Aug 2025

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Summer Contemporary - Snape Maltings, July-Aug 2025

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The Incidentals – Bell House, Dulwich, May 2025

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Art 4 Art Sake - Aldeburgh, Feb 2025

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Chester Photo Festival - Chester, May 2025 

 

Accidental Encounters - Copeland Gallery, London, March 2024

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Salon 24 - Photofusion, London - May 2024

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Select – Photofusion, London, Summer 2023

 

Salon 22, Photofusion, London – December 2022

 

Salon 21, Photofusion, Selected by Zelda Cheatle & Emma Bowkett, London - July 2021

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Masculine / Feminine – PH21 Gallery, Budapest - March 2021

 

Contemporary Portraiture – PH21 Gallery, Budapest - April 2021

 

Leadership in Lambeth, Lambeth Town Hall, commissioned by 3Space, Photofusion & Lambeth – April - Dec 2021

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​Salon 19, Photofusion, Selected by Lucy Soutter, London - December 2019 

  

Salon 18, Photofusion, London - December 2018

 

 

Publications: 

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London Burlesque:  A Family Album - Circa Books 2022 (publication Sept 22)

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Urban Claims and the Right to the City: Grassroots Perspectives from Salvador and London

 (UCL Press, 2019)

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Articles/Reviews: 

 

Royal Photography Society Magazine, August 2017, p22-27

https://issuu.com/thinkpublishing/docs/rps_aug17

 

Awards:

 

UNESCO Climate Academy Winner - 2024

Capture One - RAW Talent Award - 2024 

Select – Chosen by David More – 2022

ARPS – Royal Photographic Society - 2017

LRPS -  Royal Photographic Society - 2016