About me
Born in London, 1968
Now living in Bath, England.
I have been photographing for over 15 years, both on long term projects, and commercially since 2004.
A book of my latest project, The Last Stand, photographed between 2010 and 2014 and documenting the wartime costal defences of North-West Europe and the memories and histories they contain, is being published later this year.
My projects document human interaction in the landscape, through subjects of memory, history and society.
My work has been exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions, both in the UK and in internationally in Milan, Grenoble & New York.
"Whilst Wilson utilises the language of the landscape photograph, The Last Stand is far removed from the genre in the traditional sense, firmly placing him within a small group of contemporary photographers whose work — whilst landscape in nature — has more in common with that of the documentary photographer."
Wayne Ford former art director of The Observer’s award winning colour magazine & Design Director of Haymarket Business Media
Awards / Publications / Reviews:
2014 Raw View Magazine
2014 Design Observer / Places Journal
2014 The Guardian Online
2013 BBC In Pictures
2013 Terry O’Neill Award prize winner
2013 Culture 24
2012 Wayne Ford – The Last Stand
2012 Photomonitor – The Last Stand
2012 aCurator magazine
2006 PDN Photo Annual
2000 Published in British Journal of Photography
1995 Published in British Journal of Photography
Exhibitions:
2014 Peacock Visual Arts – Aberdeen
2013-2014 The Royal Armouries Museum – Leeds
2013 Anise Gallery - London
2013 The Royal Armouries Museum – Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
2013 The Affordable Art Fair – Eyestorm – New York & London
2013 Terry O’Neill Award – Lucy Bell gallery, St Leonards
2013 Terry O’Neill Award – The Strand gallery, London
2010 Landscape One, The Lucy Bell Gallery, Group show
2006 Association of Photographers, London. Group show.
2006 Association of Photographers, London, Sublime. Group show.
2005 New York contemporary art fair. Group show.
2005 Photo2005, Affordable art fair. Group show.
2004 Fluid gallery, Grenoble, France, Solo show.
2003 Greenpeace Save or delete exhibition, London. Group show
2002 Victoria and Albert Museum, Dislocation 2001 Art 2001, London, Group show.
2000 Focal Point gallery, Southend, Solo show
1999 Now Showing Gallery, London. Solo show
1996 The Photographers Gallery, London. Group show
1996 Instituto Europeo del Design, Milan. Group show
1996 The Back Hill Gallery, Clerkenwell. London. Solo show.
Client List includes:
Action on Hearing Loss (RNID)
Circle Partnership
Fiona Darey Architecture & Interiors
Harris & Wilson
Hinchcliffe & Barber
Hobsons Choice
The Independent on Sunday New Review
Inspired Design Interaction
Jane Clayton Interior Design
LG Chem Le Monde, Paris
MediaClash
McCue Interior Fitout
Neff
NFU Mutual
Pizza Express
Quintesentially English
The Queensbury Hotel
Rosskopf und Partner
Sawdays Publishing
Seasons Holidays
Stephen Graver Kitchens
St Moritz hotel, Cornwall
Stoneham Kitchens
Sue Dann Interior design
Urban Outfitters
Education:
Ma Photography LCP (1999)
Ba Photography LCP (1996)
BSc Sociology Edinburgh University (1992)
Projects
- The Last StandA four year project, The Last Stand, aims to reflect the histories and stories military conflict and the memories held in the landscape itself. The series is made up of 86 images and is documenting some of the physical remnants of the Second World War on the coastlines of the British Isles and northern Europe, focusing on military defence structures that remain and their place in the shifting landscape that surrounds them. Many of these locations are no longer in sight, either subsumed or submerged by the changing sands and waters or by more human intervention. At the same time others have re-emerged from their shrouds. Over these four years I have travelled 23,000 miles to 143 locations to capture these images along the costlines of the UK, The Channel Islands, Northern & Western France, Denmark, Belgium and Norway.
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Work history
Skills
- Art Photography
- Commercial Photography
- Digital Imaging
- Fine Art
- Documentary
- Photoshop
- Lightroom
Education
MA PhotographyUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
Ma Photography
BA PhotographyUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
Ba Photography
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