David Moore (British photographer)

David Moore (born 1961) is a British photographer, artist and educator working in and around documentary photography.[1] He has had solo exhibitions of his work at The Photographers' Gallery, London, Impressions Gallery, Bradford and at Wolverhampton Art Gallery.[2][3] His work is held in the collection of the University of Warwick.[1] He is Principal Lecturer for Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at the University of Westminster, London.[4]

Not to be confused with the Australian photojournalist and historian also called David Moore.

Early life and education

Moore was born in Blackburn and within six weeks moved with his family to Derby, where he grew up.[5][6]

He studied photography at West Surrey College of Art and Design in Farnham, graduating in 1988.[7][8]

Photography and theatre

David Chandler has pointed out that "Moore belonged to "the second wave of new colour documentary in Britain", having attended Farnham College of Art and Design, where he was taught by practitioners from the first wave including Martin Parr and Paul Graham."[9]

The book Pictures From The Real World (2013) is a documentary series about working class families on a council estate in Derby in 1987/88. Moore made the colour work in Osmaston, near to where he was living, for his graduation show. Some of the pictures were chosen by Parr for a feature in Creative Camera in 1988. A tightly edited volume of the work was published by Dewi Lewis in 2013.[9][10]

Moore has made a "portfolio of works on secret and relevant state infrastructure." He has documented Britain's Houses of Parliament, published in the book The Commons (2003).[11] Beginning in 2006, he was given access to photograph the Ministry of Defence's Crisis Command Center, a military citadel under London. At the time he was the only known independent photographer to have done so.[12] This resulted in the book the Last Things (2007). He has also documented the top-security jail cells for terrorist suspects inside London's Paddington Green Police Station.[11][13]

The Lisa and John Slideshow, a 45-minute play written and directed by Moore, traces the dialogue between two subjects of Pictures From The Real World "as they select and react to images from the project's archive."[14] The play premiered at Derby's Format International Photography Festival in 2017 and played at the Regent Street Cinema, London and the Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast in 2018.[15][16]

Educator

As of 2023 he is Principal Lecturer for Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at the University of Westminster, London.[4]

Publications

Books of work by Moore
  • The Velvet Arena. Velvet, 1994. ISBN 978-0952468608.
  • The Commons. Velvet, 2003. ISBN 978-0952468615. With an essay by Philip Hoare.
  • The Last Things. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2007. ISBN 978-1-904587-66-8. With essays by Chris Petit and Angela Weight.[17]
  • Pictures From The Real World: Colour Photographs from 1987–1988. Stockport: Dewi Lewis; London: Here, 2013. ISBN 978-1907893339. With an essay by David Chandler. Edition of 500 copies.[8][18]
  • The Lisa and John Slideshow: A Play About Photography. London: Makina, 2019. ISBN 978-1-9160608-1-4. With an essay by Val Williams ("Acting Out: David, Lisa and John"). Edition of 400 copies.[14]

Zines
  • English Domestic Interiors: 1986–88. Southport: Café Royal, 2021.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions


Films

Collections

Moore's work is held in the following permanent collection:

  • University of Warwick, Coventry: "from 'Pocket Fiction' which explored the personal histories of a group of individuals living in Lincolnshire 1996"[1]

References
  1. "University of Warwick Art Collection - Artists - David Moore". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  2. "exhibitions :: Impressions Gallery – Bradford – Contemporary photography". www.impressions-gallery.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  3. https://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/whats-on/the-last-things-by-david-moore/
  4. "Moore, David - University of Westminster". www.westminster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  5. "A Small Voice: Conversations With Photographers - 115 - David Moore". A Small Voice: Conversations With Photographers. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  6. Phillips, Sarah; Phillips (8 May 2013). "David Moore's best photograph – children on a Derby estate". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  7. "David Moore". davidmoore.uk.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  8. "'Pictures from the Real World': Derby, England in 1988". Time. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  9. O'Hagan, Sean (10 April 2013). "Photographer David Moore's dingy, deteriorating Derby is the real deal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  10. O'Kelly, Lisa (11 March 2018). "The big picture: cool kids in Derby in the 1980s". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  11. Brook, Pete. "Inside London's Secret Crisis-Command Bunker". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  12. Myall, Steve (22 July 2016). "Inside the Ministry of Defence's nuclear bunker where 100 people can shelter". Mirror. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  13. "Exclusive: Inside Paddington Green Police Station". prisonphotography.org. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  14. Warner, Marigold. "The Lisa and John Slideshow". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  15. "Format Photo Festival: 10 Things to See and Do". Time. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  16. Padley, Gemma. "David Moore creates cutting-edge theatre from a 30-year-old project". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  17. Soar, Daniel (6 November 2008). "Daniel Soar · Short Cuts: Underground Bunkers · LRB 6 November 2008". London Review of Books. Vol. 30, no. 21. ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
  18. "Pictures From The Real World". Dewi Lewis Publishing. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  19. Hilton, Tim. "Spirits in the Material World". The Independent. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  20. "Where the heart is: the British at home – in pictures". The Guardian. 2 July 2019. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
  21. "David Moore's film Monitor (2005) tours in 'Civilization. The Way we Live Now'". Cream, University of Westminster. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.