Matt Stuart (photographer)

Matt Stuart (1974)[1] is a British street photographer.[2] He was a member of the In-Public street photography collective.[3] Stuart also works as an advertising photographer.[4]

His books of street photography include All That Life Can Afford (2016)[5] and Into the Fire (2020). His work has also been exhibited in solo exhibitions in Britain and the USA. Of note, his work also appeared in group exhibitions at the Museum of London (which acquired his work for its permanent collection), the Museum of the City of New York, France, Bangkok and Stockholm.

Life and work

Stuart was born in Harrow, north west London, in 1974.[6] In interviews he has described his life as having been spent singularly and obsessively devoted to one interest after another, including skateboarding[7] from 1986 to 1994,[8] and kung fu,[8] before taking up photography working as an assistant to a photographer for three years. From that experience, he turned professional by working for himself from 2000 onward.[6] His personal street photography is his main focus, predominantly in London[5]—his book All That Life Can Afford (2016)[5] includes photographs made there between 2002 and 2015. He also works commercially as an advertising photographer,[4] and leads street photography workshops.[9][10] Stuart became a member of the In-Public street photography collective in 2001[3] and in 2016 was a nominee member of Magnum Photos.[11]

Publications

Publications by Stuart
  • All That Life Can Afford. London: Plague, 2016. ISBN 978-0-9935090-0-1.[n 1] With an essay by Geoff Dyer, "Why does he do this every day?". First edition of 1000 copies and 100 limited editions; second printing, edition of 1000 copies and 100 limited editions.
  • Into the Fire. Richmond, UK: Setanta, 2020. Edition of 1000 copies.
  • All That Life Can Afford. Second edition, re-designed and with a new sequence of images. London: Plague, 2020. With an essay by Dyer. Edition of 1000 copies.
  • Think Like a Street Photographer. London: Laurence King, 2021. ISBN 978-1786277282. With text by Gemma Padley and a foreword by Derren Brown.[12]

Publications co-edited by Stuart

Publications with contributions by Stuart
  • Publication #1. London: Nick Turpin Publishing, 2009. Essays by Hin Chua, David Gibson, Michael David Murphy and Nick Turpin. Photographs by Stuart, Narelle Autio, Martin Kollar, Joel Meyerowitz, Tod Papageorge, Trent Parke and Garry Winogrand. Edition of 2000 copies.
  • Photography in 100 Words: Exploring the Art of Photography with Fifty of its Greatest Masters. By David Clark. London: Argentum, 2009. ISBN 978-1902538570.
  • 10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: Nick Turpin, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9563322-1-9. Includes an essay by Jonathan Glancey, "Outlandish Harmony"; a foreword by Turpin; and a chapter each by Stuart and other In-Public photographers.
  • Street Photography Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010. ISBN 978-0-500-54393-1 (hardback). London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. ISBN 978-0-500-28907-5 (paperback). Edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren.
  • London Street Photography: 1860–2010. London: Museum of London; Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2011. ISBN 978-1907893032. Selected from the Museum of London collection by Mike Seaborne and Anna Sparham. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Museum of London.
  • The World Atlas of Street Photography. New Haven and London: Yale University Press: 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-20716-3. Edited by Jackie Higgins. With a foreword by Max Kozloff.
  • The Street Photographer's Manual. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. ISBN 978-0-500-29130-6. By David Gibson. Includes a profile of Stuart.
  • Failed it!: How to turn mistakes into ideas and other advice for successfully screwing up. London: Phaidon, 2016. By Erik Kessels. ISBN 978-0714871196.
  • Unseen London. London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-910566-24-4. With photographs by and interviews with various photographers, and text by Rachel Segal Hamilton.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
  • On The Way, main post office, Helsinki, Finland, October–November 2004.[13]
  • KK Outlet, London, February 2010.[14][15]
  • Look Both Ways, Leica Gallery San Francisco, February–April 2015;[16] Leica Store Washington DC, May–? 2015;[17]

Exhibitions with others or during festivals
  • Onto the Streets, Photofusion, London, 2006, then toured with the British Council.[18] Curated by Stephen McLaren and Sophie Howarth.
  • in-public @ 10, Photofusion, Brixton, London, 2010.[19][20][n 2] Travelled to Les Ballades Photographiques de Seyssel, Seyssel, France, 2011;[21][22] Included photographs by In-Public members.
  • Street Photography Now, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, 2010. Photographs from the book Street Photography Now (2011).[23]
  • Street Photography Now, shop windows throughout the Canal Saint-Martin area, part of Mois de la Photo-OFF, Paris, 2010.[24] Gallery Lichtblick, Cologne, 2010; Uno Art Space, Stuttgart, 2011.[25]
  • Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK, 2011. Exhibition of photographs by In-Public members and the film In-Sight (2011).[26][27][28]
  • London Street Photography: 1860-2010, Museum of London, London, 2011.[29] Travelled to the Museum of the City of New York, 2012.[30]
  • iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography, Thailand Creative and Design Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, 2013. In conjunction with the British Council.[31][32][33] Photographs by In-Public members.
  • In Public, Snickerbacken 7, Stockholm, Sweden, 2013.[34] Photographs by In-Public members.
  • Pedestrians, Photomonth festival, Leica Mayfair, London, 2015.[35]
  • The Magic Lantern Show, Deadhouse, Somerset House, London, during Photo London, 2016. Exhibition of prints by Stuart accompanied by projections of work by Marina Sersale, Bredun Edwards and The Lurkers.[36][37][38]

Awards

Collections

Stuart's work is held in the following public collection:

Notes
  1. The ISBN was erroneously published as 978-0-9935090 in the first edition.
  2. The Photofusion website claims it showed the exhibition in 2012 but it actually did so in 2010.

References
  1. "Matt Stuart". UP Photographers. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. Frank, Priscilla (24 September 2014). "10 International street photographers who change the way we see the world". The Huffington Post. New York. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. Turpin, Nick (2010). 10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: Nick Turpin Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9563322-1-9.
  4. Sakr, Sharif (30 November 2013). "A guide to street photography: Matt Stuart, manners and human autofocus". Engadget. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. "Street view". Time Out London. Time Out. 26 January 2016. pp. 28–29.
  6. Blake Andrews (10 March 2015). "Q & A With Matt Stuart". Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  7. Schuetze, Christopher (1 November 2010). "London, Very Dry, With a Twist". The New York Times. New York. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  8. "Matt Stuart". In-Public. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  9. "Street Photography Now with Matt Stuart and Stephen McLaren". The Guardian. London. 29 June 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  10. Cheesman, Chris (5 December 2013). "Leica to host pre-Christmas photography events". Amateur Photographer. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  11. Bainbridge, Simon (27 June 2016). "Magnum Photos announces two new nominee members following its 69th AGM". British Journal of Photography. Apptitude Media Ltd. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  12. Ebert, Grace (5 July 2022). "Street Photographer Matt Stuart's Incredibly Serendipitous Images Collected in a New Book". Colossal (blog). Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  13. "Syyskuu 2004 diginews, digikamera, digitaalikamera". Digicamera.net. 30 September 2004. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  14. Hellqvist, David (8 February 2010). "Happy Accidents: Photographer Matt Stuart is exhibiting a decade worth of accidental moments captured in London". Dazed. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  15. van den Broeke, Teo (1 February 2010). "Look Both Ways by Matt Stuart". Wallpaper. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  16. "Matt Stuart: Look Both Ways". Leica Store San Francisco. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  17. Jacobson, Louis (3 June 2015). "Matt Stuart Finds the Humor and Absurdity in Street Photography". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  18. "Photofusion Presents Onto the Streets". ArtDaily. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  19. "in-public @ 10". Amateur Photographer. 12 June 2010 – via Internet Archive.
  20. "In-Public@10". Photofusion. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  21. "74 - Seyssel • Balades photographiques de Seyssel". fr:Compétence photo. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  22. "Les balades photographiques de Seyssel, du 12 au 23 juillet". fr:La Tribune républicaine de Bellegarde. 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  23. "Street photography now at the Third Floor Gallery Archived 1 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine", In-Public, 5 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  24. Nathalie Belayche. "Street Photography Now Takes Over Paris". Food for your Eyes. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  25. "Street Photography Now". Uno Art Space. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  26. "In-Public at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery". Format Festival. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  27. "Format Programme Announcement". Format Festival. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  28. Battersby, Matilda (3 March 2011). "Format Festival: Street photography steals the show". The Independent. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  29. "Museum of London - London Street Photography". Archived from the original on 22 March 2011.
  30. "The streets of London and New York come to life in this exhibition and companion installation". Museum of the City of New York. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  31. "iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography". British Council. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  32. "iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography". Thailand Creative and Design Centre. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  33. "In-Public: An Exhibition of Street Photography". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  34. "In Public". Snickarbacken 7. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  35. "Matt Stuart: Pedestrians at Photomonth". Leica Camera. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  36. "The Magic Lantern Show". Photo London. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  37. ""The city doesn't inspire me. The people do" Matt Stuart's London street photography and participation in Photo London 2016". Leica Camera. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  38. "I love London so: snapshots of a bustling city – in pictures". The Guardian. London. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  39. "Matt Stuart". Photo District News. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  40. "Pigment Print: Trafalgar Square, 2006". Museum of London. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
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