Chris Shaw
photographer
Chris Shaw is an English documentary photographer known for his evocative black-and-white and color imagery. He studied photography at West Surrey College of Art & Design (now University for the Creative Arts) from 1986 to 1989. His work often explores themes of nightlife, social landscapes, and human behavior in transient spaces. Shaw is particularly noted for his series 'Life as a Night Porter,' which documents his experiences working in London hotels over a ten-year period (1995–2005). His practice involves heavily worked hand-printed archival fibre-based prints, reflecting a belief in the physical connection between materials and the photographer. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Tate Britain and various galleries in Paris, Tokyo, and Moscow.[3,4]
- nightlife
- social landscapes
- transient spaces
- documentary photography
Books
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Life as a Night Porter€16.00
Works by Chris Shaw
- 2006 Life as a Night Porter Monograph of photographs taken while working as a night porter in London hotels.
- 2012 Before And After Night Porter
- 2013 Weeds of Wallasey
- 2015 Retrospecting Sandy Hill
- 2015 Horizon Icons
- 2018 Sohollondon
- 2018 Tokyo in Hong Kong
- 2019 The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
Exhibitions
- 2012 Life as a Night Porter
- 2011 Before and After Night Porter
- 2014 Life as a Night Porter and Weeds of Wallasey
- 2013 Chris Shaw and Moriyama: Before and After Night
- 2015 Weeds of Wallasey
- 2016 Night Porter