LITTLEWOOD.CHRIS@GMAIL.COM

SOUTH AFRICA:  +27835259311
UK, WHATSAPP:  +447846211035


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I am an artist and curator working with photography, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Rooted in a non-narrative documentary tradition, my work centres around observations of built environments, cultural landscapes and expressions of material culture. With a particular focus on East and Southern Africa. Together with improvised still-lifes sourced from found or constructed objects, my projects are often hybrid in nature, including observational and sculptural modes of practice. At its core, my practice explores the fundamental idea that architecture – or how architecture is inhabited and adapted – profoundly influences how culture is expressed and experienced. Moreover, I understand architectural photography to be in direct dialogue with the cultural value of buildings and their locales.
Examples of recent works include Swahili Morphology – a body of photographic and sculptural work produced in Kenya and Tanzania, which celebrates the rich cultural heritage and dynamic urbanism of the East African littoral, morphing examples of post-independence modernism with pre-colonial precedents; Organised Island, produced on the former slave-trading islands of northern Mozambique, which, through the theme of support structures, looks at the relationship between colonial infrastructure and vernacular building traditions; and Dwelling in Madagascar, created as an embedded artist with the Architectural Association Visiting School programme, which portrays the everyday spaces of the communities living alongside the island nation's most exploited environments.


Born in Hong Kong

BA (hons) Photography,
UAL: London College of Communication

Roof Unit Photographic Studio,
London

Flowers Gallery, Photography Director,
London

Architectural Association Visiting School,
Unknown Fields, Madagascar

Architectural Association Visiting School,
Las Pozas, Mexico

Relocated to Johannesburg,
South Africa

Saba Artist Residency,
Lamu Island, Kenya

Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg,
Visual Culture Trainer

Edward Burtynsky Studio,
Africa consultant

Robert Morat Galerie,
Art fair consultant

©2024 All images and text copyright Christopher Littlewood.

1981

2003︎2006


2006︎2008


2008︎2018


2013


2017


2019


2019


2020


2020︎2022


2021︎2024




LITTLEWOOD.CHRIS@GMAIL.COM

SOUTH AFRICA:  +27835259311
UK, WHATSAPP:  +447846211035


INSTAGRAM
LINKEDIN


I am an artist and curator working with photography, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Rooted in a non-narrative documentary tradition, my work centres around observations of built environments, cultural landscapes and expressions of material culture. With a particular focus on East and Southern Africa. Together with improvised still-lifes sourced from found or constructed objects, my projects are often hybrid in nature, including observational and sculptural modes of practice. At its core, my practice explores the fundamental idea that architecture – or how architecture is inhabited and adapted – profoundly influences how culture is expressed and experienced. Moreover, I understand architectural photography to be in direct dialogue with the cultural value of buildings and their locales.


Examples of recent works include Swahili Morphology – a body of photographic and sculptural work produced in Kenya and Tanzania, which celebrates the rich cultural heritage and dynamic urbanism of the East African littoral, morphing examples of post-independence modernism with pre-colonial precedents; Organised Island, produced on the former slave-trading islands of northern Mozambique, which, through the theme of support structures, looks at the relationship between colonial infrastructure and vernacular building traditions; and Dwelling in Madagascar, created as an embedded artist with the Architectural Association Visiting School programme, which portrays the everyday spaces of the communities living alongside the island nation's most exploited environments.

©2024 All images and text copyright Christopher Littlewood.
Born in Hong Kong

BA (hons) Photography,
UAL: London College of Communication

Roof Unit Photographic Studio,
London

Flowers Gallery, Photography Director,
London

Architectural Association Visiting School,
Unknown Fields, Madagascar

Architectural Association Visiting School,
Las Pozas, Mexico

Relocated to Johannesburg,
South Africa

Saba Artist Residency,
Lamu Island, Kenya

Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg,
Visual Culture Trainer

Edward Burtynsky Studio,
Africa consultant

Robert Morat Galerie,
Art fair consultant
1981

2003︎2006


2006︎2008


2008︎2018


2013


2017


2019


2019


2020


2020︎2022


2021︎2024