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Christopher Littlewood is a photographic artist and curator based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Rooted in a non-narrative documentary tradition, his work centres around observations of the built environment and expressions of material culture. Together with improvised still-lifes sourced from found or constructed objects, his projects are often hybrid in nature - combining observational with sculptural modes of practice. Whilst almost always involving travel to remote, lesser-known or challenging places. At its core, Christopher’s practice explores the fundamental idea that architecture – or how architecture is inhabited and adapted – profoundly influences how culture is expressed and experienced. Moreover, he understands 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 explores the ever-changing and always incomplete nature of the Swahili townscape; Dwelling in Madagascar – created as an embedded artist within the Architectural Association Visiting School Unknown Fields Division – portrays the everyday spaces of the communities living alongside the island nation's most exploited environments; and Organised Island, produced on the former slave-trading islands of northern Mozambique, which looks at the relationship between post-colonial infrastructure and vernacular building traditions.
UK, WHATSAPP: +447846211035
Christopher Littlewood is a photographic artist and curator based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Rooted in a non-narrative documentary tradition, his work centres around observations of the built environment and expressions of material culture. Together with improvised still-lifes sourced from found or constructed objects, his projects are often hybrid in nature - combining observational with sculptural modes of practice. Whilst almost always involving travel to remote, lesser-known or challenging places. At its core, Christopher’s practice explores the fundamental idea that architecture – or how architecture is inhabited and adapted – profoundly influences how culture is expressed and experienced. Moreover, he understands 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 explores the ever-changing and always incomplete nature of the Swahili townscape; Dwelling in Madagascar – created as an embedded artist within the Architectural Association Visiting School Unknown Fields Division – portrays the everyday spaces of the communities living alongside the island nation's most exploited environments; and Organised Island, produced on the former slave-trading islands of northern Mozambique, which looks at the relationship between post-colonial infrastructure and vernacular building traditions.
Born in Hong Kong
BA (hons) Photography,
London College of Communication
Roof Unit Photographic Studio,
London
Flowers Gallery, London,
Photography Director
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
BA (hons) Photography,
London College of Communication
Roof Unit Photographic Studio,
London
Flowers Gallery, London,
Photography Director
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
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2006 ︎ 2008
2008 ︎ 2018
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2021 ︎ 2023
2003 ︎︎︎ 2006
2006 ︎ 2008
2008 ︎ 2018
2013
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2020 ︎ 2022
2021 ︎ 2023
©2023 All images and text copyright Christopher Littlewood.