ABOUT
Luke White is a British photographer based in London. White’s work challenges expected boundaries in its investigation of a wide range of subject-matter, from landscape and portraiture to the human form. White's work has been published widely in international magazines. He has published eight books on architecture and design. His portrait photographs have twice been selected for the prestigious Taylor Wessing Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery.
A turning point in White’s career came in 2014 when he was invited to deliver a series of lectures at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Preparing for these lectures rekindled his interest in a more conceptual approach to his work and for the art of photography.
During an artist's residency at Hammersmith's Re:Centre in 2019, White explored a range of processes from large format analogue landscapes to specialist etching techniques. His acclaimed series Solar - created using the solar plate intaglio printing method - was exhibited in London and across the UK in 2020 and 2021.
In April 2023 White had a solo exhibition at Rebecca Hossack Gallery in Fitzrovia London. This brought together a range of his images including a series of experimental very large-scale B/W Silver Gelatin prints depicting both the human form and landscape.
White's work plays with our contemporary notion of a photograph as the immediate product of a fast process. Whether he has manipulated his images digitally or printed them in his darkroom on an unexpected surface such as ceramic, White's prints are the result of a painstaking and considered process that creates new and engaging resonances.
June 2024 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - Royal Academy
March 2024 Group Show “Olympiade” - Bakery Gallery London
March / April 2023 Solo Exhibition Rebecca Hossack Gallery London
February 2023 LA Art Fair
October 2021 Group Show Pollen Collective “Circle” - 44 Great Russell Street London
May 2021 Group Show Pollen Collective - One Paved Court Richmond London
April 2020 Woolwich Print Fair London
March 2020 Group Show - RE:Centre London