Brian David Stevens

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Brian David Stevens (born 1970) is a British photographer, based in London. He has made work on sound systems of Notting Hill Carnival, war veterans, the Grenfell Tower fire, the British coastline and the suicide spot of Beachy Head. Stevens' work is held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, London and National Galleries of Scotland.

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Life and work

Stevens is based in London, where he has made a number of photography projects. In 2004 and 2016 he photographed sound systems of Notting Hill Carnival. [1] [2] [3] Each year between 2002 and 2012 [4] he made portraits of war veterans following a ceremony at The Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday—just their faces photographed close-up, without cap badges, medals and insignia, against a black cloth to obscure the background, and without identifying names in the captions. [5] He photographed the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire every day for a month in 2017. [6] [7] [8]

Stevens has also made work elsewhere. He created diptychs from images taken on the shores of Britain, looking out to sea. [9] [10] [11] He spent 12 months documenting the area between Beachy Head and Birling Gap, in the South Downs National Park in southern England, an infamous suicide spot. [12]

Publications

Books by Stevens

Books with others

Zines by Stevens

Screenprint boxsets by Stevens

Publications with contributions by Stevens

Collections

Stevens' work is held in the following permanent collections:

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  2. ↑ "Brian David Stevens captures the sound systems at the Notting Hill Carnival". Financial Times. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  3. ↑ "This photo project immortalises soundsystems as works of art". Mixmag. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  4. ↑ "Brian David Stevens - They That Are Left". 20 August 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  5. ↑ Coomes, Phil (13 November 2011). "They that are left". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-24– via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ Powell, David (14 October 2017). "Unseen Grenfell Tower photographs on show in Colwyn Bay". Daily Post (North Wales) . Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  7. ↑ "Brian David Stevens's Grenfell Tower". Dazed. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  8. ↑ "Town turned into outdoor photo gallery". BBC News. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 2020-04-24– via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ↑ Coomes, Phil (6 January 2016). "Brighter later". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-24– via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ↑ Coomes, Phil (14 March 2014). "A Fine Beginning: Made in Wales". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-24– via www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. ↑ Ruck, Joanna (27 March 2014). "Barber shops, lamping and arson: Wales' best photographers – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2020-04-24– via www.theguardian.com.
  12. ↑ Coomes, Phil (28 February 2017). "The beauty of Beachy Head". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-24– via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Notting Hill sound systems documented in photo fanzine - The Wire". The Wire Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  14. ↑ "Search". www.nationalgalleries.org. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  15. ↑ "Brian David Stevens - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
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