Dougie Wallace

Dougie Wallace, also known as Glasweegee,[1] is a British street photographer[2] from Glasgow, based in east London.

For the footballer, see Dougie Wallace (footballer).

Dougie Wallace in Bombay India 2015

He has had five books of his work published and been awarded Second Prize in the Portraiture category of the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards.[3]

Life and work

Wallace was born and raised in Glasgow.[4] He lived in Blackpool for a couple of years in the 1980s before enlisting in the army.[5][6] He has lived in Shoreditch, east London, for 15 years.[4]

For two-and-a-half years beginning in October 2010 Wallace made 30 trips to Blackpool to complete his first book Stags, Hens & Bunnies: A Blackpool Story (2014),[4][2] photographs of the stag and hen parties that visit the town,[7] "lads and lasses on their worst behaviour, partying away in a bawdy sea of L-plates, handcuffs, blow-up dolls and uniformed fancy dress",[8] "in various states of undress and drunkenness; revelling in bars, puking in the street, refuelling at chip shops."[6]

Wallace spent 15 years photographing in the Shoreditch area of East London, a series published in his second book, Shoreditch Wild Life (2014).[9][10]

He photographed the disappearing Premier Padminis in Mumbai for his series Road Wallah.[11][12]

Publications

Publications by Wallace
  • Stags Hens & Bunnies: a Blackpool Story. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2014. ISBN 978-1-905928-11-8. With an introduction by Wallace, "The Photographer's Tale".
  • Shoreditch Wild Life. Book 4 from the series East London Photo Stories. London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0-9576998-4-7.
    • Second edition, 2016.
  • Road Wallah. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2016. ISBN 978-1907893858.
  • Harrodsburg. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2017. ISBN 978-1-911306-10-8. With an introduction by Peter York.
  • Well Heeled. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2017. ISBN 978-1-911306-18-4.

Publications with contributions by Wallace
  • Sony World Photography Awards 2015. London: World Photography Organisation, 2015.
  • 100 Great Street Photographs. Munich, London, New York: Prestel, 2017. By David Gibson. ISBN 978-3791383132. Contains a commentary on and a photograph by Wallace.
  • Unseen London. London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-910566-24-4. With photographs by and interviews with various photographers, and text by Rachel Segal Hamilton.
  • London Nights. London: Hoxton Mini Press. 2018. ISBN 978-1-910566-34-3. With essays by Anna Sparham and poetry by Inua Ellams. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of London.

Awards

Exhibitions
  • 2011: Reflections On Life, Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK, 4 March – 8 May 2011.[15]
  • 2014: Stags, Hens & Bunnies, Hoxton Gallery, London, 24 July – 3 August 2014.[16]
  • 2015: 2015 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, London, 24 April – 10 May 2015.[17]
  • 2015: Wild Life, Fotofestiwal Lodz, Łódź, Poland, 28 May – 7 June 2015.[18]
  • 2015: Harrodsburg, The Print Space, London, 1–20 October 2015. Part of Photomonth East London Photography Festival.[19]

TV Appearance
gollark: I think it's reasonable to assign old "battle-tested" ideas *some* extra weight, but not just to discard innovations which do better in a bunch of areas because they aren't old.
gollark: Aren't those somewhat culturally determined too?
gollark: But not arbitrarily large amounts.
gollark: Well, it should have a *bit* of extra weight.
gollark: Since we can cook things, yes.

References
  1. Jones, Jonathan (30 June 2014). "Glory of the gutter: Dougie Wallace's photos of Blackpool stag and hen dos". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. Nagourney, Eric (13 August 2014). "Party People on the Streets of Blackpool". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. "Dougie Wallace, United Kingdom - 2nd Place Portraiture". World Photography Organisation. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  4. Armstrong, Esther (13 May 2015). "Dougie Wallace and his urban gutter stars". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. Wallace, Dougie (2014). Stags Hens & Bunnies: a Blackpool Story. Stockport: Dewi Lewis. pp. 7–9. ISBN 978-1-905928-11-8.
  6. Segal Hamilton, Rachel (7 July 2014). "Booze and Blow-Up Cocks: Blackpool Stag and Hen Nights in Pictures". Vice. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  7. Desneiges, Delphine (24 June 2014). "Les pires enterrements de vie de jeune fille en photos". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  8. Orr, Gillian (6 July 2014). "Portfolio: Dougie Wallace's Stags, Hens & Bunnies: A Blackpool Story". The Independent. London. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  9. Kane, Ashleigh (31 March 2014). "The riff-raff, rat packs and residents of London's E2". Dazed & Confused. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  10. "It's a jungle out there: 'Shoreditch Wild Life' as spotted by Dougie Wallace". Time. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  11. Moynihan, Colin (15 October 2013). "Peering Inside Mumbai's Premier Padminis". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  12. Hanel, Marnie (3 July 2014). "The Rickshaw Drivers of Kolkata, India". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  13. "In pictures: The 2015 Sony World Photography Awards finalists". The Daily Telegraph. London. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  14. Wilson, Antonia (24 April 2015). "Sony World Photography Awards 2015". Creative Review. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  15. "Reflections On Life The faces of commuters in cities throughout the world glimpsed through the windows of trams at the moment of departure". Format Festival. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  16. "Public Exhibition "Stags, Hens & Bunnies" A Blackpool Story". Dougie Wallace. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  17. "2015 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition". Somerset House. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  18. "Dougie Wallace, "Wild life"". Fotofestiwal Lodz. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  19. "[untitled]". The Print Space. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  20. "Dougie Wallace". BBC. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  21. Catterall, Ali (16 March 2017). "Thursday's best TV: The Last Kingdom, What Do Artists Do All Day?". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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