David J Shaw


Photographer
Journalist
Filmmaker
Educator

Projects

Jaywick Sands Happy Club
IPP Prison Sentences
Caeadda
Pride In Football
Parallel Lives
Palestine
Oh When The Blues
Pat Jasan

Commissions

Tottenham Allotments
De Volkskrant England Fans In Russia  Fans For Diversity Young Creatives Collective Peter Marlow Foundation Kachin IDP Camp Economics Solidarites International
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David J Shaw

Contact:

email: davidjshawphoto@gmail.com 

phone: +44 (0) 7791 101 072

insta: @davidjshawphoto

Located in St Leonards-on-Sea, south coast UK, but working across the UK and internationally. 


Photographer and journalist working on stories, projects and assignments related to the themes of community, identity and representation alongside investigations into human rights and social issues.

Available for assignments, commissions and collaborations, so please get in touch!



Selected Editorial Clients/ Publications:

The Guardian
Al-Jazeera
De Volkskrant
BBC Countryfile Magazine
VICE
NPLH Magazine
Mundial 
The Economist 
The New Internationalist 
The Financial Times 
BBC
The Blizzard 
HUCK 
Howler
The Bark 
Rabona
Delayed Gratification 
The Huffington Post 
The LA Review of Books,
Contra Journal

NGO:

Solidarités International 
ORBIS International 
ICRC (Red Cross) Lebanon 
UNDP 
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society The Barka Foundation 
The Rustic Pathways Foundation International Solidarity MovementSelected Awards:

World Report Award 2025 - Student Award - Shortlist 
Portrait Of Britain 2024 - Shortlisted for inclusion in vol7 of the Portrait of Britain book. 
Photography Foundation Grant Shortlist - 2023 and 2024
RPS Post Graduate Bursary - Shortlist - 2024
Photo North Student Award Winner - 2024
Photography Foundation Grant Shortlist - 2023
UAL Home Postgraduate Scholarship - 2023/24
The Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award - Highly Commended - 2018
Royal Society for Public Health – Flash Points - 2nd Prize - 2017
The Rebecca Vassie Memorial Award - Highly Commended - 2016 and 2017
TPA/ RPS Environmental Bursary - Shortlist - 2015
The Peter Kirk Scholarship - 2014 
The Ian Parry Scholarship 2013 - Finalist
Ideas Tap/ Magnum Photographic Award 2013 - Finalist
London Olympic Torch Bearer 2012
Guardian Student Media Awards 2012 - Runner Up
Freedom House 'Worst of the Worst' Photographic Award 2012 - Finalist
Beghind Jospeh Photographic Competition 2011 - 2nd Prize
Bar Tur Photographic Award 2011 - 1st Prize 
Vice Magazine - Koppaberg Klash 2010 - Runner Up


Training

MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography - London College Of Communication - 2023/2025 - Distinction

BA Photojournalism - London College of Communication - 2013 - 1st Class Honours. 
Workshops:

Canon Student Development Programme - 2024
NikonNOOR Workshop Manchester - 2017
VII photo agency masterclass Berlin - 2016/17
Eddie Adams Workshop - 2014 Exhibitions:

Solo:
UPCOMING ‘Caeadda’ Festival of Ethical Photography - Lodi/ Italy - 2025‘Jaywick Sands Happy Club WIP’ - The Broadway Club Jaywick - 2025
‘Jaywick Sands Happy Club - In Progress’ - Picnic - St Leonards - 2025'Caeadda' at Ffotogaleri y Gofeb - Machynlleth - 2024
'Pride In London' at Stamford Bridge Football Stadium - 2024
'England Fans In Russia' The Bomb Factory Art Foundation - 2018 'England Fans In Russia' - National Football Museum in Manchester 2018
'Widows of Vrindavan' – Salisbury Cathedral – 2016

Group:
‘Tesserae - MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography graduation exhbition - Photofusion London - 2025 Photo North Festival - ‘Student Award’  - 2024
InPro Collective group show at Ostroleka Photography Festival in Poland - 2017.
Retina Photo Festival - Emerging Talent - 2017
Fotograf vakfi – Multimedia installation at SALT gallery Istanbul – 2016
9th International Phodar Photography Biennial Exhibition – Bulgaria – 2015
Not a Drop' group Exhibition London 2013
'Resistance in Palestine' - Solo Exhibition at 'Occupy Londons' Magistrates Justice Court - 2012
Upshot - Creative Journalism and Photojournalism - Group Exhibition as Nolia's Gallery - 2012
'Our Stories' - Touring Exhibition appearing around the UK - Curated by 'The Photographic Angle' - 2012
Foto8 Summer Show - 2011



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