David Moore (born 1961) is a British photographer, artist and educator working in and around

documentary photography Documentary photography usually refers to a popular form of photography used to chronicle events or environments both significant and relevant to history and historical events as well as everyday life. It is typically undertaken as professional ph ...

. He has had solo exhibitions of his work at The Photographers' Gallery, London, Impressions Gallery, Bradford and at

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.https://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/whats-on/the-last-things-by-david-moore/ His work is held in the collection of the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded in 1965 as part of ...

. He is Principal Lecturer for Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at the

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, London.

Early life and education

Moore was born in

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston ...

and within six weeks moved with his family to

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, where he grew up. He studied photography at

West Surrey College of Art and Design Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College (SIAD) was an Art school, art college in the United Kingdom from 1994 to 2005. It was formed from the merger of West Surrey College of Art and Design (1969–1995) and Epsom School of Art and ...

in Farnham, graduating in 1988.

Photography and theatre

David Chandler has pointed out that "Moore belonged to "the second wave of new colour documentary in Britain", having attended Farnham College of Art and Design, where he was taught by practitioners from the first wave including

Martin Parr Martin Parr (born 23 May 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in p ...

and Paul Graham." The book ''Pictures From The Real World'' (2013) is a documentary series about working class families on a council estate in Derby in 1987/88. Moore made the colour work in Osmaston, near to where he was living, for his graduation show. Some of the pictures were chosen by Parr for a feature in '' Creative Camera'' in 1988. A tightly edited volume of the work was published by Dewi Lewis in 2013. Moore has made a "portfolio of works on secret and relevant state infrastructure." He has documented Britain's

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, published in the book ''The Commons'' (2003). Between September 2006 and April 2007, he was given access to photograph the

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's Crisis Command Center, a military citadel under London. At the time he was the only known independent photographer to have done so. This resulted in the book ''The Last Things'' (2008), while an exhibition of the photographs, also named ''The Last Things'', was staged at Belfast Exposed in 2008 and at Impressions Gallery in Bradford in 2009. He has also documented the top-security jail cells for terrorist suspects inside London's

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. ''The Lisa and John Slideshow'', a 45-minute play written and directed by Moore, traces the dialogue between two subjects of ''Pictures From The Real World'' "as they select and react to images from the project's archive." The play premiered at Derby's

Format International Photography Festival Format International Photography Festival (stylised as FORMAT) is a biennial photography festival held in Derby, UK that. It was established in 2004 and takes place in March in various venues in Derby including Quad, University of Derby, Derby Mus ...

in 2017 and played at the Regent Street Cinema, London and the Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast in 2018.

Educator

he is Principal Lecturer for Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at the

, London.

Publications

Books of work by Moore

*''The Velvet Arena''. Velvet, 1994. . *''The Commons''. Velvet, 2003. . With an essay by Philip Hoare. *''The Last Things''. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2007. . With essays by

Chris Petit Chris Petit (born 17 June 1949) is an English novelist and filmmaker. During the 1970s he was Film Editor for ''Time Out (company), Time Out'' and wrote in ''Melody Maker''. His first film was the cult British road movie ''Radio On'', while his ...

and Angela Weight. *''Pictures From The Real World: Colour Photographs from 1987–1988''. Stockport: Dewi Lewis; London: Here, 2013. . With an essay by David Chandler. Edition of 500 copies. *''The Lisa and John Slideshow: A Play About Photography''. London: Makina, 2019. . With an essay by Val Williams ("Acting Out: David, Lisa and John"). Edition of 400 copies.

Zines

*''English Domestic Interiors: 1986–88''. Southport: Café Royal, 2021.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

*''David Moore: The Velvet Arena'', at The Photographers' Gallery, London, 1994/95 *''The Last Things'', Impressions Gallery, Bradford, 2009;

, Wolverhampton, 2009

Group exhibitions

*''Home Sweet Home'',

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, Arles, France, 2019

Films

*''Monitor'' (2005)

Collections

Moore's work is held in the following permanent collection: *

, Coventry: "from 'Pocket Fiction' which explored the personal histories of a group of individuals living in Lincolnshire 1996"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, David British documentary photographers 20th-century British photographers 21st-century British photographers Alumni of the University for the Creative Arts Artists from Derby 1961 births Living people