Craig Easton

Craig Easton (* 1967 in Edinburgh) is a British photographer who lives in The Wirral and works on long-term social documentary projects that deal with the representation of communities in the North of England. Easton studied Physics at the University of Salford in the 1980s.

 

He began his photography career working as a photojournalist at "The Independent newspaper" in the early 1990s. For an article in 1992, Easton made black and white photographs of the Williams family in Blackpool that "exposed Thatcherism's legacy of child poverty."

 

Easton's Fisherwomen has been published as a book and shown in solo exhibitions at Montrose Museum and Hull Maritime Museum. The group project he organised, Sixteen, was exhibited all over the UK in 2019/20. He has been overall winner of Travel Photographer of the Year and awarded Photographer of the Year at the Sony World Photography Awards.

 

The IKS PHOTO Collection helds sets from his series "Thatchers children, 1992" and "Bank Top, 2019-20".

 

 

Thatcher's children, 1992 / 2018

 

 

Kirsti, 1992. Archival pigment prints on Canson Prestige Baryta, 42,1 x 59,5 (paper size) signed © courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Mandy, Emma, Donna, Backpool, 1992. Archival pigment prints on Canson Prestige Baryta, 42,1 x 59,5 (paper size) signed © courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Poppy, 2018. Archival pigment prints on Canson Prestige Baryta, 42,1 x 59,5 (paper size) signed © courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Kirsti, Krystal, Cody, 2018. Archival pigment prints on Canson Prestige Baryta, 42,1 x 59,5 (paper size) signed © courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Emma Darwen, 2018. Archival pigment prints on Canson Prestige Baryta, 42,1 x 59,5 (paper size) signed © courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Pennie, 2018. Archival pigment prints on Canson Prestige Baryta, 42,1 x 59,5 (paper size) signed © courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

 

Bank Top, 2019 - 2020

 

 

Carol Imasiku. Silver Gelatine Print, 25,2 x 20,2 cm. Ed 4/10, signed © Craig Easton / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Afzal. Silver Gelatine Print, 25,2 x 20,2 cm. Ed 4/10, signed © Craig Easton / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

David Kirby, Jessica. Silver Gelatine Print, 25,2 x 20,2 cm. Ed 4/10, signed © Craig Easton / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Herrick Daniel. Silver Gelatine Print, 25,2 x 20,2 cm. Ed 4/10, signed © Craig Easton / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Mohammed Ishaq. Silver Gelatine Print, 25,2 x 20,2 cm. Ed 4/10, signed © Craig Easton / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Mohammed Khizur Yakub. Silver Gelatine Print, 25,2 x 20,2 cm. Ed 4/10, signed © Craig Easton / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Nader Khan. Silver Gelatine Print, 25,2 x 20,2 cm. Ed 4/10, signed © Craig Easton / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Oskar. Silver Gelatine Print, 25,2 x 20,2 cm. Ed 4/10, signed © Craig Easton / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Playground. Silver Gelatine Print, 25,2 x 20,2 cm. Ed 4/10, signed © Craig Easton / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection

 

Zenab Patel. Silver Gelatine Print, 25,2 x 20,2 cm. Ed 4/10, signed © Craig Easton / courtesy IKS PHOTO Collection