John Askew

Four Square Photographs

Biography

My first camera was a 21st birthday present from my father. A Pentax MX. Sometimes presents can be things that you don’t really like or want but I remember treasuring this. I recall taking some photographs of some steep steps in Newcastle. At home I took a picture of a floral patterned waste bin in a flowerbed. There was also one of my mum and dad in bed on Christmas morning. It didn’t come out right as light got into the back of the camera and distorted the colours. That fascinated me. My father was wearing red paisley pyjamas and my mother a light blue dressing gown. My dad was half in and half out the light.

I have exhibited widely including at the The Photographers Gallery, London; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; National Museum of Photography, Bradford, England; National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic; and Recontres International de la Photographie, Arles, France.

up coming exhibitions:
Documentary and Narrative Strategies, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel 2011
solo show, Carter Presents, London 2012

education:
BA Economics, Manchester University
Post Graduate Certificate of Education, University of Manchester
Higher Diploma in Education, University of Newcastle
BA Sculpture [1st class], University of Sunderland
MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London