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Mr Louis Quail - Adjunct Lecturer

Mr Louis Quail

Adjunct Lecturer

Contact:
Email: [email protected]
School: Department of Communications and The Arts

About

Louis Quail is an artist and documentary photographer exploring social and aesthetic issues. His work ‘Big Brother’, a book published in 2018 by Dewi Lewis Publishing, has received significant critical acclaim. Notably, it was shortlisted for the Arles Photo-Text Book Award 2018, Getty Wellcome Prize and was winner of the Renaissance Series Prize 2017. His Arts Council funded solo show, ‘Before They Were Fallen’, toured the UK, and reflects an interest in aftermath; an interest which has taken him to Afghanistan, Libya, Haiti and Kosovo.

As a documentary photographer he has worked extensively for some of the UK’s best known magazines and has been published internationally over many years.

He has twice been a finalist at the National Portrait Gallery Portraiture Award. He is held in the collections of both the National Portrait Gallery and the Imperial War Museum. He lectures, exhibits, runs workshops and makes short films to support his work. Most recently he was featured in Gerry Badger’s “Another Country, Documentary Photography Since 1945” ( Thames and Hudson 2022).

  • 1992-93 Brighton University P.G.C.E. (Art and Design)
  • 1989-92 Brighton University B.A. Graphic Design, Upper Second Class Honours
  • ADM 3160 Foundations in Photography
  • ADM-6101-Photojournalism

Awards/Nominations

  • 2023 Before They Were Fallen: Invited into the permanent collection of the Imperial War Museum , London, UK
  • 2023 Libya, Talking About A Revolution: Invited into the permanent collection of the Imperial War Museum , London, UK
  • 2019 Shortlisted, Wellcome Photography prize, Social perspectives, London, Uk
  • 2018 Shortlisted, Punctum Photography Prize, Lianzhou Foto Festival, China
  • 2018 Shortlisted, Les Prix du Livre (Photo-text Book Award), ‘Big Brother’ Les Recontres de la Photographie d’Arles
  • 2017 Series Winner, ‘Big Brother’, Renaissance Photography Prize. The Metro Imaging Award, ‘Big Brother’ Portfolio Review, Format17
  • 2016 Awarded Arts Council Funding for ‘Before They Were Fallen’
  • 2013 Shortlisted, Series Category, ‘Desk Job’, Renaissance Photography Prize, London, UK
  • 2007 Invited into the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
  • 2001 Shortlisted, John Kobal Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
  • 1999 Shortlisted, John Kobal Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

Exhibitions

  • 2022 ‘Crazy’ Living with Mental Illness Group Show Ausstellungshalle 1A, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2022 ‘Crazy’ Living with Mental Illness Group Show Landschaftsverband -Köln
  • 2020 ‘Crazy’ Living with Mental Illness Group Show, F3, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus
  • 2019 Big Brother, Group Show, Wellcome Photography prize, Social perspectives, London, Uk
  • 2019 Big Brother, Format Photography Festival 2019, Forever/Now, Derby UK
  • 2019 Big Brother, La fabrique de l’illusion, Group Show, Sursock Museum, Beirut and Mucem Marseille
  • 2019 ‘Crazy’ Living with Mental Illness Group Show, F3, 100th anniversary of the University Clinic, Tübingen and Congress of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Germany
  • 2019 ‘Crazy’ Living with Mental Illness Group Show, F3, Freiraum Für Fotografie f3, Berlin
  • 2019 ‘Big Brother’, Group Show, Photo50 curated by Tim Clark, London Art Fair , Uk
  • 2018 ‘Big Brother’, Solo Show Lianzhou Photo Festival, China
  • ‘Big Brother’, Book Launch Showcase, Theprintspace Gallery, London
  • ‘Big Brother’, Circulations Festival, Paris, France
  • 2017 ‘Big Brother’, Renaissance Photography Prize, Getty Gallery, London
  • ‘Big Brother’, Format17 Photography Festival, Derby, UK
  • 2016 ‘Before They Were Fallen’ Solo Show, FOTOSPACE Gallery, Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland, UK
  • 2015 ‘Before They Were Fallen’ Solo Show, Four Corners Gallery, London, UK
  • ‘Before They Were Fallen’ Solo Show, Oriel Colwyn Gallery, North Wales, UK
  • ‘Desk Job’, Open Eye Gallery, Open 1, LOOK 15 International Photography Festival, Liverpool, UK
  • 2013 ‘Desk Job’, Renaissance Photography Prize, The Wapping Project, London, UK
  • ‘Desk Job’, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, UK
  • ‘Desk Job’, Format Photography Festival, Derby, UK
  • 2012 Group show, Foto8 Summer Show, Host Gallery, London, UK

Selected Articles/Reviews:

  • 2022 Gerry Badger ‘Another Country, Documentary Photography Since 1945’ ( Thames and Hudson 2022).
  • 2018 Zoo, A. ‘Big Brother’ (Review), 1000 Words Magazine, 12 September
  • Davies, L. (Review), Photomonitor, 11 August
  • Goto, Y. ‘Best Photobooks of the year (so far)’, BJP Online, 2 August
  • El Pais selection of the Best Photobooks of 2018
  • Pantall, C. ‘Birds, Madness, Family and Love’, PHmuseum.com, 23 July
  • ‘Photo Books: Our Latest Favourites’, Shutter Hub, 23 July
  • Colberg, J.M. ‘Big Brother’, Conscientious Photography Magazine, 16 July
  • O’Hagan, S. ‘An ode to a schizophrenic sibling: Louis Quail’s moving portraits of his brother’, Observer News Review, 15 July
  • Davies, L. ‘Big Brother’, Professional Photography Magazine (issue 22), 28 June
  • Guillot, C. ‘Portfolio: Garde-Fou’, Le Magazine du Monde, 17 March
  • 2017 Bourton, L. ‘The daily grind: Louis Quail’s photographs of fascinatingly mundane offices’, It’s Nice That, 20 April
  • Smyth, D. ‘Photo London: Louis Quail’s Big Brother’, BJP Online, 11 May
  • Flynn, N. ‘The Photographer Documenting Life with Schizophrenia: Light and Shade’, Huck Magazine, 20 October
  • Quail, L. ‘Ten Questions with … Louis Quail’, Photovoice Blog, 3 October
  • Quail, L. Cover Article ‘Louis Quail, Big Brother’, SOURCE The Photographic Review (issue 90), Summer Edition
  • 2016 Gibson, A. ‘Before They Were Fallen: The Impact of Loss’ (Interview with Louis Quail),
    Forces TV, 20 January
  • ‘Before They Were Fallen’ Interview, Scottish ITV
  • ‘Before They Were Fallen’ Interview, British Forces Broadcasting Service
  • 2015 Coomes, P. ‘Before They Were Fallen’ Review, BBC News Online, 15 September
  • ‘Before They Were Fallen’ Review, ITV Scottish News
  • ‘Before They Were Fallen’ Review, ITV Wales News
  • ‘The tear-jerking exhibition of family photos – Before They Were Fallen’, ITV News Online
  • Kearney, A. ‘Desk Job at Open Eye: Photography that’s no job advert’, CreativeTourist.com,
    21 July
  • White, R. ‘Open 1 at Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery’ (‘Desk Job’ Review), ArtinLiverpool.com,
    20 July
  • ‘Open 1 Interview with exhibiting Artist Louis Quail’ (‘Desk Job’), Open Eye Gallery, May
  • 2001 British Journal of Photography, 13. June 2001, Cover Story

Selected Editorial & Commercial Commissions, and Contributions

  • From 1998 (Tearsheets)
  • Saturday and Sunday Times, Saturday and Sunday Telegraph magazines, Guardian Weekend, German and International Geo, Foto8 , Observer Life
  • Aftenposten, Stern, Marie Claire, Uk and International Editions
  • Arena, Politiken, Dagbladet
  • The Face, FHM, Arena

Commercial

  • Iceland Food Group, Tesco, TBWA, CO-OP, Abbey National, Lloyds Bank, Financial Reporting Council, BDO, Crisis, We Transfer

Selected Talks/Appearances

  • 2019-2023 Visiting Lecturer, Big Brother’ MBBS UCL, London UK
  • 2019 Big Brother’ Institute of Psychiatry, AoP/SIG conference, London, UK
  • Big Brother’ Ravenbourne University, London, UK
  • 2018 ‘Big Brother’ Institute of Psychiatry London, UK
  • ‘Big Brother’ Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
  • ‘Big Brother’ Falmouth University, UK
  • ‘Big Brother’ University of South Wales,Cardiff, UK
  • ‘Big Brother’ Croydon Photo Club, London, UK
  • ‘Big Brother’ Photoforum Talk, Theprintspace Gallery, London, UK
  • ‘Big Brother’ Beeroclock Talk, Photomeet, Space Studios, London, UK
  • ‘Big Brother’ Book Launch, Theprintspace Gallery, London, UK
  • 2017 ‘Big Brother’ Talk with Max Houghton, London College of Communications, London, UK
  • ‘Big Brother’ Talk with Dewi Lewis, Theprintspace Gallery, London, UK (October)
  • ‘Big Brother’ Talk at Fragmentary, Kentish Town Health Centre, London, UK (16 October)
  • ‘Big Brother’ Reading of the book, Photoblock Truman Brewery, London, UK (14 October)
  • 2015 ‘Building the Perfect Photographic Project’, Redeye Photography Network, Open 1, LOOK
  • 15 International Photography Festival, Liverpool, UK
  • ‘The Ethics of Portrait Photography’, Open 1 LOOK 15 International Photography Festival, Victoria Gallery and Museum, Liverpool, UK
  • 2013 Desk Job, Talk and panel discussion, Four Corners Forum, Four Corners Gallery, London, UK
  • ‘Talking About a Revolution’ (Libya), Interview on Radio 24, Italy
  • Talking About a Revolution’ Interview, Digital Photographer
  • 2012 ‘Talking About a Revolution’ (Libya), Interview, BBC World Service, World Update
  • 2010 ‘Presentation of Haiti Stories’, Foto 8’s Host Gallery, London, UK
  • ‘Photographic Coverage of the Haiti Earthquake’, OPEN-i Webinar