Bio
A successful documentary photographer, working for many years for some of the UK’s best know brands (Sunday Times, Saturday Telegraph, Marie Claire etc), Louis is increasingly looking to exhibit. His work has been selected for several prestigious galleries and prizes (Renaissance, Open Eye, Format) His, Arts Council funded Solo show, ‘Before They Were Fallen’ toured the UK, and reflects an interest in Aftermath that has taken him, previously to Libya, Afghanistan, Haiti and Kosovo. He has twice been a finalist at the National Portrait Gallery portraiture award and is held in their permanent collection. He is a part time lecturer and is represented by Picture Tank, France. His most recent project, ‘Big Brother’ was selected for the Metro Imaging Portfolio review prize at Format 2017 and is to be published as a book by Dewi Lewis.
Contact
Mobile: +44(0)7958542437
mail@louisquail.com
Skype: louisquail
Please contact directly for examples of commercial assignments
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2015
Before They Were Fallen, Four Corners Gallery, London,
Before They Were Fallen, Oriel Colwyn Gallery, North Wales,
2016
Before They Were Fallen, FOTOPACE Gallery, Glenrothes, Fife Scotland,
Group Shows
2015
Desk Job, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
2013
Desk Job, Renaissance Photography Prize, The Wapping Project, London
Desk Job, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, UK,
Desk Job, Format Photography Festival, Derby, UK
2012
Foto 8 Summer Show, Host Gallery, London, UK
2007
Invited into the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
2001
John Kobal Portrait awards, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
1999
John Kobal Portrait awards, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Selected Editorial Publications 1993-present:
Guardian Weekend, German and International Geo, Saturday and Sunday Times, Saturday and Sunday Telegraph magazines, Foto8, Observer LIfe, Aftenposten, Stern, Marie Claire Arena, Politiken, Dagbladet, The Face, FHM, Arena, etc.
Selected Talks, Appearances and Reviews
2017
Desk job, Review, Its nice that,
Big Brother, Review, BJP
2015
Before They Were Fallen, Review, Phill Coombes BBC
Before They Were Fallen, Review, ITV Scottish news
Before They Were Fallen, Review, ITV Wales news
Before They Were Fallen, Review, ITV web site
Desk Job, Review, Creativetourist.com
Desk Job, Review, Artinliverpool.com
Desk Job, Interview at Open Eye Gallery
Desk Job, Review, Openeye blog
2016
Before They Were Fallen, Review, Forces TV Rolling news
Before They Were Fallen, Review, Scottish ITV,
Before They Were Fallen, Review, British Forces Broadcasting Service, interview
2015
Talk, Building the perfect photographic project with Redeye, Open 1, Liverpool
Talk, The Ethics of Portrait Photography, Open 1,Victoria Gallery and Museum, Liverpool
2013
Four Corners Forum, talk and panel discussion
Libya, ‘Talking About a Revolution’ Interview on Radio 24, Italy
Interview with Digital Photographer
2012
Libya, ‘Talking About a Revolution’, Interview, BBCs world service, World Update
2010
Foto 8’s Host Gallery, London: Presentation of Haiti Stories
OPEN-i Webinar: Photographic Coverage of the Haiti Earthquake
Selected Lecturing and Workshops
2012-2017, Annual Workshop in photojournalism and documentary photography, Tandem Education and Calumet.
2008-2016, Module leader, Press, Photojournalism and Professional Practice: Foundation degree in Photography, London Metropolitan University
May 2013, Guardian Masterclass, Photographic Storytelling.
April 2013 Masterclass in photographic storytelling, Baku, Azerbaijan, in collaboration with the British Embassy