Davenant 📸
@marcdavenant.bsky.social
Photographer, writer, two time winner of the Portrait of Britain. My book ‘Outsiders’ documenting homelessness is available from Bluecoat Press. My website is https://marcdavenant.com
Happy to confirm for anyone who cares that the Rebellion! touring exhibition will be completely AI free. No AI used in image generation, no AI in the written interpretation or the design, and host organisations cannot use anything produced with generative AI in the exhibition space or in promotion.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Happy to confirm for anyone who cares that the Rebellion! touring exhibition will be completely AI free. No AI used in image generation, no AI in the written interpretation or the design, and host organisations cannot use anything produced with generative AI in the exhibition space or in promotion.
Today I’ll be doing the first proper day of photography for the Outsiders project since 2022, focusing on long term street homelessness and tent encampments. The situation is much worse than it was and the exhibition must reflect that. Nobody should be sleeping rough in a country as wealthy as ours.
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Today I’ll be doing the first proper day of photography for the Outsiders project since 2022, focusing on long term street homelessness and tent encampments. The situation is much worse than it was and the exhibition must reflect that. Nobody should be sleeping rough in a country as wealthy as ours.
Possibility that we may be bringing the pin-up version of the Outsiders touring exhibition out of retirement for another display in 2026. I’ll post details if it is confirmed. That would make 13 bookings overall since the tour began.
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Possibility that we may be bringing the pin-up version of the Outsiders touring exhibition out of retirement for another display in 2026. I’ll post details if it is confirmed. That would make 13 bookings overall since the tour began.
One thing I didn’t cover when doing the Outsiders project was homeless tent encampments, mostly because there were very few of them. In advance of the exhibition in Glasgow I’m going to document the tent communities in London starting this week. It’s a growing problem and set to get worse.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
One thing I didn’t cover when doing the Outsiders project was homeless tent encampments, mostly because there were very few of them. In advance of the exhibition in Glasgow I’m going to document the tent communities in London starting this week. It’s a growing problem and set to get worse.
Environmental protest, Portsmouth on Saturday, from my Rebellion! series.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Environmental protest, Portsmouth on Saturday, from my Rebellion! series.
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Photographing in Waterlooville this weekend for a new project and the town centre had 8 or 9 barbers, three betting shops, two martial arts/boxing clubs, multiple nail bars. Striking how when a town centre is in trouble the parasites and money launderers descend to suck away what lifeblood remains.
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Photographing in Waterlooville this weekend for a new project and the town centre had 8 or 9 barbers, three betting shops, two martial arts/boxing clubs, multiple nail bars. Striking how when a town centre is in trouble the parasites and money launderers descend to suck away what lifeblood remains.
Over the next few months I’m going to revisit the cities/areas where I took the photos for the Outsiders project to see if we can reconnect with some of the participants. We did this in York last year with some success. Will also look at documenting some of the tent encampments as an update.
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Over the next few months I’m going to revisit the cities/areas where I took the photos for the Outsiders project to see if we can reconnect with some of the participants. We did this in York last year with some success. Will also look at documenting some of the tent encampments as an update.
Derry in 1971 by Don McCullin.
"I left school at the age of fifteen, couldn’t read and write properly, suffered terribly from dyslexia, which got me a lot of hidings from schoolmasters. I have a problem with words and yet I have an amazing pair of eyes…"
"I left school at the age of fifteen, couldn’t read and write properly, suffered terribly from dyslexia, which got me a lot of hidings from schoolmasters. I have a problem with words and yet I have an amazing pair of eyes…"
November 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Derry in 1971 by Don McCullin.
"I left school at the age of fifteen, couldn’t read and write properly, suffered terribly from dyslexia, which got me a lot of hidings from schoolmasters. I have a problem with words and yet I have an amazing pair of eyes…"
"I left school at the age of fifteen, couldn’t read and write properly, suffered terribly from dyslexia, which got me a lot of hidings from schoolmasters. I have a problem with words and yet I have an amazing pair of eyes…"
The bridge which used to lead to the Orgreave coking plant, where the police attacked striking miners in 1984. Hundreds of police officers then perjured themselves to support a blatantly political prosecution. The trial collapsed but nobody was ever held to account, Some scars never heal.
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The bridge which used to lead to the Orgreave coking plant, where the police attacked striking miners in 1984. Hundreds of police officers then perjured themselves to support a blatantly political prosecution. The trial collapsed but nobody was ever held to account, Some scars never heal.
Bulmer’s colour photos of the North of England have become legendary and the original version of this book was the best selling book by Bluecoat Press. It’s now out of print there and being redone by Image and Reality with a lot of extra photos. It will be a book to treasure.
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Bulmer’s colour photos of the North of England have become legendary and the original version of this book was the best selling book by Bluecoat Press. It’s now out of print there and being redone by Image and Reality with a lot of extra photos. It will be a book to treasure.
The new version of John Bulmer’s book The North looks fantastic but will only happen if it hits its target on Kickstarter. This is a book which needs to be published, please support it if you can www.kickstarter.com/projects/fru...
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The new version of John Bulmer’s book The North looks fantastic but will only happen if it hits its target on Kickstarter. This is a book which needs to be published, please support it if you can www.kickstarter.com/projects/fru...
Planet of the Apes set, California, 1967 by Dennis Stock. When eating in the canteen the extras subconsciously segregated themselves, with the orangutans, chimpanzees and gorillas all sitting in groups and not mixing. Like a mirror of society.
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Planet of the Apes set, California, 1967 by Dennis Stock. When eating in the canteen the extras subconsciously segregated themselves, with the orangutans, chimpanzees and gorillas all sitting in groups and not mixing. Like a mirror of society.
From my Nighthawks series.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
From my Nighthawks series.
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From my Nighthawks series.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
From my Nighthawks series.
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#StreetPhotography
‘A row of coal miners' houses with no windows to the street’, Halifax, 1937 by Bill Brandt. Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
‘A row of coal miners' houses with no windows to the street’, Halifax, 1937 by Bill Brandt. Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons...”
The Grim Reaper comes to claim his prize, a composite image by Frank Hurley, Ypres, 1917.
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons...”
The Grim Reaper comes to claim his prize, a composite image by Frank Hurley, Ypres, 1917.
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
“What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons...”
The Grim Reaper comes to claim his prize, a composite image by Frank Hurley, Ypres, 1917.
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons...”
The Grim Reaper comes to claim his prize, a composite image by Frank Hurley, Ypres, 1917.
'I stood with the dead so forsaken and still, when dawn was grey I stood with the dead'
Siegfried Sassoon
Battle-scarred at barracks, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
Siegfried Sassoon
Battle-scarred at barracks, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
'I stood with the dead so forsaken and still, when dawn was grey I stood with the dead'
Siegfried Sassoon
Battle-scarred at barracks, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
Siegfried Sassoon
Battle-scarred at barracks, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
“I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair...”
Hooge, Ypres Sector, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair...”
Hooge, Ypres Sector, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
“I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair...”
Hooge, Ypres Sector, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air—
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair...”
Hooge, Ypres Sector, 1917 by Frank Hurley.
Use of images from the Outsiders project is limited by agreement to the book, the exhibition, approved media channels and charity partners in furtherance of their charitable objects. I can’t approve use outside of this without going back to participants to get consent.
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Use of images from the Outsiders project is limited by agreement to the book, the exhibition, approved media channels and charity partners in furtherance of their charitable objects. I can’t approve use outside of this without going back to participants to get consent.
The Outsiders exhibition on homelessness and substandard housing is now in storage until it goes to Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow in March next year. It will be the longest period without a display of this exhibition somewhere since 2023.
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Outsiders exhibition on homelessness and substandard housing is now in storage until it goes to Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow in March next year. It will be the longest period without a display of this exhibition somewhere since 2023.
Last chance to see the Outsiders exhibition on homelessness at the Courtyard in Hereford as it closes today at 5pm
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Last chance to see the Outsiders exhibition on homelessness at the Courtyard in Hereford as it closes today at 5pm
Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris in 1959 by Frank Horvat. This is a remarkable image.
November 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Gare Saint-Lazare, Paris in 1959 by Frank Horvat. This is a remarkable image.
As stocks of the Outsiders book are now running low, and signed copies are out of stock, I am thinking of making 20 newly signed copies available together with a signed 6x4 print from the series. Prints from Outsiders are very rare. Is there any interest in me doing this?
October 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
As stocks of the Outsiders book are now running low, and signed copies are out of stock, I am thinking of making 20 newly signed copies available together with a signed 6x4 print from the series. Prints from Outsiders are very rare. Is there any interest in me doing this?
The stretch target for the Outsiders exhibition was three venues and 20,000 visitors. So far it’s been seen by around 120,000 visitors and has had 12 bookings. The feedback on the exhibition has been overwhelmingly positive with many people saying it has changed their views on homelessness.
October 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The stretch target for the Outsiders exhibition was three venues and 20,000 visitors. So far it’s been seen by around 120,000 visitors and has had 12 bookings. The feedback on the exhibition has been overwhelmingly positive with many people saying it has changed their views on homelessness.
Only a few days left to see my Outsiders exhibition on homelessness and substandard housing at the Courtyard in Hereford which closes on Saturday at 5pm. After that the only opportunity to see it will be next year at Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow.
October 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Only a few days left to see my Outsiders exhibition on homelessness and substandard housing at the Courtyard in Hereford which closes on Saturday at 5pm. After that the only opportunity to see it will be next year at Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow.