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
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Photography can be many things but for me it’s mostly a weapon to be used against injustice and social inequality.
Your last chance to see the Outsiders exhibition in its current form will be at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow in April/May. That isn’t the end though as I’m developing a powerful new exhibition on homelessness, in collaboration with another photographer, which will be shown in Leeds in 2027.
January 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Photography can be many things but for me it’s mostly a weapon to be used against injustice and social inequality.
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For what it’s worth I now have a No AI clause on my website and have prohibited any organisation showing my work from using genAI content in the gallery space or in promotional materials. Plagiarised AI slop should be nowhere near the work of anyone who cares about truth or authenticity.
January 5, 2026 at 10:36 AM
For what it’s worth I now have a No AI clause on my website and have prohibited any organisation showing my work from using genAI content in the gallery space or in promotional materials. Plagiarised AI slop should be nowhere near the work of anyone who cares about truth or authenticity.
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”The longtime leading Loch Ness monster hunter Adrian Shine.” Man skulle nästan kunna tro att det är AI.
January 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM
”The longtime leading Loch Ness monster hunter Adrian Shine.” Man skulle nästan kunna tro att det är AI.
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My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt
January 5, 2026 at 7:50 AM
My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt
For what it’s worth I now have a No AI clause on my website and have prohibited any organisation showing my work from using genAI content in the gallery space or in promotional materials. Plagiarised AI slop should be nowhere near the work of anyone who cares about truth or authenticity.
January 5, 2026 at 10:36 AM
For what it’s worth I now have a No AI clause on my website and have prohibited any organisation showing my work from using genAI content in the gallery space or in promotional materials. Plagiarised AI slop should be nowhere near the work of anyone who cares about truth or authenticity.
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Clémentine Schneidermann explores the cult of Elvis as it manifests in working-class towns in South Wales, with a focus on Porthcawl, site of the annual Porthcawl Elvis Festival.
2014-16.
2014-16.
January 5, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Clémentine Schneidermann explores the cult of Elvis as it manifests in working-class towns in South Wales, with a focus on Porthcawl, site of the annual Porthcawl Elvis Festival.
2014-16.
2014-16.
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Michelle with cat, Manchester from the Outsiders project. Michelle started sleeping on the street from the age of 13, mostly around the bin sheds on the Offerton estate in Stockport. She was abused as a child and felt safer on the street than she did at home.
December 6, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Michelle with cat, Manchester from the Outsiders project. Michelle started sleeping on the street from the age of 13, mostly around the bin sheds on the Offerton estate in Stockport. She was abused as a child and felt safer on the street than she did at home.
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Photography can be many things but for me it’s mostly a weapon to be used against injustice and social inequality.
Your last chance to see the Outsiders exhibition in its current form will be at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow in April/May. That isn’t the end though as I’m developing a powerful new exhibition on homelessness, in collaboration with another photographer, which will be shown in Leeds in 2027.
January 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Photography can be many things but for me it’s mostly a weapon to be used against injustice and social inequality.
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This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.
January 5, 2026 at 8:18 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone heading back into work and having to endure dull conversation about what they got up to during the Christmas holidays.
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My 2026 4K computer desktop wallpaper calendar is now available, in English and Japanese. Featuring twelve original photos from around Japan.
EN:
ko-fi.com/s/c6440c16f3
JP:
ko-fi.com/s/034f01c834
Hope you like it. As usual, I had a lot of fun choosing the images and making it.
🙏❤️
EN:
ko-fi.com/s/c6440c16f3
JP:
ko-fi.com/s/034f01c834
Hope you like it. As usual, I had a lot of fun choosing the images and making it.
🙏❤️
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 AM
My 2026 4K computer desktop wallpaper calendar is now available, in English and Japanese. Featuring twelve original photos from around Japan.
EN:
ko-fi.com/s/c6440c16f3
JP:
ko-fi.com/s/034f01c834
Hope you like it. As usual, I had a lot of fun choosing the images and making it.
🙏❤️
EN:
ko-fi.com/s/c6440c16f3
JP:
ko-fi.com/s/034f01c834
Hope you like it. As usual, I had a lot of fun choosing the images and making it.
🙏❤️
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If you can get to see this you really should. We saw it in St Albans and it was powerful, humane, and insightful.
Your last chance to see the Outsiders exhibition in its current form will be at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow in April/May. That isn’t the end though as I’m developing a powerful new exhibition on homelessness, in collaboration with another photographer, which will be shown in Leeds in 2027.
January 4, 2026 at 6:25 PM
If you can get to see this you really should. We saw it in St Albans and it was powerful, humane, and insightful.
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Your last chance to see the Outsiders exhibition in its current form will be at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow in April/May. That isn’t the end though as I’m developing a powerful new exhibition on homelessness, in collaboration with another photographer, which will be shown in Leeds in 2027.
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Your last chance to see the Outsiders exhibition in its current form will be at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow in April/May. That isn’t the end though as I’m developing a powerful new exhibition on homelessness, in collaboration with another photographer, which will be shown in Leeds in 2027.
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This is what those who have fallen into the trap of generative AI simply can’t grasp. Photography isn’t about making a clever image it is rooted in the subject - the thing itself - and in the absence of that all AI images are by definition shallow, transient and meaningless.
The Thing Itself: The fundamental principle of photography by Bill Jay. If you are a photographer and haven’t read this then you should.
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ARCHIVE: The Thing Itself: The fundamental principle of photography
In connection with our feature length documentary Do Not Bend: The Photographic Life of Bill Jay www.donotbendfilm.com the Bill Jay Estate has given us permission to curate a series of his a…
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December 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is what those who have fallen into the trap of generative AI simply can’t grasp. Photography isn’t about making a clever image it is rooted in the subject - the thing itself - and in the absence of that all AI images are by definition shallow, transient and meaningless.
Your last chance to see the Outsiders exhibition in its current form will be at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow in April/May. That isn’t the end though as I’m developing a powerful new exhibition on homelessness, in collaboration with another photographer, which will be shown in Leeds in 2027.
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Your last chance to see the Outsiders exhibition in its current form will be at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow in April/May. That isn’t the end though as I’m developing a powerful new exhibition on homelessness, in collaboration with another photographer, which will be shown in Leeds in 2027.
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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.
I will be doing a photo shoot on this bridge later this month for my Rebellion! exhibition
Some very old and poignant graffiti seen today on a rusty bridge. One of the locals told me this bridge used to be the lorry route into the Orgreave coking plant and that the Battle of Orgreave was nearby in 1984. The most shameful event in the history of British policing, and that’s a high bar.
January 4, 2026 at 9:30 AM
I will be doing a photo shoot on this bridge later this month for my Rebellion! exhibition
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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Side Gallery in Newcastle is now permanently closed, despite the fundraising campaign, and the building has become a health and wellness centre. End of an era and immensely disappointing for anyone who loves documentary photography.
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Newcastle's former Side gallery site turned into Pilates studio
The collective which ran the Side says it is not
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January 3, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Side Gallery in Newcastle is now permanently closed, despite the fundraising campaign, and the building has become a health and wellness centre. End of an era and immensely disappointing for anyone who loves documentary photography.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A lot of truth in that, and a clever depiction of Starmer. From yesterday’s Stop Trump protest in London.
September 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A lot of truth in that, and a clever depiction of Starmer. From yesterday’s Stop Trump protest in London.
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From the Stop Trump protest in London this week.
September 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
From the Stop Trump protest in London this week.
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This post sounded upbeat, but it’s clearly not the same thing as an actual building.
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As the year is coming to a close, we’re sharing a letter from our Managing Director, Laura Laffler, about where Side is heading and how the National Lottery Heritage Fund supported “Transforming Amber” has helped shape that future.
Full letter: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/a-year-...
Full letter: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/a-year-...
January 3, 2026 at 9:49 AM
This post sounded upbeat, but it’s clearly not the same thing as an actual building.
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Trump says Maduro and his wife captured and flown out of the country.
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Trump says Maduro and his wife captured and flown out of the country.
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Some warm and welcoming messages for Mr Trump at today’s Stop Trump protest in London.
September 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Some warm and welcoming messages for Mr Trump at today’s Stop Trump protest in London.
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“Trump Poisons Democracy’s Blood” from yesterday’s Stop Trump protest in London.
#StopTrump
#StopTrump
September 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“Trump Poisons Democracy’s Blood” from yesterday’s Stop Trump protest in London.
#StopTrump
#StopTrump