Jack Latham (b.1989) is a Welsh photographer based in the UK. Somewhere between photojournalism and conceptual art, his work questions the mechanisms of disinformation within contemporary society. Winner of numerous awards, including the Bar-Tur Photobook Award and the BJP International Photography Award, his work has been exhibited internationally and published in several photobooks. His most recent project Beggar's Honey received the Heidi.news Reportage Prize in the Images Vevey Grand Prix 2019/2020 and was published in 2023 by Editions Images Vevey and Here Press.
He is also a senior lecturer of Photography at the University of the West of England
CONTACT
jack@jacklatham.com
BOOKS
Beggar’s Honey, Here Press & Images Vevey, 2023
Latent Bloom, Here Press & Images Vevey, 2020
Parliament of Owls, Here Press, 2019
Sugar Paper Theories, Here Press & The Photographers’ Gallery, 2016
A Pink Flamingo, self-published, 2015
Space Cowboy, self-published, 2015
Hangman’s Tree, self-published, 2011
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Beggar’s Honey, Images Vevey, Switzerland, 2024
Layers (Retrospective), DIECIXDIECI Festival, Italy, 2022
Latent Bloom, Image Vevey, Switzerland, 2020
Parliament of Owls, Oriel Colwyn, UK, 2020
Latent Bloom, Visages- Images, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2020
Sugar Paper Theories, Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, 2019
Parliament of Owls, TJ Boulting Gallery, 2019
Worthing Artist in Residence, Brighton Photo Fringe, Worthing, 2018
Sugar Paper Theories, Reykjavík Museum of Photography, Reykjavík, 2017
Sugar Paper Theories, Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey, 2016
A Pink Flamingo, Tilt & Shift Gallery, Llanrwst, 2016
A Pink Flamingo, Diffusion Festival, Cardiff, 2015
AWARDS
Hariban Award, longlist (Parliament of Owls), 2024
BJP - International Photography Award (Parliament of Owls), 2019
Image Vevey - Heidi.News Prize, (Beggar’s Honey) 2019
Aperture Portfolio Prize, shortlist (Parliament of Owls), 2019
C/O Berlin Talent Award, Nominee, 2019
Worthing Artist in Residence, 2018
Prix Bob Calle Finalist (Sugar Paper Theories), 2017
Deutsche-Börse Photography Prize, longlist (Sugar Paper Theories), 2017
Kraszna-Krausz Finalist (Sugar Paper Theories), 2017
D&AD shortlist, 2017
Kassel Photobook Award (Sugar Paper Theories), 2017
Magenta Flash Forward, shortlist, 2016
Paris Photo-Aperture First PhotoBook Award Shortlist (Sugar Paper Theories), 2016
Paul Huf Award Nominee, 2016
Bar Tur Photobook Award, 2015
GPF Photographic Award shortlist, 2015
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, 2015
Magnum Student Award shortlist, 2015
Magnum/Ideastap Photographic Award, 2015
30 under 30 shortlist, 2014
Renaissance Photography Prize shortlist (A Pink Flamingo), 2013
Fotofilmic shortlist (A Pink Flamingo), 2013
Portrait Salon, 2012/13
Hearst 8x10 Award (A Pink Flamingo), 2012