Campbell Addy

Campbell Addy (born c.1993) is a London based photographer, filmmaker and artist raised in South London. His work is a celebration of the beauty and intricacy of visibility, with a focus on distinctive casting and under-represented faces.

Campbell Addy
Born
South London, England
Known for
  • Photography
  • filmmaking

Education

In 2010 was when Addy discovered that he wanted to be a photographer. In detention and tasked with reorganising the school library, he discovered the books of Nick Knight, Norman Parkinson and Irving Penn and realised that the possibility of using photography in an artistic storytelling way.[1][2]

Campbell Addy studied Fashion Communications at Central Saint Martins, where he realised he wanted to be a photographer after an encouraging conversation with friend Ib Kamara.[3] In the final year of his degree he launched his own magazine and agency Nii Journal and Nii Agency.[4] These sibling businesses were born from a desire to shift the balance of power both in front of and behind the camera, cultivating space for more diverse and representative community to be built.[5]

Career

Campbell Addy has worked with a number of high profile fashion clients including Off-White, Calvin Klein, MAC. He has shot magazine covers for WSJ, Time, The Cut, Dazed and Rolling Stone, and photographed cultural icons such as Tyler, the Creator, FKA Twigs, Naomi Campbell, Beyonce, and Edward Enninful.[6]

Addy's work has been exhibited internationally in London, Paris, Melbourne, New York, Oslo, and Qatar, being part of exhibitions such as The New Black Vanguard at the Saatchi, Get Up Stand Up Now! At Somerset House and MAJOR at 180 the Strand.[7]

Addy was included in Forbes 30 under 30, and the New Wave British Fashion Awards in both 2018 and 2019.[8]

His first monograph Feeling Seen: the Photographs of Campbell Addy debuted in 2022.[9]

Exhibitions
  • New School Represents: MAJOR @ 180 the Strand, 2022[10]
  • Campbell Addy: The British Fashion Council x British Embassy exhibition, Paris, 2022
  • Haute Photographie @Amsterdam Museumsquare, 2022
  • The New Black Vanguard @ Saatchi Gallery, 2022[11]
  • Feeling Seen @ Protein studios, London, 2022
  • The New Black Vanguard w/ Aperture @ The Rencontres D’Arles, 2021
  • The New Black Vanguard w/ Aperture @ Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar, 2021
  • The New Black Vanguard w/ Aperture @ Bunjil Place Gallery Australia, 2020
  • The Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, 2019 - 2020
  • Somerset House: Get Up Stand Up Now! 2019
  • Matthew 7:7 & 8, 2017

Publications
  • Feeling Seen: The Photographs of Campbell Addy, 2022
  • Niijournal III, 2018
  • Unlocking Seoul, 2017
  • Niijournal II, 2017[12]
  • Niijournal I, 2016

Awards and recognitions
  • Forbes 30 Under 30 (2021)
  • The Agent's Club Awards (2020)
  • Nowness Awards (2019)
  • Lovie Awards (2019)
  • The British Fashion Awards: New Wave Creatives (2018 & 2019)
  • Creative Review - Zeitgeist Award (2017, 2018)
  • Africa Media Works Photography Prize (2018)
  • Stacks Best Magazine of the Year Award (2017)
  • Dazed 100 (2017)[13]
  • British Fashion Awards: New Wave Creative, (2018, 2019)[14]
  • Nowness Award (2019)[15]
  • Forbes 30 Under 30 (2021)[16]

References
  1. Huxtable, Isaac. "Campbell Addy on his mission to champion Black visibility, creativity, and the pioneers that came before him - 1854 Photography". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  2. Dazed (2022-03-29). "Campbell Addy wants his photographs to make you feel seen". Dazed. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  3. Huxtable, Isaac. "Campbell Addy on his mission to champion Black visibility, creativity, and the pioneers that came before him - 1854 Photography". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  4. "This London Creative Guru Is Changing the Way Fashion Thinks About Diversity". Vogue. 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  5. Fletcher, Gemma (2022-04-20). "Campbell Addy's journey to Feeling Seen". Creative Review. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  6. Dazed (2022-03-29). "Campbell Addy wants his photographs to make you feel seen". Dazed. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  7. "About". CAMPBELL ADDY. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  8. "Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2021: Art & Culture". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  9. "Feeling Seen: The Photographs of Campbell Addy". CAMPBELL ADDY. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  10. "Major — 180 The Strand". www.180thestrand.com. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  11. "The New Black Vanguard - Exhibition - Saatchi Gallery". www.saatchigallery.com. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  12. "Campbell Addy's 'Niijournal II' highlights mental health issues in ethnic communities". Crack Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  13. Dazed (2017-04-06). "Vote for Campbell Addy on the #Dazed100". Dazed. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  14. Tyner, Ashley (2022-03-22). "Campbell Addy on his new chapter and why he's ready to go full camp". i-D. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  15. "Nowness Fetes Inaugural Awards at the V&A". www.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  16. "Campbell Addy". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
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