Dougie Wallace Explained

Dougie Wallace, also known as Glasweegee,^[1] is a Scottish street photographer^[2] from Glasgow, based in east London.

He has had five books of his work published and been awarded Second Prize in the Portraiture category of the 2015 Sony World Photography Awards.^[3]

Life and work

Wallace was born and raised in Glasgow.^[4] He lived in Blackpool for a couple of years in the 1980s before enlisting in the army.^{[5] [6]} He has lived in Shoreditch, east London, for 15 years.

For two-and-a-half years beginning in October 2010 Wallace made 30 trips to Blackpool to complete his first book Stags, Hens & Bunnies: A Blackpool Story (2014), photographs of the stag and hen parties that visit the town,^[7] "lads and lasses on their worst behaviour, partying away in a bawdy sea of L-plates, handcuffs, blow-up dolls and uniformed fancy dress",^[8] "in various states of undress and drunkenness; revelling in bars, puking in the street, refuelling at chip shops."

Wallace spent 15 years photographing in the Shoreditch area of East London, a series published in his second book, Shoreditch Wild Life (2014).^{[9] [10]}

He photographed the disappearing Premier Padminis in Mumbai for his series Road Wallah.^{[11] [12]}

Publications

Books by Wallace

• Stags Hens & Bunnies: a Blackpool Story. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2014. . With an introduction by Wallace, "The Photographer's Tale".
• Shoreditch Wild Life. Book 4 from the series East London Photo Stories. London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2014. .
  • Second edition, 2016.
• Road Wallah. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2016. .
• Harrodsburg. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2017. . With an introduction by Peter York.
• Well Heeled. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2017. .
• East Ended. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2020. . With an essay by Paul Lowe.^[13]

Zines by Wallace

• On The Autofront. London: Bump, 2021. Edited by David Solomons. Edition of 200 copies.
• No Laughing Matter. London: Bump, 2023. Edited by Solomons. Edition of 200 copies.

Books with contributions by Wallace

• Sony World Photography Awards 2015. London: World Photography Organisation, 2015.
• 100 Great Street Photographs. Munich, London, New York: Prestel, 2017. By David Gibson. . Contains a commentary on and a photograph by Wallace.
• Unseen London. London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2017. . With photographs by and interviews with various photographers, and text by Rachel Segal Hamilton.
• London Nights. London: Hoxton Mini Press. 2018. . With essays by Anna Sparham and poetry by Inua Ellams. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of London.

Awards

• 2015: Second Prize, Portraiture category, Sony World Photography Awards for Glasgow, Second City of The Empire.^{[14] [15]}

Exhibitions

• 2011: Reflections On Life, Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK, 4 March – 8 May 2011.^[16]
• 2014: Stags, Hens & Bunnies, Hoxton Gallery, London, 24 July – 3 August 2014.^[17]
• 2015: 2015 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, London, 24 April – 10 May 2015.^[18]
• 2015: Wild Life, Fotofestiwal Lodz, Łódź, Poland, 28 May – 7 June 2015.^[19]
• 2015: Harrodsburg, The Print Space, London, 1–20 October 2015. Part of Photomonth East London Photography Festival.^[20]

TV Appearance

• What Do Artists Do All Day?. Episode 26. BBC, 2016.^{[21] [22]}

Notes and References

1. News: Glory of the gutter: Dougie Wallace's photos of Blackpool stag and hen dos. 30 June 2014 . 24 May 2015 . Jonathan . Jones . . London .
2. News: Party People on the Streets of Blackpool. 13 August 2014 . 24 May 2015 . Eric . Nagourney . .
3. Web site: Dougie Wallace, United Kingdom - 2nd Place Portraiture. 24 May 2015 . .
4. Web site: Dougie Wallace and his urban gutter stars. 13 May 2015 . 24 May 2015 . Esther . Armstrong . .
5. Book: Wallace, Dougie . Dougie Wallace

   . Dougie Wallace . Stags Hens & Bunnies: a Blackpool Story . 2014 . Dewi Lewis . Stockport . 978-1-905928-11-8 . 7–9.

6. Web site: Booze and Blow-Up Cocks: Blackpool Stag and Hen Nights in Pictures. Rachel . Segal Hamilton . 7 July 2014 . 24 May 2015 . .
7. News: Les pires enterrements de vie de jeune fille en photos. 24 June 2014 . 24 May 2015 . Delphine . Desneiges . .
8. News: Portfolio: Dougie Wallace's Stags, Hens & Bunnies: A Blackpool Story. 6 July 2014 . 24 May 2015 . Gillian . Orr . . London .
9. Web site: The riff-raff, rat packs and residents of London’s E2. 31 March 2014 . 24 May 2015 . Ashleigh . Kane . .
10. News: It’s a jungle out there: ‘Shoreditch Wild Life’ as spotted by Dougie Wallace. 28 October 2014 . 24 May 2015 . .
11. News: Peering Inside Mumbai’s Premier Padminis. 15 October 2013 . 24 May 2015 . Colin . Moynihan . .
12. News: The Rickshaw Drivers of Kolkata, India. 3 July 2014 . 24 May 2015 . Marnie . Hanel . .
13. Web site: 2022-09-09. Honest and hectic photographs by Dougie Wallace that show the impact of gentrification in Shoreditch. 3 March 2020. Creative Boom.
14. News: In pictures: The 2015 Sony World Photography Awards finalists. 24 February 2015 . 24 May 2015 . . London .
15. Web site: Sony World Photography Awards 2015. 24 April 2015 . 24 May 2015 . Antonia . Wilson . .
16. Web site: Reflections On Life The faces of commuters in cities throughout the world glimpsed through the windows of trams at the moment of departure. . 24 May 2015 . Format Festival . https://web.archive.org/web/20150524194627/http://archive11.formatfestival.com/artists/dougie-wallace . 24 May 2015 . dead .
17. Web site: Public Exhibition "Stags, Hens & Bunnies" A Blackpool Story. 24 May 2015 . Dougie Wallace .
18. Web site: 2015 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition. 24 May 2015 . .
19. Web site: Dougie Wallace, "Wild life". 1 June 2015 . Fotofestiwal Lodz .
20. Web site: [untitled] ]. 7 October 2015 . The Print Space . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305050415/http://blog.theprintspace.co.uk/post/126678009913/dougie-wallaces-harrodsburg-exhibition-the . 5 March 2016 . dead .
21. Web site: Dougie Wallace . BBC. 18 March 2017.
22. News: Thursday’s best TV: The Last Kingdom, What Do Artists Do All Day? . 16 March 2017 . 18 March 2017 . Ali . Catterall . . London.