SIMON CRAWFORD IS AN
INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED
PORTRAIT & DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER.
CURRENTLY BASED IN GLASGOW.
Documenting the Belfast and Glasgow nightlife scenes since 2009, Crawford has captured some of the most fabulous, creative & daring acts and personalities to grace the stage
Specialising in portrait and nightlife photography with a style consisting of colourful and energetic imagery.
Born in Hampshire and raised in Northern Ireland, he moved to Belfast and completed a degree in Visual Communication in 2009. While he specialises in portraiture, his work has also included fashion editorials and documentary - all of which connect to the main themes within his work.
He worked for a decade in Belfast, documenting the LGBT scene and working with a wide variety of creatives throughout the fashion, art & performance sectors. He’s been published internationally, in Beyond Man: Volume One, Pink Mince, Crotch!, GNI Magazine & What White Elephant. As well as publishing his own one-off magazine “BAKE”, in 2014.
As part of Outburst Queer Arts Festival in Belfast 2012, his exhibition titled “F.Q.U.: Framing Queer Ulster” - a collection of LGBT portraits from 2009-2012 - was shown in Belfasts QFT.
His subjects have included people of all gender-identities, drag queens, artists, actors, musicians, freaks, Jedi knights, party boys and glamorous creatures.
“People fascinate me; who they are, what they look like, where they're from & why they do what they do.”
Capturing this has always been one of the main aims within his work, using aspects of the subjects personality and own creativity to influence its outcome.
Currently documenting Glasgow’s LGBT scene as resident photographer for Trigger, AXM Glasgow and photographic editor for LGBT blog “Sickening Glasgow”.Client List
AXM Glasgow
Trigger Thursdays
The Show Downstairs
BUBU Belfast
Gordon Crawford/Trudy Scrumptious
Nicky Whitten MUA
Sean Henry/VanDer Simon Knitwear
Nor Lisa
Niall Rea
Lewis Robert Cameron/BeyondMan
Catalyst Arts
PlayGround
DJ Kenny K
Cubstars
Jenna Millar Jewellery
Belfast Pride
Community Foundation NI
Elaine McConville (CHERRY)
Kremlin/Shoe Factory/Union Street
Dubarrys Bar
Belfast Community Circus School
The Deers Head
Merchant Hotel