Slawo Urban

A German Cambridgeshire-based photographer and artist whose work centres on attention, restraint, and recognition. His practice is concerned less with where photographs are made than with why certain moments remain.

Working intentionally, he treats photography as an act of seeing and selection rather than accumulation. Moments are allowed to exist only when they continue to hold beyond the instant in which they were recorded.

Urban’s work unfolds through long global walks, presence, and a deliberate resistance to excess. The camera is secondary to the moment; recognition comes before intention.

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CV

MoMA New York | Earth Day (2023) (Sedona Vortex)
Global Photography Campaign | Humans Behind AI (2022-2023)
Cambridge 2025 client book publication (2025)
Self-publication | Around Iceland (2023)
Self-publication | Seat 11C (2026)