SLAWO URBAN Photographer — United Kingdom
Slawo, a German/Polish Photographer originally from Berlin now UK-based dedicates his practice on return, anticipation, and acceptance.
Working with his Leica, Slawo returns repeatedly to the same brief windows of possibility moments where the outcome cannot be controlled or known in advance. This repetition is not about chasing a perfect result; it is a practice of sitting with uncertainty, letting a roll of film go undeveloped for months, and accepting whatever the image turns out to be.
This approach is rooted in a lifelong relationship with displacement: since childhood, Slawo has experienced being moved between places and circumstances without consent, and without return. Over time, this has shaped a practice built on accepting the journey rather than controlling its outcome treating the return itself, in whatever form it takes, as the meaningful act.
Slawo's work extends this same acceptance into the physical making of books, dummies and collector prints, embracing shifting direction, feedback, and flexibility as part of the process rather than departures from it.
He prints on Japanese washi paper, dedicates his time as a mentor, is a member of the Cambridge Camera Club and works internationally.
For commissions, prints and media — contact
COMMISSIONED WORK
(Client names are withheld as a matter of practice. References available on request.)
2025 Archival body of work — commissioned by a global management consultancy for its private archive, marking the twentieth edition of its senior leadership programme. Held in the firm's archival book collection, London.
2024 Landscape triptych — private commission, Wales - My memory up the hills.
2023 Portrait series — creative direction and photography for the artificial-intelligence division of a global consultancy. Seven sitters, for a public-facing talent platform.
2017–19 Interiors and architecture — sustained commission for a European colour consultancy. Residential, commercial and cultural projects in Madrid, Paris and Barcelona.
COLLECTIONS
2026 Private Collection, UK - series of five - My memory of Cambridge
2025 Corporate archive, London — permanent holding
2025 Private collection, Bangkok — triptych, Kyoto [Kyoto Trees]
PUBLICATIONS
2026 Seat 11C — self-published photo zine, edition of 77, sold out
PROJECTS
2024–2026 - CONVEYED — self-initiated
2020–current - THE SAME PATH — self-initiated
2026 - VORFREUDE — self-initiated
2026 - WIEDERKEHR — self-initiated
CURATORIAL
2026 Guest Curator, ZOOM OUT Magazine, Issue #4
SELECTED FEATURES
2026 Featured Photographer, ZOOM OUT Magazine, Issue #2
2023 The Museum of Modern Art — photograph selected for MoMA's Earth Day feature, 22 April
TEACHING
2022 Guest Mentor, WEXAM ACADEMY — on creativity
WORKSHOPS
2018 Workshop in Turku, FInland
2017 Group Workshop in London - Fine Art Photography & Storytelling
2016 Workshop in Berlin - Photography & Printing
EXHIBITIONS
2017 Bromham Mill and Gallery, Bedfordshire, group Exhibition
WORK DESTINATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
New York · Washington, D.C. · Alexandria · New Canaan, Connecticut · Austin · Dallas · San Francisco · Los Angeles · San Diego · Toronto · Vancouver
EUROPE
London · Manchester · Dublin · Paris · Madrid · Barcelona · Berlin · Hamburg · Stockholm · Helsinki · Turku · Rome · Siena · Amalfi Coast · Athens · Istanbul · Zurich
ASIA
Tokyo · Nagoya · Kathmandu · Langtang · Singapore
OCEANIA
Melbourne