Slawo Urban

Raised in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Based in the UK since 2016, working between Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and London.

Urban's photography is concerned with attention, restraint, and the quiet weight of ordinary places. He works slowly, on foot, returning to the same ground across seasons. The camera — always a Leica M — comes after presence, not before it.

His practice unfolds through long-form projects rather than single images. Each body of work demands time: time to walk, to return, to edit with honesty. The archive is treated as a living document, not a portfolio.

He shoots exclusively on film. Kodak Tri-X 400. The grain, the tonal range, and the commitment of analogue are not aesthetic choices — they are structural ones.

For enquiries regarding exhibitions, publications, workshops, or commissions, use the contact form.

Selected Work & Publications

The Same Path — book and exhibition project 2026–2027
Seat 11C — self-published zine, edition of 77 2026
Cambridge — client book publication 2025
Around Iceland — self-publication 2023
MoMA New York — Earth Day campaign 2023
Global Photography Campaign — Humans Behind AI, 2022–2023