Sam Gregg (b. 1990) is an autodidactic portrait and documentary photographer from London. With a particular interest in marginalised and dispossessed communities, Gregg's work is both immersed and removed, taking refuge within complex environments as a means of following narratives that reflect on his own culture. Throughout his work Gregg returns to outliers, individuals who live on the outskirts and are hidden away or deliberately misrepresented as a means of exerting power and controlling narratives. Gregg’s work seeks to unravel stereotypes and rather than trying to glamorise difficult situations, he aims to sit side by side with his subjects, without judgment in order to know their stories as they wish them to be told rather than how society seeks to mould them. His work is a quest to disrupt and question taboos, to celebrate universal human values whilst also being honest about social structures and media, which can restrict and bind people rather than saving or liberating them. He has been published and exhibited internationally.
Based between the UK and Italy.
Selected Editorial / Commercial Clients
Airbnb, Amazon, Atlantic Records, Brick Magazine, British Vogue, C.P. Company, Departures, GQ, Havaianas, Highsnobiety, Lavazza, L’Uomo Vogue, M le Magazine du Monde, Napapijri, Nike, Pitchfork, Sheba, Sixteen Journal, The New Yorker, Venezia FC, Vogue Italia, Vogue US, Warner Music.
Foundation (NFTs)
Exhibitions:
2023
If! Festival della creatività. Group show by Perimetro. Teatro Franco Parenti. 6th-7th October.
Questa è La Mia Terra. Group show at Fondazione Capri, 9th September - 15th October 2023.
See Naples & Die solo exhibition at Eyeland, part of Phest - International Photography Festival, Taranto, Italy.
Solo exhibition of work produced during a two-week residency in Taranto at Eyeland, part of Phest - International Photography Festival, Taranto, Italy.
Sixteen Volume 9, Oddity Gallery, Paris, 4th May.
2022
Sixteen Volume 8, Reference Point, London, 25th November.
Sixteen Volume 8, Oddity Gallery, Paris, 17th November.
The Photography Show (Lensculture), Caelum Gallery, New York, 20-22nd May.
2021
The Edge Effect. Group Show at Marsèll, Milan. Curated by Chiara Bardelli-Nonino and Jordan Anderson. 11-26th November.
Scoperte e Ritrovamenti, Radar Festival, Bari, Italy. Solo Exhibition Curated by Piero Percoco (The Rainbow is Underestimated), 1st - 4th May.
2020
Palm Photo Prize, The Printspace, London, curated by Palm Studios, David Campany, Alistair McKimm, Karen McQuaid & Sarah Allen (Cancelled due to Coronavirus)
Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography, JCDecaux screens across the UK, September 1 - 30th
Portrait of Humanity, British Journal of Photography, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Budapest
Fisheye Photo Review, Group Show, Fisheye Gallery, Paris, 2nd July
Lensculture Portrait Awards, Caelum Gallery, Paris Photo New York (Cancelled due to Coronavirus)
2019
Trap - Trauma - Transformation, Curated by Rohan Da Costa, Cove Studio, Oakland, USA
2018
Embracing Diversity, Photo Vogue Festival, BASE Milano, 15th - 18th November
When Ethics meets Aesthetics, Vogue Italia, Leica Gallery Milan
2016
Refuse: Refuge: Re-fuse, The Koppel Project, London