Luke Wateridge is a multidisciplinary artist, working in historical studies, identity and the climate crisis.

Luke Wateridge graduated from Solent University in 2022 with a BA in Photography and is currently continuing his studies with an MA at the Royal College of Art.  

Luke has an explicit passion for investigating the socio-political issues that are vitally important and personal to him, whether that be gender identity, climate change or genealogy, for example. It’s his ambition to produce truthful pieces of work on current issues that are imperative to his own experiences. This has become a fundamental concept to his work as he desires to present an honest perspective of these issues to people who may be unaware of their reality in order to challenge misconceptions and demand change.

For Luke, his photographic practice is often a multidisciplinary exploration, with research and techniques coming from other art mediums such as fashion or print, as well as frequent inspiration from science and history. Alongside this, when concentrating on photography itself, his attention falls to photographic darkroom and alternative photography methods. The direction of his academic work regularly impacts the decisions surrounding what processes he decides to use within his photographic work. This is because research into the development of analogue techniques and the role photography had on society throughout history allows for constant discoveries of alternative or historic photographic methods, which frequently allow for a greater narrative within the photographs, which then helps to reflect the specific socio-political issues.