Dr. David Ellison
I grew up in Cheshire and Cumbria, and began my photography career as a photographic assistant to Brian Griffin and fashion photographer Craig McDean.
I hold a PhD from Ulster University and BA Hons in Photography from Lancaster University. I am now a lecturer in Design History at Technological University Dublin, and I previously held academic positions at Arts University Bournemouth and Falmouth University.
My research into embroidered wrestling costumes of the North of England was featured as part of touring exhibitions at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool and Somerset House, London in 2017 as well as The Civic, Barnsley in 2019.
My photographs have been published in two books: Herdwick Common (2014) a photographic portrait of the working landscape of the English Lake District featuring a foreword by James Rebanks, and Tek Hod: Embroidered Wrestlers of the North (2020), a book that investigates the art of embroidered costumes of Cumberland and Westmorland wrestlers.
My work is held at the Archive of Modern Conflict (London), the Library of Birmingham and Tullie House Collections (Carlisle), and it has been exhibited across the UK and Europe. I also have photographed for leading, quality newspapers and magazines in England and France.