About
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Joe Habben is an award-winning photographer, filmmaker, researcher and creative director based between Glasgow and Brighton, UK.
Joe graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2020 with a First Class BA (Hons) in Communication Design: Photography.
His work has since been published by the likes of VICE, The Guardian, Creative Review, British Journal of Photography, BBC News, National Geographic and in 2020 Joe won the Earth Photo: ‘A Climate of Change’ category.
Joe’s personal work explores human intervention, globalisation, social issues, public space and the climate crisis.
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He is currently working as a freelance photographer & filmmaker as well as an Editorial Assistant at NOTES Journal. Joe recently launched ‘Crit-Room’: a bi-weekly discussion group for aspiring lens-based creatives in Glasgow.
Read his interview with Creative Review here
and watch his recent Earth Photo talk here.
Please get in touch for rates, enquiries or a chat.
Contact:
joehabben@hotmail.co.uk
︎joe.habben
*Commercial portfolio available upon request.*
Awards:
Sustainability First (2021)
BJP: Portrait of Humanity (2020)
Earth Photo: ‘A Climate of Change’ Category Winner (2020)
BJP: Portrait of Britain (2020)
Creative Review: Gradwatch (2020)
EIZO Colour Student Award,
Shortlisted (2020)
Nationwide Degree Show,
Business of Fashion Curation (2020)
Clients:
Bloomberg
The Scottish FA
United Glasgow FC
HeadGirl (SWG3)
Glasgow City Council (GCC)
Centre for Civic Innovation (CCI)
NOTES
Ola Ince
Houston Kiltmakers
Anya Sirina
Eleanor Whitworth
Graduate Drive Thru
Luthia Music
Nina Bacos
Stanislaw Macleod
Solace
The Glasgow School of Art
Comme Je Veux
The Point.
Exhibitions & Events:
GAS X Shado.mag (2021)
Graduate Drive Thru,
NCP Glasshouse, Glasgow (2021)
Street Level Photoworks:
Futureproof (2020)
Odyssey, South West Collective (2020)
Source (2020)
PhotoGrad (2020)
ds2020simulator (2020)
GSA Graduate Showcase (2020)
WIP Show, Glasgow
School of Art (2020)
Untitled, The Old Hairdressers (2017)
Talks:
Earth Photo: In Conversation (2021)
ComDes WIP Show,
Glasgow School of Art (2021)
Street Level Photoworks: Futureproof (2020)
GSASA Graduate Panel (2020)
Press:
VICE
The Guardian
BBC News
National Geographic
Pupil Sphere
The National Lottery Fund
Intern-mag
CNN
STV
Glasgow Live
Scottish Contemporary Art Network
The Argus
Metro
Port Magazine
Office of Craig
Public-Source XYZ
GSA Sustainability
FotoDocument
Education:
First Class BA (Hons)
Communication Design:
Photography,
Glasgow School of Art
(2020)
Semester Abroad, Ontario College of Art,
Toronto, Canada
(2018)
Art Foundation Diploma,
Brighton City College
(2016)
Publications & Features:
BJP: Portrait of Britain (2020)
Pupil Sphere (2020)
Adapt & Act Magazine (2020)
PhotoGrad Zine (2020)
ShutterHub: ‘Yearbook’ (2020)
Random Access (2020)
Contested (2019)
Issues-mag (2019)
You Are Here (2018)