| Code | DS/UK/472 |
| Person Name | Scott-Stewart; Dick (1948-2002); Photographer |
| Dates | 1948-2002 |
| Activity | Dick Scott-Stewart was born in the Cotswolds town of Painswick in 1948. Upon graduating from the London College of Printing, he practised as a freelance photographer, primarily working in black and white.
In an interview with SLR Magazine, April 1983, Dick described himself as ‘a 6ft 2 voyeur’ and noted, ‘I love looking at things. Photography is just an excuse to meet interesting people. It is a passport to situations that I like to be involved in.’ (2) This desire is demonstrated by Dick’s work, which documents a span of subjects and subcultures, providing intimate insights into fairgrounds, wrestling matches, teddy boys, punks and more.
Dick’s wife, Mog Scott-Stewart, noted that his ‘great respect for the people he photographed’ was a key principle of his photographic practice; his work eschews a sense of collaboration and camaraderie, whether the subject exists in the mainstream or the margins. Mog also identified his influences as Arbus, Avedon, Brassai, Brandt, Erwitt, Evans, Frank, Friedlander, Kertesz, Sandler, and Weegee (1).
Dick died in 2002 at the age of 54, after being diagnosed with cancer. |
| Published Works | Fairground Snaps, Dick Scott-Stewart and Mark Ed Williams, Pleasant Pastures Ltd. 1974, ISBN 090040650X.
Photography, Dick Scott-Stewart, The Dick Scott-Stewart Archive, 2013, ISBN 9781320033923.
Wrestling, Dick Scott-Stewart, The Dick Scott-Stewart Archive, 2013, ISBN 9781320033916.
People and Other Animals, Dick Scott-Stewart, The Dick Scott-Stewart Archive, 2013, ISBN 9781320033947.
The Gaze, Dick Scott-Stewart, The Dick Scott-Stewart Archive, 2013, ISBN 9781320033930. |
| Relationships | Spouse: Mog Scott-Stewart |
| Source | 1. Scott-Stewart, M. (2005) Dick Scott-Stewart. [online] Available at: http://www.gallery286.com/archive/stewart/text.html
2. Sparham, A. (2016) Scenes of London: The Photography of Dick Scott-Stewart. [online] Available at: https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/dick-scott-stewart
3. National Fairground and Circus Archive (2023) Dick Scott-Stewart Collection. [online] Available at: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nfca/collections/scottstewart |
| RefNo | Title |
| DSS | Dick Scott-Stewart Collection |
| DSS/1/1 | ‘Portraits Magazine Work’ |
| DSS/1/2 | 'Portraits Unknown' |
| DSS/1/3 | 'Portraits Recognised' |
| DSS/1/4 | 'Portraits' |
| DSS/1/5 | 'Portraits Colour' |
| DSS/1/6 | 'Gangs' |
| DSS/1/7 | 'Boxing' |
| DSS/1/8 | 'Wrestling' |
| DSS/1/9 | 'Hot Jive + The Teds' |
| DSS/1/10 | 'Fairgrounds + Fairs + Cars' |
| DSS/1/11 | 'Twins' |
| DSS/1/12 | 'Homeless' |
| DSS/1/13 | 'Women Smoking, Poverty, The Dogs, The Races, Anti-War Rally' |
| DSS/1/14 | 'Washington Civil War Society Brinsworth House' |
| DSS/1/15 | 'India' |
| DSS/1/16 | 'London, Hyde Park, Clapham Common & Town' |
| DSS/1/17 | 'Cityscapes (inc. 'Snow'), Tuileries, Paris, Venice, Stromness' |
| DSS/1/18 | 'Landscapes inc. Industrial' |
| DSS/1/19 | 'Seasides, Seascapes, Oil Rigs' |
| DSS/1/20 | 'Animals inc. Horse Fair Ire.' |
| DSS/1/21 | Family photographs - unlabelled leather portfolio |
| DSS/1/22 | 'Misc. + Abstracts' |
| DSS/1/23 | 'Corporate' |
| DSS/2 | Cuttings |
| DSS/2/1 | 'Cuttings' |
| DSS/1/24 | 'N Prints' |
| DSS/1/25 | 'Colour Negs' |