Marc Davenent – Outsiders
2nd April - 17th May 2026
Gallery 103, Trongate 103
Street Level Photoworks is pleased to present Marc Davenant’s Outsiders exhibition, a striking photography project that amplifies the voices of people experiencing homelessness.
Davenant is an award-winning documentary photographer who works with marginalised communities to highlight social inequality. He was one of the winners of the Portrait of Britain competition in both 2020 and 2021 with images from his ongoing series Rebellion! documenting civil disobedience and climate change activism. Davenant has recently been selected by readers of The Big Issue as one of the top 100 UK changemakers for 2026.
Outsiders is a documentary photography project which aimed to capture a snapshot of homelessness in modern Britain and has become a searing indictment of the policy of successive governments on street homelessness, substandard housing conditions and the individual impact of the hostile environment.
This six-year project has captured images and testimony from people across the full spectrum of homelessness, from those who are sleeping rough, through sofa surfers to those who are living in temporary accommodation which is unfit for human habitation. The exhibition has been on tour across the UK since 2023 and was shown inside the Houses of Parliament in January 2024.
“Though the images are beautiful, shot in black and white, they are intentionally provocative, sometimes haunting, and shockingly revealing of how people in marginalised communities are treated and expected to live” Creative Boom
“Looking at Marc Davenant’s portraits of homeless people living in the UK isn’t easy, but that’s the point. His stark black & white images might look like they were shot in the 1970s or 80s, but they depict the living conditions many are enduring right now. From London to Manchester and Glasgow, this project documents what it is like not to have a bedroom, a kitchen or a toilet -things that many of us take for granted” Black & White Photography Magazine
In partnership with the charities Shelter and Crisis and supported by Arts Council England, the exhibition combines participants’ personal stories with environmental portraiture from across the country, gathering narratives from London, Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Brighton, Kent, Hertfordshire and Norwich.
