David Houghton is an English graphic artist, designer and photographer.
As a conceptual artist, his photographic work "explores and documents ordinary everyday images and situations that we normally overlook and take for granted”. He has published two independent books of his work. An exhibition of his conceptual art entitled ''Journeys Within Japan'' was staged in the summer of 2007 as part of the
Cambridge
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Open Studios project and later at the Basement Gallery in
Ipswich
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. In December 2008 he was also a featured artist in the CAMBA art exhibition Six Days, alongside notable artists such as Jeremy Andrews.
Houghton's latest solo show is 'Time Watching', staged by the University of Hertfordshire at the Margaret Harvey Gallery in St Albans in March 2009.
In 2002 he appeared in the
BBC1
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television programme ''Beckham For Breakfast'', when his travels around
Japan
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with
journalist
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were featured in a video diary filmed by Hunt.
His photography of football fans and football culture around the world has been published in many magazines, including
''Match'',
''Four Four Two'', Football First and Sport First. As a CD sleeve designer, his work has included ''What's It All About'' by
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and ''The Mod Singles Collection'' by
The Chords
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References
External links
Official Site- Dave Houghton's conceptual art and photography
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
British graphic designers
English photographers
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