Dougie Wallace, also known as Glasweegee, is a Scottish

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from Glasgow, based in east London. He has had five books of his work published and been awarded Second Prize in the Portraiture category of the 2015

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Life and work

Wallace was born and raised in Glasgow. He lived in

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for a couple of years in the 1980s before enlisting in the army. He has lived in Shoreditch, east London, for 15 years. For two-and-a-half years beginning in October 2010 Wallace made 30 trips to Blackpool to complete his first book ''Stags, Hens & Bunnies: A Blackpool Story'' (2014), photographs of the

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and hen parties that visit the town, "lads and lasses on their worst behaviour, partying away in a bawdy sea of L-plates, handcuffs, blow-up dolls and uniformed fancy dress", "in various states of undress and drunkenness; revelling in bars, puking in the street, refuelling at chip shops." Wallace spent 15 years photographing in the Shoreditch area of East London, a series published in his second book, ''Shoreditch Wild Life'' (2014). He photographed the disappearing

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s in Mumbai for his series ''Road Wallah''.

Publications

Publications by Wallace

*''Stags Hens & Bunnies: a Blackpool Story''. Stockport:

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, 2014. . With an introduction by Wallace, "The Photographer's Tale". *''Shoreditch Wild Life''. Book 4 from the series East London Photo Stories. London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2014. . **Second edition, 2016. *''Road Wallah''. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2016. . *''Harrodsburg''. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2017. . With an introduction by

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. *''Well Heeled''. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2017. . *''East Ended''. Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2020. . With an essay by Paul Lowe.

Publications with contributions by Wallace

*''Sony World Photography Awards 2015.'' London:

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, 2015. *''100 Great Street Photographs.'' Munich, London, New York:

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, 2017. By David Gibson. . Contains a commentary on and a photograph by Wallace. *''Unseen London.'' London: Hoxton Mini Press, 2017. . With photographs by and interviews with various photographers, and text by Rachel Segal Hamilton. *''London Nights.'' London: Hoxton Mini Press. 2018. . With essays by Anna Sparham and poetry by

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. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the

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Awards

*2015: Second Prize, Portraiture category,

for ''Glasgow, Second City of The Empire''.

Exhibitions

*2011: ''Reflections On Life,''

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, Derby, UK, 4 March – 8 May 2011. *2014: ''Stags, Hens & Bunnies,'' Hoxton Gallery, London, 24 July – 3 August 2014. *2015: ''2015 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition,''

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, London, 24 April – 10 May 2015. *2015: ''Wild Life,'' Fotofestiwal Lodz, Łódź, Poland, 28 May – 7 June 2015. *2015: ''Harrodsburg,'' The Print Space, London, 1–20 October 2015. Part of Photomonth East London Photography Festival.

TV Appearance

*''

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''. Episode 26.

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, 2016.

References

External links

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