Margaret Mitchell

With a focus on ethical and engaged documentary, Mitchell has photographed various communities. Questions on inequality and social structures weave their way throughout many of her projects. Bridging the psychological and the social, her practice often explores complexities in people’s lives with an emphasis on place and belonging.

  • Work from “Into Absence” 2017-ongoing

    Work from “Into Absence” 2017-ongoing

    Ongoing Work 2018-2022

    Ongoing Work 2018-2022

    Luba and her daughter, 2020

    Gizmo and Harley at safe street play, 2020

    Ongoing Work 2018-2022

    Ongoing Work 2018-2022

    Ongoing Work 2018-2022

    Ongoing Work 2018-2022

    Ongoing Work 2018-2022

Margaret Mitchell (b. 1968) is a Scottish photographer living in Glasgow. She holds an Honours Degree in Photography from Edinburgh Napier University and a Postgraduate Degree from Edinburgh College of Art.

Her work ranges from exploring communities and children’s worlds to long-term projects on social inequality. Recent projects include a new body of work on housing precarity, home and belonging, and a commission from the University of Glasgow where she reflected on emotional spaces at end of life.