Graeme Chesters

Graeme Chesters is a freelance photographer, writer and researcher based in the North West of the UK. He is also Research Director for the 90 North Foundation, specialising in research, conservation and education on issues relating to the Central Arctic Ocean. He was previously Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Bradford University. He has worked on a range of social, academic, artistic and commercial projects and welcomes contacts and commissions in all of these areas.

Graeme is a member of Luneside Artists Studios, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Geographical Society.

Over the last two years he has been working on two long term photographic projects. One documenting ‘change’ in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, the northernmost community in the world, and the other working with a touring Circus to document their experiences of performance, identity and community.

In February 2020 Graeme was awarded the AP Magazine / MPB inaugural ‘Rising Star’ bursary for his photographic work documenting change in the high Arctic.