| AdminHistory | Herbet Walters is a Birmingham-based photographer who first discovered a love of photography aged eight years old. He said that his family always had a camera in the house, which he would use to document his family, his life and the lives of those around him.
He wanted to study photography more seriously but noted that he was discouraged from going to university, and ended up becoming a bricklayer. Prior to later attending university, aged 48, he travelled the world with his camera, living in London and other European countries including Norway and Germany.
He moved in New York in 1998, documenting homelessness for three years and exhibited his work there. As Walters noted of his various travels: “I decided to document more things around me through street photography, including gangs in Birmingham, demonstrations in London, and big moments in history like Margaret Thatcher’s funeral.”
He later enrolled at Birmingham City University to study a photography degree, graduating in 2015. Walters noted that "I feel like I went to university at a good age. If I had studied when I was much younger, I wouldn't have been as interested. But coming as a mature student, I made the most out of it."
Since graduating, Walters has been doing photography professionally for over 20 years. He has previously exhibited at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Midlands Art Centre and the New Art Gallery in Walsall. He has worked with several notable photographers and artists including Vanley Burke, Charlie Philips, Banksy & Mark Power.
His recent exhibitions include 'Visions of Moments' at the Medicine Bakery and Gallery, New Street, Birmingham, (2019), 'Stories in Isolation: Where People Once Gathered' (Multistory, 2020), and 'Portraits of Black Britain', also at the Medicine Bakery and Art Gallery (2022).
More of his work can be found on Herbert Walters' Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/herbertwalters5970/?hl=en |