David Fletcher

David Fletcher is an award-winning photographer based in the New Forest, but he was born and grew up in Stoke-on-Trent. His interest in photography was kindled at an early age by his father, a printer, who was himself a keen photographer and set up a darkroom the family bathroom. During school holidays David worked as an assistant in a photography studio and experienced all the processes of commercial photography. His family worked in the steel, coal and pottery industries and David experienced these tough environments first hand in temporary jobs, something which fuelled his interest in documentary photography. In 2017 David won the Documentary Prize in the British Life Photography Awards and an RPS Gold Medal as Documentary Photographer of the Year. His most recent documentary project is on the Oatcake Shops in and around Stoke, which was featured in the Observer and the Guardian.