Man’s best friend and his own worst enemies on show in Dougie Wallace’s exhibition

If you caught the documentary What Do Artists Do All Day on him on BBC Four a year ago, you’ll have an idea of what Dougie Wallace is like – upfront, funny, and very, very energetic. You could say the same for his photography too, which though it’s been shot in a variety of places ranging from Mumbai, to East London, to outside Harrods, always bears his trademark wit and momentum.

Now Wallace is showing his five book projects to date at the Bermondsey Project Space in London – Blackpool, Stags & Hens; Road Wallah; Harrodsburg; Shoreditch Wildlife; and a new title, Well-Heeled. A dogs-eye view of pampered pets, it’s now being published as a book by Dewi Lewis.

Book launch and private view at the Bermondsey Project Space, 183-185 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3UW from 6-9pm on 28 March. Exhibition continues until 07 April https://project-space.london

Well-Heeled is published by Dewi Lewis, priced £26 www.dewilewis.com/products/well-heeled

You can find Dougie Wallace on Instagram at dougie_wallace or online at www.dougiewallace.com

Winnie 2016, Knightsbridge, London. From Well Heeled © Dougie Wallace/INSTITUTE
Two Legs Better, 2016, Hyde Park, London. From Well Heeled © Dougie Wallace/INSTITUTE
Three Poodles, 2016, Knightsbridge, London. From Harrodsburg © Dougie Wallace/INSTITUTE
Old Guard, 2015, Knightsbridge, London. From Harrodsburg © Dougie Wallace/INSTITUTE
Princesses, 2015, Knightsbridge, London. From Harrodsburg © Dougie Wallace/INSTITUTE
Crazy Driver, 2011, Mumbai, India. From Road Wallah © Dougie Wallace/INSTITUTE
Backseat Driver, 2013, Mumbai, India. From Road Wallah © Dougie Wallace/INSTITUTE
Traffic Jam, 2015, Mumbai, India. From Road Wallah © Dougie Wallace/INSTITUTE
When in Rome, 2011, Blackpool. From Blackpool, Stags & Hens © Dougie Wallace/INSTITUTE
Fish & Chips, 2012, Blackpool. From Blackpool, Stags & Hens © Dougie Wallace/INSTITUTE
Night Nurse, 2013, Blackpool. From Blackpool, Stags & Hens © Dougie Wallace/INSTITUTE
Lord Nelson, 2010, London. From Shoreditch Wildlife © Dougie Wallace/INSTITUTE
Diane Smyth

Diane Smyth is the editor of BJP, returning for a second stint on staff in 2023, after 15 years on the team until 2019. She also edits the Photoworks Annual, and has written for The Guardian, FT Weekend Magazine, Aperture, FOAM, and Apollo, plus catalogues and monographs. Diane lectures in photography history and theory at the London College of Communications, and has curated exhibitions for The Photographers Gallery and Lianzhou Foto Festival. Follow her on instagram @dismy