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MAX FERGUSON
LONDON, UK

info@max-ferguson.co.uk
@maxferguson

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GRANTA MAGAZINE
PHOTO EDITOR

OVAL PRESS
FOUNDER
SPLASH & GRAB
FOUNDING EDITOR
LCC, BA PHOTOGRAPHY
SENIOR LECTURER

FT WEEKEND MAG
FREELANCE PHOTO EDITOR
PORT MAGAZINE
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

DEADFALL ︎

Deadfall book is available to pre-order here.










WHISTLING FOR OWLS ︎ 

Max’s debut book (published, 2022), from his new imprint Oval Press, is a story in two parts: image and text; France and London; memoir and fiction; truth and lies. The oblique photographs and sometimes-poetic texts bring together a loose narrative of love, loss and longing inspired mostly by literature.





















BOOKS ︎

Max is the author of three books. Two are books of his own photographs, and texts, and the other is an introduction to portrait photography he wrote with the photographer Cian Oba-Smith. Details of these and forthcoming books can be seen below. 

Deadfall
Max Ferguson

Oval Press, 2023

pre-order here
Deadfall is the second book from Max Ferguson, and his imprint Oval Press. It is a photographic novel that weaves together literature and photography, inviting the reader to slide in free-fall through the life, dreams and memories of its faulted protagonist.


The Portrait Photographer’s Manual
Cian Oba Smith & Max Ferguson

Thames & Hudson, 2023

Available here

“Anyone looking to enhance their skills in portraiture will find this new volume useful. Drawing on the work of 20 photographers from around the world, authors Cian Oba-Smith and Max Ferguson assess established approaches to portraits and explore the latest contemporary thinking. Readers can also get involved, with each chapter containing projects to follow.”
DIGITAL CAMERA WORLD

Whistling for Owls
Max Ferguson

Oval Press, 2022
SOLD OUT

PDF free here
“In the end, what is significant is the way that Ferguson offers images that frequently move beyond their own physical limitations as flat images by extending out to our senses and our memories.”
1000 WORDS MAGAZINE


PHOTO EDITING ︎

Max has over 10 years expereince working with print and magazines as a photo editor, director of photography and editor. Some of the selected covers he has worked on are shown here.



Granta 164
Cover: Etal Adnan

Granta 163
Cover: Donal Sturt

Granta 162
Cover: Walker Evans

Granta 161: Sister, Brother
Cover : Najeebah Al-Ghadban




Granta 160: Conflict
Cover: Thomas Duffield

Granta 159: What Do You See?
Cover: Suzie Howell

Granta 158: In the Family
Cover: Lewis Khan

Granta 157
Cover: Teju Cole

Granta 156: Interiros
Cover: Kaitlin Maxwell


Splash & Grab 5
Cover: Isabel Okoro

Splash & Grab 4
Cover: Gábor Arion Kudász

Splash & Grab 3
Cover: Julia Autz
Splash & Grab 2
Cover: Laurence Rasti

Splash & Grab 1
Cover: Juan Madrid


Port 30
Cover: Ryan James Caruthers

Port 30
Cover: Jessica Madavo

Port 30
Cover: Ian Kenneth Bird

Port 30
Cover: Adama Jalloh


Port 29
Cover: Silvana Trevale

Port 29
Cover: Cecily Eno

Port 29
Cover: Liz Johnson Artur

Port 29
Cover: Andy Massaccesi

Port 29
Cover: Jeff Boudreau

Port 29
Cover: Ana Larruy

Port 29
Cover: Gavin Turk



Port 28
Cover: Luke Page
Port 28
Cover: Donavon Smallwood

Port 28
Cover: Marlen Keller

Port 28
Cover: Guen Fiore

Port 28
Cover: Rahim Fortune



Port 27
Cover: Liz Johnson Artur


Port 26
Cover: Justin French

Port 26
Cover: Geordie Wood

Port 26
Cover: Mous Lamrabat


Port 25
Cover: Clement Pascal

Port 24
Cover: Ryan Pfluger

Port 24
Cover: Jack Davison

FT Weekend Magazine
Cover: Chantal Anderson

FT Weekend Magazine
Cover: Anaïck Lejart




ABOUT ME ︎

info@max-ferguson.co.uk
@maxferguson

ovalpress.co.uk
 splashandgrab.co.uk





© Cian Oba-Smith
Max is a photographer, writer and curator. He is the Founder of Oval Press, the Founding Editor of Splash & Grab Magazine, the Photo Editor of Granta Magazine. Alongside his friend, and collaborator Cian Oba Smith, Max co-authored ‘The Portrait Photographer’s Manual, which was published by Thames & Hudson in 2023. He is a Senior Lecturer on the BA Photography course at the London College of Communication and a regular visiting lecturer on various photography programmes across the UK. Previous experience includes five years as the Director of Photography of Port Magazine and several as a regular freelance Photo Editor at the Financial Times Weekend Magazine. Max recently completed his MA in Photography at UWE in Bristol. His debut book of photographs Whistling for Owls has now sold out.
Publications
Granta Magazine
Port Magazine
Splash & Grab
Financial Times Magazine
Financial Times Life & Arts
Photoworks
How To Spend It
TenTen
British Journal of Photography
Huck
Exhibitions
(curated/produced/exhibited)
On Purpose, 2022
UWE MA Show, 2022
My London, 2019
Peckham 24, 2019
Construction, 2019
My London 2018
Splash & Grab 2017
Splash & Grab 2016
London Art Fair 2016
London Art Fair 2015
Splash & Grab 2015
Teaching
London College of Communication 
Photofusion
The Photographers’ Gallery
Magnum Photos
Calvert-22
Getty Images
University of Plymouth
Falmouth University
University of West England
Birmingham City University
Huddersfield University
Bournemouth Ars University
London South Bank University
Bath Spa University
Norwich University of the Arts
Ravensbourne University