About — Max Ferguson

biography

Max Ferguson is an artist, photo editor and educator from London.

He founded Oval Press and Splash & Grab Magazine; is the Photography Editor of Granta Magazine; and is a Senior Lecturer in photography at the London College of Communication. Previous expereince includes five years as the Photography Director at Port Magazine and several as a freelance photo editor at the FT Weekend Magazine.

Alongside Cian Oba-Smith, Max co-authored The Portrait Photographer’s Manual [Thames & Hudson]. He is the author of three photo books: Whistling for Owls, Deadfall and Whiplash Memorial (WIP); and the publisher of Suzie Howell’s a bowl of tears to drink and Sana Badri’s Studio 9 the Market [all Oval Press].

Recent exhibitions include The Tower Block at Peckham24 [London, 2026]; solo shows of Whiplash Memorial at KOPPEL Collective [London, 2026] and IC Visual Lab [Bristol, 2025]; a solo and group show of Turbulence in 2025; and group shows with the collective Figure.8 in 2024 and 2025

contact

info@max-ferguson.co.uk
@maxferguson

ovalpress.co.uk
splashandgrab.co.uk

industry and work

LCC _ senior lecturer
Granta Magazine _ photo editor
Oval Press _ founder
Splash & Grab _ founder / editor

Port Magazine _ photo director

FT Weekend Mag _ freelance photo editor
ticket seller
intern

shop assistant

bike mechanic

education

MA Photography _ UWE

BA Photography _ UWE

PGCert Academic Practice _ UAL

Teaching

London College of Communication
Autograph ABP
The Photographers’ Gallery
Goldsmiths, University of London
Photofusion
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

Publications

Granta Magazine
Port Magazine
Splash & Grab
Financial Times Magazine
Financial Times Life & Arts
Photoworks
British Journal of Photography
Huck

Exhibitions

exhibitor
The Towerblock, 2026
Whiplash Memorial, 2026
Iterations, 2025
Whiplash Memorial, 2025
Dream States, 2025
Turbulence WIP, 2025
Figure.8, 2024
Deadfall, 2024
On Purpose, 2022
UWE MA Show, 2022

curator or producer
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