Kit Young was born in 1984. He set out on his photographic journey in 2009 when he moved to France where he joined a group of Paris-based photographers led by Gérard Moulin. It was during this period that Kit began to explore the infinite possibilities of darkroom printing and the juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated moments in time to create visual patterns as part of series-based work.
In this exhibition we bring together the best of his Paris and Scotland work. Look at the prints, they are here to be explored by the visitor like a poem. In fact they are poems.
They evoke the mood and the feeling of the places they show. Listen to the prints and they will whisper to you. You can feel the wind and the world in front of you. Paris is busy but Kit’s photographs show you the poetic side of Paris. Well known places but seen in a whole new way.
Scotland expands in front of you. There is the wind and the vast landscape in mystery for you to discover in these beautiful prints. Is it a wave or a mountain? Where does this road lead to? Cup of tea in a house or a wee dram of single malt? Look at the prints and hear again the whispers and sense the smell.
“I consider myself to be a photographer and a printer. I think that’s an important distinction to make. I don’t just take photos; I make photos too. The photographer in me is responsive, impulsive, reacting to subject matter on the spur of the moment, more often than not giving very little thought to anything more than the lines and tone of what’s in front of me; the printer in me is methodical, exacting, always working in a more meditative way. I do, however, think that both the photographer and printer in me are curious, inquisitive and often playful – and neither is afraid to make mistakes.”
Exhibitions:
RÊVERIE. Kit Young - Leica Gallery Madrid - Madrid, Spain (2025) URL
Venezia. Michael Kenna & Kit Young - The Hulett Collection - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (2024-2025) Viewing Room
RÊVERIE. Kit Young - Leica Gallery Porto - Porto, Portugal (2024-2025) URL
Leitz Photographica Auction 2024 “Gestures” - Leica Gallery Vienna - Vienna Austria (2024) Auction Catalogue
Color and Shadow: Louis Stettner in New York, Kit Young in Venice - FAS44 & The Hulett Collection - Las Vegas, USA (2023) Viewing Room
Unique Works Series - Solo Show - The Hulett Collection - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (2023) Viewing Room
Reflecting on Water - Online Group Show - Open Doors Gallery - London, England - Various works from Where the Rain Clouds Gather - (2023) Viewing Room
L'hiver à Paris - The Hulett Collection - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (2022) Viewing Room
Fall Into Paris - FAS44 & The Hulett Collection - Las Vegas, USA (2022) Viewing Room
A Century of Photography: 1920-2020 - The Hulett Collection - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (2022) Viewing Room
Pop-up Exhibition - Open Doors Gallery & Setanta Books - Shoreditch, London, England - Where the Rain Clouds Gather (2022)
TRANSLUCENCE - Solo show - The Hulett Collection (2022) Viewing Room
Artsy.net - Where the Rain Clouds Gather (Viewing Room) - With Open Doors Gallery (2022) Viewing Room
Open Doors Gallery Winter Exhibition - Southwark Street, London, England - Where the Rain Clouds Gather - Group Show (2021)
Zeropixel Festival 8 - Trieste, Italy - Group Show (2021)
Zeropixel Festival 7 - Trieste, Italy - Group Show (2020)
Open Doors Gallery Landscape Exhibition - Portobello Road, London, England - Group Show (2020)
Semplicemente Fotografare Live 2018 - Novafeltria, Italy (2018)
Red Light Gallery - Norwich, England - Paris at Night (2013)
Université Inter-Ages - Versailles, France - Group Show (2011)
Carré à la Farine - Versailles, France - Group Show (2010)
Publications
Translating John Crome: Through Sight to Insight - Forthcoming (TBA)
LOOP - OneThreeFive Press (May 2024): 72 pages, 41 photographs, Gatefold cover (25x19cm). ISBN: 978-1-7391159-1-3
Rive Gauche - OneThreeFive Press (September 2022): 42 pages, 28 photographs, Soft cover (21x15cm). ISBN: 978-1-7391159-0-6
Where the Rain Clouds Gather - OD Books, UK (May 2021): 90 pages, 44 photographs, Soft cover, fabric tape bound (20x15cm)
Paris Couplets - Bergger Editions, France (November 2018): 48 pages, 46 photographs. Paperback (20x25 cm). ISBN: 978-2-9555912-5-3
Press
Photographize Monochrome Issue 03 - USA/International - 6-page feature (2023) - Issuu
Analog Magazine (Issue 13) - Switzerland/International - 16-page feature (2023)
B+W Photography Magazine (Issue 274) - UK/International - 9-page feature (2023)