Sean Charlton White (1997) is a Swiss–British
freelance photographer, graphic designer and artist. Born in Switzerland, he is currently based in The Hague (NL) where he graduated from the photography department of the Royal Academy of Art The Hague (KABK) after completing a foundation year at ECAL.
Besides his own practices, he works for The Wire as a photo editor and designer, while also making
books with Ben Weaver for Here Press and various other publishers.
To be found mostly in The Netherlands but also sometimes in London and around Lausanne.
Member of Touchy Studios Collective
Available for commissions and projects, so please don’t hesitate to reach out!
seancw[at]etik.com *
+31 6 11 23 95 46
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Winner of Steenbergen Stipendium 2023 Public Prize.
Selected for the Rotterdam Photo 2025 x Amarte: Dutch Talent Project Grants, Swiss Design Awards 2024, DuPho SO’24 Award, Steenbergen Stipendium 2023, The Emergentes Portfolio Reviews 2023 and Canon Student Development Program 2021.
EXHIBITIONS
2025
Rotterdam Photo - Rotterdam (NL)
2024
Swiss Design Awards - Basel (CH)
SO’24 expo - Capital C, Amsterdam (NL)
2023
The Promise of Ruin(s), Chapter six: General Morphology of Urbanism with Denicolai & Provoost and Sean Charlton White - The Balcony, The Hague (NL)
Steenbergen Stipendium - Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (NL)
Graduation Show - Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague (NL)
2022
UNFOLDING TERRITORIES: Co-creating Through Cartographies of Care - The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague (NL)
2019
Fondamenta - Basecamp, Locarno (CH)
NACHTVOLK / NIGHTSHIFT / PRESENCES NOCTURNES - Recyclart, Brussels (BE)
Rien a changé - les Ateliers Mommen, Brussels (BE)
75 Palace Première - Palace Bruxelles, Brussels (BE)
2018
Half-Time exhibition - ECAL, Lausanne (CH)
*For any inquiries related to The Wire, please contact me only at sean[at]thewire.co.uk