‘Since 1994, Askew’s principal medium has been photography, although when studying at Goldsmiths he understood his work as sculpture, first and foremost. His approach to photography has remained ‘sculptural’. Inside each image, the weight of the world, and the textures and materiality of objects are given their due. Askew describes his approach as offering ‘respect’ to his sitters and to the material world around us alike’ Alistair Robinson 2022
Solo exhibitions include, Pushkin House, London 2020; Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland 2019. They have exhibited at UK venues including Royal Academy & Photographers’ Gallery London; Ikon, Birmingham; the National Museum of Photography, Bradford and at major international exhibitions including Contemporary British Photography, Rosphoto Museum, St Petersburg 2021; the Prague Biennale 2005; British Photography Today, Recontres de la Photographie d’Arles 1998.
His long-form work We, was published in two companion volumes by Kerber Verlag, Berlin, 2019 & 2022 with essays by Fatoş Üstek, Alistair Robinson & Ian Jeffrey. Described by Charlotte Cotton as "A wonderful book.. a beautiful close, incredibly touching and vast photographic story..It warms the heart as an incredible reminder of the enduring role of photography as the chronicle of lived experience and human relationality”
