Charlie Kwai is a British street photographer from London. He is inspired to photograph in locations that are overlooked and difficult to navigate. He centres his work around places that would otherwise not exist without the people who live there.

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Mums on the street smoking and pushing babies in prams

Blackpool

An ever present documentation of the British Isles with each trip published in a limited edition book. The first 6 books are available in the shop.

Dad and sons wearing matching green adidas tracksuis eating hotdogs and drinking coke

Clacton-on-Sea

Shirtless man drinking Budweiser cooking meat on Southend beach

Southend

Open top bus overlooking ingoldmells rollercoaster 

Ingoldmells

Eccentric woman shopping in Sainsburys with blonde wig and pink tracksuit

Great Yarmouth

Family with cunt tagged on wall sitting on the beach

Weston-super-Mare

Man with tattoos and woman drinking coke eating fish and chips on Southend beach

Woman sunbathing with gold swimsuit on pink towel with friend and child

British woman with trolly outside Mcdonalds 

Woman with three children wearing towels with rollercoaster in background

Ingoldmells 

Man sitting on wall wearing all white with shirt undone

Family playing the penny slots on Clacton pier

Two women with three Chihuahuas on Skegness sea front England

Skegness

Kids outside poundland in Great Yarmouth England

Mother and daughter in bikinis smoking on Southend beach

Man and girlfriend with nails wearing lacoste 

Eastbourne

Man walking dog in amusement park wearing blue football soccer shirt that lines up with background

Man and child watching Clacton air show with missing tooth and handlebar moustache 

Clacton

Two blonde girls wearing barcelona kits eating icecream on Clacton sea front

Shirtless old man in white shorts sun bathing on bench in Southend England

Selsey

Women eating asian food in biscuit tins on Margate beach England

Margate 

People sitting outside pub drinking beer looking at phones in Southend England

Man standing sun bathing with olive oil in Southend England

Boy driving car eating burger in Blackpool England

England

Two business men in beige jackets on London bridge.

Overtime

Overtime observes the cold, hard truths of city life – exposing the side effects of a lifetime of work, peering into the obscure and humorous daily grind of the business man. The work straddles between the amusing and sobering reality of the occupational hazards that come with the pursuit of success – where no prisoners are taken in the underbelly of the City of London.

Business man with cuts and bruises across face in central london

Business man wearing blue suit sat in doorway smoking and on phone

Young man on street in grey suit and red tie in London

Old school bouncer with red face in central london

Two business men smoking and picking teeth outside pub in Bank London

Man wearing suit with missing eye in London

Business man adjusting tie and licking lips

Business man smoking on the phone in grey suit.

Business man carrying suitcase in Bank London

Close up of business man banker holding blackberry wearing red tie

Two business men under an umbrella in suits in Piccadilly Circus, London.

Busines man smoking vape in London reading newspaper 

Security outside bank with broken railings

Man in grey suit walks with folded umbrella across Piccadilly Circus, London.

Young trader in suit with blonde hair on the street in Bank, London.

Young business man in pin stripe suits standing in Bank, London.

Business man walking down Oxford street station

Young man wearing suit in Piccadilly Circus 

Business man taking evening standard in Oxford street London

Man with briefcase walking through door on street.

Man in suit reading newspaper as he walks on a street in London

Man in suit walking on street in Bank, London.

Man wearing brown mac and stetson entering Liverpool street station. 

Business man smoking a pipe crossing the road outside Bank station, London.

Man with hair loss walking in Bank, London.

Well dressed business man with grey hair at night in central london

Mariachi sitting in back of brown limousine in Mexico 

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams explores love, life and death in Mexico. Inspired by scenes of romance, fantasy and compassion. Sweet Dreams was published in 2017 with Tripod City and is the third title by Charlie, Paul and Chris.

Boy dressed as Captain America walking down a Mexican street drinking a bottle of milk

Man holding woman with boy crossing street in Mexico

Dancers dressed as cowboys in colourful shirts

Girl drinking coke through car window wearing a pink tiara 

Boy sitting at a coca cola themed restaurant in Mexico

Old man in Mexico wearing cowboy had and moustache 

Man wearing glasses eating dripping ice cream in Mexico

Girl standing out of sun roof whilst driving in Mexico

Man missing eye holding roses and papers in Mexico

Two cute small dogs with missing eye in Mexico

Mother and children holding gun in Mexico

Man looking out window with family pictures in Mexico

Day of the dead offerings with coke bottles and bread

Pink skeleton day of the dead holding roses in Mexico

Two women on motorcycle wearing pink helmets holding roses in Mexico

Matadors and bulls head on wall in Mexico

Woman holding man and couples in a park in Mexico 

Virgin Mary looking over fish tank in Mexico

Religious ornaments Jesus Mary in Mexico 

Couple kissing in restaurant with spider on the wall

Grandma dressed up for day of the dead in Mexico

4 men in a blue pick up truck driving in Ghana

Gold Dust

Gold Dust is an exploration into contemporary Ghanaian culture.

Street performa dressed as a captain dancing in Ghana

Boy looking at photographer with one eye squint

Gold perfumes on street in Ghanaian market

Man on beach wearing leopard print boxer shorts

Man carrying super mario machine on the street

Four men on a blue pick up truck in Ghana

Magnetite

On the Italian Riviera, between Venice and Rimini, sits an unassuming stretch of beach lined with a few thousand sun loungers, interrupted only by a canal that feeds the neighbouring nature reserve. At the shoreline are 28 resorts, each with their own flavour, tailored to the taste of their guests. Without hesitation, these guests return year-on-year, day-in-day out, from sunrise to sunset — to pledge their undying love for a place they call home for a day, a week or the whole summer. 

And like a magnet, their eternal attraction never fades.

To buy the book visit the kickstarter campaign http://kck.st/3LJzGrB ending on the 29th October 2023

woman with pink bikini standing in the ocean 

red swimming hat in swimming pool in italy

woman and man on sun loungers using phones

woman wearing pink in front of pink curtains and pink wall

tanned senior woman with white glasses and smoking

tanned woman on beach holding sun glasses 

Woman walking on shoreline with white sunglasses

people walking on beach flash photography

two boys wearing sun glasses on the beach

couple reading under sun umbrella with dog

woman on sun lounger using phone and smoking

woman sitting on beach with metallic sun glasses 

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