about - Anna Sampson

Anna Sampson is a London-based photographic artist who works exclusively with film, creating all her artworks in the darkroom. She holds a BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts (2015) and an MA in Gender & Sexuality from UCL (2021), her work has been exhibited internationally and featured in acclaimed cult publications including DAZED, i-D, AnOther, Purple Fashion, Gay Times, and The Face.

Anna’s practice is rooted in a queer erotic gaze, using the body as a site to explore the intersections of performance, queerness, and resistance. Deeply informed by personal life experience and intersectional feminism, her work centres those often marginalised by mainstream narratives. At the core of her artistic vision is a commitment to social justice and the representation of an inclusive, celebratory space of desire. Her practice reflects a lasting commitment to erotic portraiture, darkroom processes and platforming radical, othered beauty.

In July 2024, Anna released her debut artbook, Other Intimacies, in collaboration with the Hayward Gallery. This limited-edition artist’s book brings into focus themes often left in the shadows of contemporary discourse: queer desire and intimacy, subversive exploration of gender, sex work, and the unapologetic, embodied exploration of Self.

Her full archive is with the UK Leather & Fetish Archive at Bishopsgate Institute.