David Gwinnutt is an accomplished photographer who’s work spans over 40 years – documenting the faces of London's queer scene capturing some our most celebrated icons in his candid and intimate style. His work explores queer culture often through unposed moments in both public and private places, raw and unfiltered his lens captures genuine emotion, showing the more private side of his subjects and insights into their worlds.

His rich archive and portfolio has been showcased in national and international publications including The Independent, Interview Magazine, Vogue, The Face, Le Figaro, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Attitude, Gay Times, Tatler and The Evening Standard.

The National Portrait Gallery have twenty-one of his portraits and in 2017 they marked the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality with an exhibition of his work, Before We Were Men, which included the images of Leigh Bowery and Derek Jarman.

In 2013 David was voted 16th on the Independent's Pink List of the most influential gay people in Britain for creating the Pink Jack, the British gay flag, which was the first time a national flag had been 'queered'. The 2025 exhibition celebrating the life and work of Leigh Bowery includes images from David’s collection.