Alastair Whitton is a South African photographer and artist whose practice spans photography, artist books, and unique hand-constructed, lens-based works. He graduated with distinction from the Durban University of Technology in 1994 and was awarded the Emma Smith International Scholarship to study at the Glasgow School of Art in 1995. In 2009, he represented South Africa at the 8th Bamako Encounters African Photography Biennale in Mali, and in 2025 was awarded an Ampersand Foundation Fellowship in recognition of his contribution to the creative arts in South Africa.

Whitton has presented work internationally at Photo London and AKAA: Also Known as Africa, Paris, and his photographs have been exhibited at institutions including the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice; Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome; Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon; Foto Museum, Antwerp; and the Center for Book Arts, New York. In South Africa, his work has been exhibited at institutions including the Norval Foundation, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA), and the IZIKO South African National Gallery.

His work is held in major public and research collections, including the Thomas J. Watson Library Special Collections at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Aperture Foundation Library, New York City; the Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts at the Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg; and the National Museum of Mali, Bamako.

For a full exhibition history and publications, please refer to the curriculum vitae.