Bex Day (b. 1992) is a photographer and director from London.
After working as a photo assistant for Ryan McGinley during her time in New York, Day returned to London to become photo editor of PYLOT Magazine, an all-analogue fashion and arts publication with an ethos for zero beauty retouching. This laid the foundation for her own practice, which focuses predominantly on the themes of gender, identity, diversity and freedom of choice.
Day has lectured about her work at Nicer Tuesdays (It’s Nice That), Cambridge University, The Hepworth Gallery, and the Vogue Italia ‘The Female Gaze’ 2016 and Masculinity Now 2018 exhibition., She has also displayed some of her work, and was nominated, for the Magnum Graduate Award 2016, C/O Berlin Talent Award 2020, This is Gender 2020, Wolf Suschitzky Prize 2021, Royal Photographic Society IPE 163 Shortlist 2021 and British Journal of Photography Portrait of Humanity Shortlist 2021.
In April 2019, Day completed her first solo exhibition and film called Hen at Herrick Gallery, London, which was centred around the older transgender and non-binary communities in the UK. It was featured on BBC Breakfast, Channel 4 News, Vogue Italia, Twin, Vice, i-D, It’s Nice That, Refinery29, Buzzfeed’s ‘Photo Stories That Challenge Your View Of The World’, 10 Magazine, Dazed and Confused, and AnOther Magazine.
In July 2022, Day displayed her series and film Children of Covid, at Offshoot Gallery London. The series explored the impact of the pandemic on children ages 4 – 13. Channel 4 created a micro-documentary based on the series, as well as being featured by Wallpaper, AnOther, The Sunday Times Magazine, Vogue Italia, Royal Photographic Society and The British Journal of Photography to name a few.
In September 2023, Day released her first photography book PETAL alongside her third solo show, which celebrates the uniqueness of the vulva, and was featured on Gay Times, i-D, Showstudio, Hypebeast, Revue, and Hero. This was then chosen to show at Photo London 2024 by Charlotte Jansen in the Positions section for unreprestented artists, Flowers Gallery 2024 and Soho Revue 2025.
Her selected editorial and commercial clients include Adidas, Adobe, AnOther Magazine, Apple, Bodyform, Burberry, Dazed and Confused, Fendi, Harper’s Bazaar, i-D (UK/DE), Jo Malone, Levi’s, Louis Vuitton, The New York Times, Stella McCartney, Swarovski and Vogue Italia/Mexico.