Margaret Mitchell is a photographer based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her overarching interest lies in people and their stories, with childhood, youth, place and belonging often explored in the people and places photographed.

Work has been exhibited widely, including at Somerset House, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery as part of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize.

She is the recipient of both national and international awards including the Sony World Photography Awards (2nd place Professional: Contemporary Issues, 2018), The Royal Photographic Society’s IPE160 (Gold Award, 2017) and the LensCulture Portrait Awards (finalist, 2017).

Projects range from exploring communities and children’s worlds through to long-term documentation projects. Work is held in the collection at the National Galleries of Scotland.