About Artofthestate and how to contact me
Hi, I’m ARTOFTHESTATE aka Steve Cotton, a London based photographer, and this site is my photo blog and personal archive since I started it back in 2001. It focuses on London Street Art with hundreds of artist featured including Banksy, along with punk rock and life and events in London.
As well as this blog, you can find me here:
Twitter – artofthestateuk (sometimes)
Flickr – artofthestate (street art)
Instagram – artofthestateuk (street art)
Instagram – artofthestatepunk (punk bands)
Youtube – artofthestatepunk (punk band videos)
Youtube – artofthestate (street art / London)
Facebook – Art Of The State (street art)
Threads – artofthestateuk
PHOTO USAGE: If you have a photo usage request, send it to: photos@artofthestate.co.uk. Full details on ordering can be found here. Please note: Charges will be levied for non authorised usage of any photo for which the copyright is owned by Steve Cotton that is used without prior permission. For a full list of these charges please use the contact email address below
Previous publications that have featured my artofthestate photos include Alamy, Amazon Publishing, Arsenal Football Club, The Big Issue, The British Council, Daily Mail, Dazed & Confused, Elle, Elle Decor, Evening Standard, Getty Images, The Guardian, The Independent, Kerrang, Metro, New York Times, Planet Rock, Railway Herald, Record Collector, Savoy Magazine, Sothebys, The Sun, Time Out, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Vive Le Rock, and Vogue.
CONTACT: Any other comments, enquiries, suggestions about artofthestate should be sent to to Steve Cotton: contact@artofthestate.co.uk
Best
Steve, September 2026
Hey Steve,
I was just googling and found your site. So cool. What’s even better, is the Ripcord, RMD, Maniac flyer for the William Morris club.
So… I was the drummer with Real Molesworth Dirt and would love to know where the tape of the gig can be found. Just for shits and giggles. Look forward to your response. Cheers
Hi Steve, I have a Flickr website and would dearly like to add one of your nighttime shots of Southgate station to accompany my surface shot of the station taken on a gloomy day last week. I would, of course, credit your image. I live 100 miles from Southgate and was so disappointed with the light on the day of my visit. Please check out my Flickr site which, according to the recently released stats, attracted over 2 million hits this year.
Hi Roger, thank you for your message and for asking – that’s absolutely fine. Best, Steve