About

Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Photography since 2014. Derby was one of the first institutions to offer a specialist higher education qualification in Photography in the UK. Consequently, leading this programme is a privilege and an honour.

I am an active researcher and image-maker, specialising most recently in analogue cine media and the creation of multiple projector installations in internal as well as external locations.

Research interests

• The exploration of the qualities, values, limitations and potentials of cranky analogue cine media in a digital age
• Issues of identity and politics in the environment and ideas about landscape and nature
• Expanded cinema and film as embodied experience
• Works can be viewed on Vimeo

Recent publications

FORMAT19 International Photography Festival Conference - in progress.

Membership of professional bodies

• Associate member of the Association of Photographers
• Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society

Professional interests

• Art education in a digital environment.
• Photography and intellectual property.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. Philosophical Aesthetics and Fine Art, Birmingham City University, 2012
• Certificate in Education, University of Derby, 2005
• MA Fine Art, University of Central England, 1999
• BA (Hons) Fine Art, Newcastle Polytechnic, 1992

Recent conferences

• Photography Digital Painting (chair for panel discussions), 23rd October 2019, QUAD, Derby
• Landscapes and Legacy: critical partnerships between arts, culture and heritage. Univ. of Derby, 26^th June, 2019. Delivery of paper and installation of River-Film, multi-projector installation.
• FORMAT19: Forever//Now. Organiser and presenter, 15^th March 2019, University of Derby
• Painting Digital Photography (chair for panel discussion), 9^th May 2017, QUAD, Derby
• Format17 Conference: Habitat, 24^th March 2017. Introduction: Habitat: Difference, Division and Distance. QUAD
• APHE annual conference, 2013: Questioning Learning, Challenging Practice: Issues of Ethics within Photography. Swansea Metropolitan University, 10-12^th July 2013. Paper: A Theory of Making
• HE in a FE Setting. Paper: On a Theory of Making. Derby College, 28^th March 2012.

Experience in industry

• Exhibitor, presenter and portfolio reviewer, Exposure Photo Festival, February 2020. Calgary, Canada
• Co-author and organiser for FORMAT19 Conference, University of Derby, 25th March 2019
• Member of Steering Committee for FORMAT International Photography Festival
• Founder of the Art House Project Space, Derby City Centre, 2017-2019

Curator of the following exhibitions:

• DMARC Research Group Exhibition, FORMAT19. University of Derby, 25th March to 17th April 2019
• Wellbeing and Time, FORMAT18. The Art House, Derby. 17th March to 14th April, 2018
• When Light and Feeling Pass Away, The Art House, 21st September to 21st October, 2017
• Describing The Domus, FORMAT17. The Art House, Derby. 23rd March to 22nd April, 2017

Exhibited works and exhibitions

• Albion's Got Some Serious Issues... Exposure Photo Festival, 621 Gallery, February 2020. Calgary, Canada
• A Profound Difference (3rd iteration) shown for InDialogue19, Deda Dance Centre,19th November 2019. Selected footage is available for view on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/348239676 / https://vimeo.com/348239270
• A Profound Difference (2nd iteration), screened for Departure Lounge, Derby Theatre, 20^th July 2019.
• River-Film, multi-projector installation. Staged for the conference Landscape and Legacy, University of Derby, 26^th June 2019 / View the setup process in this video / View the installation 
• A Profound Difference (first iteration), multi-projector installation for the opening event of FORMAT19, 23rd March 2019

International experience

Exhibitor, presenter and portfolio reviewer, Exposure Photo Festival, February 2020. Calgary, Canada. 

Teaching responsibilities

I teach across the programme for all stages as follows:

• Practice-based modules including analogue and digital media, location and studio photography
• Dissertation and academic research
• Analogue cine media
• Professional practice
• External events and student professional engagement