I am a London based researcher and writer.
I completed my PhD in 2019 at the University of Sussex. I hold an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London and a BA in Art History from McGill University.
My work centres on critical histories and theories of photography. My areas of interest include queer and lesbian photography in the UK during the 1980s and 90s, as well as queer photography more widely; feminist photography; British ‘photo theory’; utopian/future-oriented theories of photography; and the historicisation of Vancouver School photo conceptualism. My work is interdisciplinary, and pulls from across fields in order to situate images both within the context of their making, and as sites of political potential which work across time.
My publications include the books Hurled Towards the Future: Lesbian Photography and Queer Imagination in 1980s London (2026) and Photography — A Queer History (2024, with Theo Gordon). I have contributed to edited collections, including the texts “Gender, Identity & Queer Theory in Photography Today” in The Routledge Companion to Global Photographies (2024); “Lesbians Talk: British Lesbian Politics and the Sex Wars” in Resist, Organize, Build: Feminist and Queer Activism in Britain and the United States During the Long 1980s (2022); and “Do You Have Place? A Conversation with Sunil Gupta” in Third Text (2021). With Fiona Anderson, Theo Gordon and Laura Guy I am co-editor of “Queer Art in Britain since the 1980s”, a special issue of British Art Studies (2025).
In addition to my writing, I have been invited to present at international conferences including the Association for Art History (AAH) and College Art Association (CAA), and at institutions including The National Portrait Gallery, The Photographers’ Gallery, and Studio Voltaire.
I am Course Leader of MA Contemporary Photography and Theory.