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I am a London based researcher and writer.
I completed my Ph.D. 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; British ‘photo theory’; photography in and of Wales; 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 book Photography — A Queer History (2024, with Theo Gordon); “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 (2024). I am currently finishing a book on queer and lesbian photography in London during the 1980s, which focuses on the artists Tessa Boffin and Del LaGrace Volcano.
In addition to my writing, I have been invited to present my work at international conferences including the Association for Art History (AAH) and College Art Association (CAA), and at institutions including The Photographers’ Gallery, Studio Voltaire, and Jerwood Space.
I am currently Interim Course Leader of MA Contemporary Photography; Practices and Philosophies. I also teach into Critical Studies on BA Fine Art.
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+44 (0)20 7514 7444
