The Challenges of a Photography Curator
Resource type
Lecture
Creator (person)
Belknap, Geoffrey
Abstract
Geoff Belknap is Keeper of the Department of Science and Technology at National Museums Scotland. His talk will offer some ‘behind the scenes’ evidence of the challenges and considerations that have to be borne in mind when caring for a national collection. He has unparalleled experience of working with photography, having formerly been the Curator in charge of the photographic collection at the National Media Museum at Bradford. He has published in journals and edited volumes in the history of science, photography and visual culture and his first monograph, From a Photograph, was published in 2016 with Bloomsbury Press on the history of photography in the later 19th century periodical press. He has appeared in print, TV and radio media, including the recent BBC 4 series The Art of Innovation.
Event title
Derbyshire Archaeological Society and the W W Winter Heritage Trust Special Lecture
Publisher
Derbyshire Archaeological Society
Rights statement
In Copyright