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I am the course leader for the BA (Hons) Photography course at the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½.

After completing a BA and a MA in modern and comparative literature at the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Provence (France), I went on to do a PhD at Goldsmiths, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of London. My research focused on the photobook as an art form.

Between 2004 and 2008, I worked for Magnum Photos and Jim Goldberg on projects such as Open See (2009), Access to Life (2009) and Documenting Disposable People (2008). My own photographic work consists of long-term self-initiated projects which reflect on the process of writing and imprinting from social, psychological and environmental points of view. Between 2008 and 2010, I took part in Reflexion Masterclass, an organisation and program founded in 2002 by the photographer Giorgia Fiorio. A selection of my work has been exhibited and published in England, Italy and France. My writings and research interests focus on the history and theory of photography and its relationships with literature, cinema and the fine arts, in particular in the context of photobooks.

Employment history

Photographer assistant (2004-2009)
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Lecturer (2010-to the present)

Education

2017 HEA Fellowship, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

2020 PhD Goldsmiths, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of London.

2002 MA Modern Literature, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Provence (France).

2001 BA Modern Literature, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Provence (France).

Publications

2023. Book review, Coming and Going by Jim Goldberg (Mack, 2023)

Photography and Culture, Taylor & Francis, Volume 16 Issue 2.

2020 ‘Paul Graham’s American Night and the Politics of Exposure’, Journal of American Studies (Cambridge ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Press), Volume 54, Special Issue 3, US Topographics: Imagining National Landscapes.

2016 ‘Mrs Merryman’s Play of Images’, Contact Sheet Magazine 187, Light Work Annual 2016.

2013 Reflexions Masterclass al Gran Teatro La Fenice, Marsilio, Venice.

2012 Flash Forward Emerging Photographers 2012, The Magenta Foundation.

2012 Reflexions Matserclass photographies 2002-2012, ed. Giorgia Fiorio, Gabriel Bauret, Actes Sud.

Responsibilities at UOB

Course leader of BA (Hons) Photography

PhD Supervision

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