
Photographers and Research
Client:
Brown, Camilla; 2017; In the Public domain – A Curator’s Perspective in Photographers and Research – the role of research in contemporary photographic practice, Focal Press, Edited by Shirley Read and Mike Simmons.
"Research Is embedded in a curator's role and they will be on a constant learning curve discovering new artists and keeping up to date with current themes and Issues. Research on Individual artists will often start at a nascent stage when curators visit undergraduate students for portfolio reviews, or when they see postgraduate degree shows. Those artists not In higher education may be picked up on through festival portfolio reviews, through work published In magazines or seen In other shows. Curators will often sit on juries, Increasingly for online awards, and will be constantly sifting through and looking out for Interesting work and sharing this Information with their network of peers."
Year:
2017