Dr Laurie Taylor
Senior Lecturer - Photography (History and Theory)PhD, PGCert, MA, BFA, FHEAOverview
Having initially trained as a photographer in the US, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Laurie quickly transitioned from making photographs to writing about them. Now an art historian specialising in photography, she divides her time between teaching, writing and research.
In addition to lecturing at AUB, Laurie is also the Assistant Editor of The History of Photography journal, the author of The Materiality of Exhibition Photography in the Modernist Era: Form, Content, Consequence (Routledge, 2021) and has written for numerous publications including, Frieze, Aperture and The Burlington Magazine.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- PhD History of Art/Photography (Birkbeck College, University of London)
- PGCert Creative Arts Higher Education (University of the Creative Arts)
- MA History of Art (Birkbeck College, University of London)
- MA Writing (Goldsmiths College, University of London)
- BFA Photography (TCU)
Teaching Qualification
- Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Higher Education
Teaching
Research
Research Interests and Projects
Laurie's research interests include the materiality of photography, history of
photographic exhibition, and the intersections between photography and other
art forms, both visual and performance based. She's currently researching the large-scale photograph in its diverse
guises as an artistic form, a commercial form and a political form.
Research Supervision
I'm interested in supervising or co-supervising PhD students in any area of photographic history and/or theory. I'm equally interested in co-supervising practice-based PhDs dealing with the uses of photography in combination with architecture, design or other visual or performance-based art forms; as well as those aiming to explore any aspect of the theory-to-practice relationship.
Memberships
Advance HE Membership
- Fellow (FHEA)