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curriculum vitae

Name:                   Colin White

Current Position: Freelance Photographer

Qualifications:      BSc Photographic Sciences, Polytechnic of Central London 1986

                              MSc Digital Imaging, University of Westminster 2000.

 

Professional Associations:

The Royal Photographic Society, Imaging Science Group.

The Association of Historical and Fine Art Photography. National Committee member 1996-2009.

 

Professional Interests:

Photographic workflow management.

Colour management.

Image Quality metrics.

Image asset management.

 

Employment History:

Photographer, The National Gallery, London. 1988-1996

Deputy Head of Photography, The National Gallery, London. 1996-2005

Head of Photography, The National Gallery, London. 2005-2011

Photography Manager, Art UK. 2017-2020.

Art Camera Professional Photographer, Google UK. 2014-present.

 

Publications:

Colin White, Introduction to the Digital File, The Association of Historical and Fine Art Photography Journal 11, October 1997, pp. 11. ISSN 1355-0233.

Colin White, The Future of the Museum and Gallery Photographer. Where do we go from here? The Association of Historical and Fine Art Photography Journal 16, 2006, pp. 23-25. ISSN 1797-8324.

David Saunders, John Cupitt, Colin White and Sarah Holt, The MARC II Camera Scanning Initiative at the National Gallery, The National Gallery Technical Bulletin Volume 23, 2002, editor Ashok Roy, pp. 76-82. ISBN 1 85709 941 9, ISSN 0140 7430.

PAST EXPERIENCE

Past Roles

2017 - 2020

Photography Manager, Art UK

Management of photography for Art UK's Sculpture Project.

2005 - 2011

Head of Photography, The National Gallery

Responsible for the photography, asset management, preservation and distribution of all the Gallery's technical and creative photography.

1996 - 2005

Deputy Head of Photography, The National Gallery

Reporting to the Head of Photographic and photography with specific responsibility for overseeing design and implementation of departmental database systems and the MARC (Methodology for Art Reproduction in Colour) scanning initiative (a program to digitise the entire collection  between 2000 and 2002).

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