Who's who
Deborah Baker
Award Leader, Photography
MA Photography (Fine Art)
Academic interests
For many years Deborah has worked as a photographic artist and lecturer. She moved to Cornwall in 2003 to work at University College Falmouth. Through her personal work and collaborative projects she contributes to the research activity at Falmouth, and is also the Award Leader for BA(Hons) Photography.
Deborah studied photography at Trent Polytechnic during the 70s with Paul Hill, Thomas Cooper, John Blakemore, and Raymond Moore. She subsequently worked in New York with Ralph Gibson and assisted other artists including Mary Ellen Mark and Robert Mapplethorpe.
Her work has been exhibited at major galleries in this country and internationally.
Industry background/links
Deborah has also taught on numerous photographic degree courses at universities across the UK, including West Surrey College of Art, London Institute, University of Westminster, and University of Central England.
Recent outputs
'Ghosts in the Nursery', was exhibited in New York as part of the 'Uneasy Spaces' exhibition, curated by Liz Wells as part of the 'Crossing the Atlantic' project 2006. Her photographic work is concerned with a personal perception and the ways of conveying meaning through lens-based images. Photography has been revolutionised by new technologies and Deborah embraces these changes to the medium and the further scope the technology provides. She is also fascinated by the impact photography has on every aspect of our lives and is keen to enable others to discover individual ways of realising their ambitions and finding out more about themselves and the world around them.
Selected earlier outputs
- Cyber Gallery, Brighton UCE
- Gosta Green Gallery, Birmingham
- Montage Gallery, Derby
- Picture House Gallery, Leicester
- Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
- Leeds Millenium Square Temporary Arts Project
- Watershed Media Centre, Bristol
- Focal Point Gallery, Southend on Sea
- Focus Gallery, London
- Thessaloniki Festival of Photography
- ‘Uneasy Spaces' New York University
Current projects/forthcoming outputs
Deborah is very interested in ecology and contemporary thinking, with regard to the environment and climate change. She is currently working on projects concerning natural and managed landscapes.
External examiner
- London Metropolitan University, MA Photography 2007-11
- AKTO Athens for Middlesex University, BA Photography 2009-12
- University of the Arts London (LCC), BA Photography 2009-12
- Swansea Metropolitan University, MA Photography 2009-10 (withdrew from position)
- Appointed panel member for revalidation of the BA Photography course at Westminster University, May 2009
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