Tom Skinner
Lecturer
Tom is a photographer, curator and producer based in Cornwall. He currently teaches on the BA (Hons) Photography course, within the Institute of Photography.
His personal work explores relationships between identity and place, interweaving ideas around tradition, belonging and change.
Tom's broader research is centred around visual-anthropological methodology, utilising multimodal media as a means for ethnographic research, while also understanding the visual document as a site for anthropological enquiry.
He is also the founder of Unveil'd, a platform that champions contemporary photography. He has led the organisation since 2014, and has worked with internationally recognised and emerging photographers through an ongoing programme of exhibitions, talks and workshops. He also launched the Unveil'd Photobook Award in 2015.
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Qualifications
Qualifications
Year | Qualification | Awarding body |
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2021 | PGCE (QTS) | Bath Spa University |
2021 | MA Visual Anthropology, Distinction | Goldsmiths |
2020 | BA (Hons) Photography, First Class | London College of Communication |
Research Interests
Research interests and expertise
- Photography
- Curation
- Photobooks
- Visual culture
- Visual / multimodal anthropology
Research Grants received
2016-2018, Unveil'd, Arts Council England
Teaching
Areas of teaching
- Photographic practice
- Photographic techniques and context
Courses taught
- Photography BA(Hons)
Professional Engagement
Independent professional practice
Conferences
- (2023) Experimentation in/outside the field: Anthropology, documentary and imagining a world otherwise: Royal Anthropological Institute (Online): 07.03.2023
- (2018) Photography & Publishing Now: Centrespace Gallery, Bristol: 21.04.2018
- (2016) The Photobook as Artistic Research and Expression: The Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery: Exeter, 23.10.2016
Curation
- May, 2019: One Sun, One Shadow · Shane Lavalette · Old Truman Brewery · London
- Mar - Apr 2019: Environ · 2020 Collective Group Show Copeland Gallery · London
- May 2018: Unveil'd Presents : Photobook #01 Borough Road Gallery · London
- Apr 2018: Lola Paprocka · Centrespace Gallery · Bristol · Apr 2018
- Oct - Nov 2016: Unveil’d Photography Festival · Multiple locations
- Apr 2016: Visible Mending · Steven Bond · Pop-up · Exeter
- Oct 2014: Unveil'd Ladies & Gents · The Edwardian Cloakrooms · Bristol
- Mar 2014: Young Blood, Old Shot · Doomed Gallery · London
Exhibited
- Oct - Nov 2020: Untitled · 2020 Collective Group Show · Phoenix Art Space · Brighton
- Jul 2020: Adrift · 2020 Collective Group Show Safehouse 1 · London
- Mar - Apr 2019: Environ · 2020 Collective Group Show · Copeland Gallery · London
- Feb 2018: Loading · LCC Group Show · The Art Academy · London
- Jun 2016: TYPify · Macula Collective Group Show · Poltimore House · Exeter
- Dec 2015: Contact · Group Show · Fish Factory Arts · Falmouth
- Oct 2014: Topo · Macula Collective Group Show · Dodo Photo · Exeter
- Jun 2014: Smoke and Mirrors · One Giant Arm Group Show · Book & Job Gallery · San Francisco
- Jul 2014: Unseen · Group Show · Portobello Photography Gallery · London
- Apr 2014: Phoshow · Group Show · Platforms Arts · Belfast