Geoffrey Batchen
author
Geoffrey Batchen is a distinguished Australian art historian and Professor of Art History at the University of Oxford. Since 2020, he has served as a Fellow of Trinity College and holds a professorship in the History of Art. Batchen began his career as a curator and has taught art history in Australia, the United States, and New Zealand. He is a leading expert on the history of photography, specifically 'vernacular photography'—images created and viewed by everyday people as a means of capturing life rather than as formal art. His work explores how photography mediates modern existence, commerce, and war, and he has published numerous books and essays in over 23 languages.[1,2,3]
- History of photography
- Vernacular photography
- Art history
- Mediation in modern life
Books
Works by Geoffrey Batchen
- 1997 Books Burning with Desire: The Conception of Photography
- 2001 Each Wild Idea: Writing, Photography, History
- Forget Me Not: Photography and Remembrance
- 2010 The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today Essayist