Photographer

The V&A collection is varied and stored across several sites. We are looking for a brilliant photographer who will be able to respond quickly and efficiently to cope with photographing a wide variety of photography requests and deliver high-quality images to time and brief. The post will contribute to the photography of the collection for V&A publications, the museum’s programme, its website and for collections management systems. A suitable candidate will have extensive experience working as a professional photographer, a portfolio of professional work, and be able to demonstrate a full knowledge of imaging software and lighting techniques. They will be expected to become part of a team and to be able to work both under supervision and under their own initiative.

The Photography and Digitisation department serves as a visual hub for the V&A, operating across multiple sites. The team undertakes imaging of the museum collections, its activities, people, and estate that are used for collections management, public access, exhibition catalogues, V&A publications, commercial sales and press and marketing activities. The team also covers work for external partnership publications commissioned by the V&A. It is responsible for the programme management and coordination of digitisation and cataloguing initiatives across the museum, as well as supporting the governance of this work.

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