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Jonathan Shaw

Photographer and academic

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About Jonathan Shaw

Jonathan Shaw was a British photographer and academic.

Jonathan Shaw is a British photographer and educator.

Photography Shaw's work has been shown at Leeds Met Gallery, Goethe Institute in Dresden, Germany and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

Shaw is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and is a member of the society's 'Multimedia and Narrative Distinction Panel' alongside Andy Golding (University of Westminster) and Daniel Meadows among others.

He is chair of the board of directors of Birmingham Open Media, and a trustee of The Photographers' Gallery; and sits on the advisory board for Photomediations Machine.

He was chair of the Association for Photography in Higher Education from 2014 to 2017. He sits on the editorial board of Media Practice & Education, and was a guest editor of a "special disrupted issue" of the Journal of Media Practice in May 2018. He is the international member of the academic board of the Photography Studies College, Melbourne, Australia, and a visiting professor at Bournemouth University's Centre for Excellence in Media Practice.

Publications Publications by Shaw Crash. The New Art Gallery Walsall (2009) Newfotoscapes. A multi-platform open book (2014)

Publications with contributions by Shaw Time|Motion. Dewi Lewis (2003) (re)collect. Pavilion (2006)

Exhibitions 2009: Crash, The New Art Gallery Walsall 2010: On The Move, Estorick Collection, London. Group exhibition curated by Jonathan Miller.

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Important facts

Nationality
Education
University of the West of England, Birmingham City University
Employers
Coventry University
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jonathan Shaw

· Wikidata: Q17101712

· DBpedia: Jonathan Shaw (photographer)

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