Gary Bratchford

Dr Gary Bratchford is Associate Professor of Photography. His research includes visual sociology, visual culture, and collaborative visual methods. In addition to research and writing on themes of verticality, new aerial visions and scopic regimes of power and representation, Gary is broadly interested in ways in which artists and image-makers engage with themes of visibility and power in various contexts and geographies. As a practice-based researcher/writer, Gary uses a mix of approaches, including collaborative, longitudinal socially engaged processes and curatorial practices, to develop a critical understanding of how practice-based research and visual cultures can engender more inclusive and participatory ways to think though a number of issues including health, community cohesion and politics. Gary co-edits Visual Studies Journal, Visual Culture in Britian and co-edits the Palgrave Book Series, Social Visualities.