Ian Jeffrey

{{Short description|English art historian, writer and curator}}

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Ian Jeffrey is an English art historian, writer and curator.{{cite web|access-date=2018-07-03|title=Ian Jeffrey, Author at Photoworks|url=http://photoworks.org.uk/author/ijeffrey/|website=Photoworks}}{{cite web|access-date=2018-07-03|title=Ian Jeffrey - Person - National Portrait Gallery|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp152253/ian-jeffrey|website=National Portrait Gallery, London}}

Jeffrey is the author of a series of illustrated books on the history of photography.{{cite web|first1=Ian|last1=Jeffrey|access-date=2018-07-03|title=How to read a photograph|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/mar/06/how-to-read-photograph|date=6 March 2009|website=The Guardian}} He is a recipient of the Royal Photographic Society's J. Dudley Johnston Award.

Life and work

Jeffrey has held the posts of tutor and professor at Goldsmiths, University of London.{{cite web|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Fullerton|access-date=2018-07-04|title=How Britains shocking art movement got its start|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160419-freeze-how-britains-shocking-art-movement-began|website=BBC}}{{cite web|first1=Chris|last1=Arnot|access-date=2018-07-04|title=David Alan Mellor: Image maker|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/mar/01/academicexperts.highereducationprofile|date=1 March 2005|website=The Guardian}}{{cite web|first1=Science|last1=Ltd|access-date=2018-07-04|title=Freeze - Damien Hirst|url=http://www.damienhirst.com/exhibitions/group/1988/freeze|website=www.damienhirst.com|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122185547/http://damienhirst.com/exhibitions/group/1988/freeze|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|first1=Jens|last1=Liebchen|access-date=2018-07-04|title=DL 07 stereotypes of war - Photographs by Jens Liebchen|url=https://www.lensculture.com/articles/jens-liebchen-dl-07-stereotypes-of-war|website=LensCulture}}

Publications

=Publications by Jeffrey=

  • The Real Thing: An Anthology of British Photographs 1840–1950, London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1974.
  • Photography: A Concise History. London: Thames & Hudson, 1981, 1989. {{ISBN|9780500201879}}.
  • The British Landscape 1920-1950. London: Thames & Hudson, 1984. {{ISBN|978-0500233986}}.
  • Timeframes: The Story of Photography. New York City: Watson-Guptill, 1998. {{ISBN|978-0817460150}}.
  • An American Journey: The Photography of William England. Munich; New York; London: Prestel, 1999. {{ISBN|978-3791321585}}.
  • ReVisions: An Alternative History of Photography. Bradford: National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, 1999. {{ISBN|978-0948489600}}.
  • The Photography Book. London: Phaidon, 2005. {{ISBN|9780714844886}}.
  • Second, revised edition. London: Phaidon, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0714867380}}.
  • How to Read a Photograph: Understanding, Interpreting and Enjoying the Great Photographers. London: Thames & Hudson, 2009. {{ISBN|978-0500287842}}.

=Publications edited by Jeffrey=

  • Cityscape 1910-39: Urban Themes in American, German and British Art. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1977. {{ISBN|9780728701373}}. Exhibition catalogue.
  • Bill Brandt: Photographs 1928-1983. London: Thames & Hudson, 1994. {{ISBN|978-0500277263}}.
  • Josef Sudek. Phaidon 55. London; New York: Phaidon, 2001. {{ISBN|9780714841687}}.
  • Shomei Tomatsu. London; New York: Phaidon, 2001. {{ISBN|9780714840192}}.
  • Magnum Landscape. London; New York: Phaidon, 2005. {{ISBN|9780714845227}}.
  • The Art of Kyffin Williams. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2007. With Nicholas Sinclair. {{ISBN|9781905711000}}.
  • Bill Brandt. Photofile. London: Thames & Hudson, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0500410882}}.

Awards

  • 2005: J. Dudley Johnston Award, Royal Photographic Society, Bath. Shared with David Alan Mellor.{{cite web|access-date=2018-07-03|title=Art history professor recognised for contribution to photography|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/media/media508.html|website=University of Sussex}}{{cite web|access-date=2018-07-04|title=J Dudley Johnston Medal - RPS|url=http://www.rps.org/about/awards/history-and-recipients/j-dudley-johnston-award|website=Royal Photographic Society|archive-date=18 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318092227/http://www.rps.org/about/awards/history-and-recipients/j-dudley-johnston-award|url-status=dead}}

Exhibitions

=Exhibitions of Jeffrey's photographs=

  • Universal Pictures, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, 2005/2006{{cite news|access-date=2018-07-04|title=Ian Jeffrey: Universal Pictures – Events – Kettle's Yard|url=http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/events/ian-jeffrey-universal-pictures/|newspaper=Kettle's Yard}}

=Exhibitions curated by Jeffrey=

  • The Real Thing, Hayward Gallery, 1974. Curated by Jeffrey and David Alan Mellor.
  • Cityscape 1910-39: Urban Themes in American, German and British Art, Cartwright Hall, Bradford, 1977; City Museum and Art Gallery, Portsmouth, 1977; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1977; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1978. Curated by Jeffrey and David Alan Mellor.{{cite book|first1=Ian.|last1=Jeffrey|title=Cityscape 1910-39: urban themes in American, German and British art / Arts Council of Great Britain.|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101983988|publisher=Arts Council of Great Britain|location=London|via=HathiTrust}}

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