About

Statement
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I'm a photographer working between documentary and art practice, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

My commercial work as an arts and cultural heritage photographer is informed by my personal practice as an artist and printmaker working with photography, as well as my own interest in the history of art and my professional background working in the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums sector.

My personal work explores themes ranging from social history and cultural heritage to landscape, architecture and the natural world. I use both digital and analogue media and equipment. The use of different printmaking processes (including Toyobo, cyanotype and digital printmaking) and book-making are important aspects of my work.

Education
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2019 ∙ MA Documentary Photography and Photojournalism ∙ University of Westminster ∙ London
2013 ∙ BA (Hons) Photography ∙ Anglia Ruskin University ∙ Cambridge

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Employment
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2024 - 2025 ∙ Lead Photographer (maternity cover) ∙ National Museums Scotland ∙ Edinburgh
2013 - 2025 ∙ Freelance Photographer ∙ Josh Murfitt Photography ∙ Edinburgh and Cambridge
2021 - 2024 and 2025 ∙ Gallery Attendant ∙ National Galleries of Scotland ∙ Edinburgh
2016 - 2019 ∙ Photo Collections Assistant ∙ Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology ∙ Cambridge
2015 - 2016 ∙ Studio and Digitisation Assistant ∙ Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology ∙ Cambridge
2014 and 2015 ∙ Digitisation Assistant ∙ Cambridge University Library ∙ Cambridge
2013 - 2014 ∙ Studio Practice Supervisor ∙ Anglia Ruskin University ∙ Cambridge

Voluntary Work
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2023 - 2024 ∙ Volunteer Collections Researcher ∙ National Museums Scotland ∙ Edinburgh
2020 - 2021 ∙ Volunteer Gallery Attendant ∙ Inverleith House ∙ Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
2020 ∙ Voluntary Art Guardian ∙ Jupiter Artland ∙ Edinburgh
2020 ∙ Book Cataloguing Volunteer ∙ National Galleries of Scotland ∙ Edinburgh
2013 ∙ Studio Assistant Intern ∙ Green Lens Studios ∙ London
2010 - 2012 ∙ Volunteer Video Editor (PR) ∙ Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ∙ Sandy

Solo Exhibitions
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2018 ∙ Islands of Birds ∙ The Edge Café ∙ Cambridge
2017 ∙ Level Ground: Cambridge Pinhole Photography ∙ The Edge Café ∙ Cambridge
2017 ∙ Land, Sea and Sky: Photographs from the Shetland Islands ∙ Hot Numbers Coffee ∙ Cambridge
2013 ∙ Private View: Photography by Josh Murfitt ∙ Green Lens Studios ∙ London

Selected Group Exhibitions
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2025 ∙ Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition ∙ Yoshinogawa City ∙ Japan
2024 ∙ Persevere ∙ Cyan Clayworks ∙ Edinburgh
2024 ∙ Society of Scottish Artists 126th Annual Exhibition ∙ The Royal Scottish Academy ∙ Edinburgh
2024 ∙ Summer Salon ∙ Detail Gallery ∙ Edinburgh
2022 - 2023 ∙ Artists at Work 2 ∙ Scottish National Portrait Gallery ∙ Edinburgh
2022 ∙ Reformulations ∙ London Gallery West ∙ University of Westminster
2020 ∙ All Art is Photography ∙ Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie ∙ Kunstverein Ludwigshafen
2019 ∙ That Was Now: MA Degree Show ∙ Ambika P3 ∙ London
2019 ∙ Everything, All the Time: MA Interim Exhibition ∙ The Street Gallery ∙ University of Westminster
2017 ∙ Orientation: MA Interim Exhibition ∙ The Street Gallery ∙ University of Westminster
2016 ∙ Shutter Hub OPEN ∙ Hot Numbers Coffee ∙ Cambridge
2014 ∙ Art Language Location: Shelf Life ∙ Waterstones ∙ Cambridge
2014 ∙ UX Cambridge ∙ Churchill College ∙ University of Cambridge
2013 ∙ We Surveil ∙ Hoxton Gallery: The Basement ∙ London
2013 ∙ aMUSE: BA Degree Show ∙ Ruskin Gallery ∙ Cambridge School of Art
2012 ∙ (Un) Sustainable? ∙ Ruskin Gallery ∙ Cambridge School of Art
2012 ∙ Bright Sparks ∙ Ruskin Gallery ∙ Cambridge School of Art
2012 ∙ Out of This World ∙ Cambridge Institute of Astronomy

Selected Publications - Commercial Work

​2022 ∙ Power and Prestige: The Art of Clubs in Oceania ∙ Hooper, Steven et al ∙ Skira
2020 ∙ Recording Kastom: Alfred Haddon's Journals [...] ∙ Herle, Anita and Philp, Jude ∙ Sydney University Press
2020 ∙ Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years ∙ Jones, Catrin and Stephens, Chris ∙ Thames & Hudson
2018 ∙ Oceania ∙ Brunt, Peter and Thomas, Nicholas ∙ Royal Academy of Arts
2018 ∙ Fighting Fibres: Kiribati Armour and Museum Collections ∙ Adams, Julie et al ∙ Sidestone Press
2017 ∙ Another India: Explorations and Expressions of Indigenous South Asia ∙ Elliott, Mark ∙ Adivaani
2016 ∙ Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific ∙ Hooper, Steven ∙ Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

Publications - Personal Work
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2023 ∙ Reflect 2023 ∙ Stirling Photography Festival
2022 ∙ YEARBOOK 2022 ∙ Lloyd, Jayne ∙ Shutter Hub
2020 ∙ Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie: The Lives and Loves of Images ∙ Campany, David ∙ Kehrer Verlag
2009 ∙ The Photo Album, Volume 1 ∙ Frankie Magazine ∙ Morrison Media

Selected Commercial Clients

The British Museum, Art UK, Art Fund, Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge Museums, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue, Sotheby's, St John's College School, The Holburne Museum, Victoria Miro, The New Hall Art Collection, Abbotsford: The Home of Sir Walter Scott, Jupiter Artland, Anglia Ruskin University

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Full CV available on LinkedIn