David Alan Mellor is a British curator, professor and writer. He has been awarded the

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's J. Dudley Johnston Award and Education Award.

Life and career

David Mellor — as he was called before he wanted to avoid confusion with the politician of the same name — studied art at

Sussex University , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

under

Quentin Bell Quentin Claudian Stephen Bell (19 August 1910 – 16 December 1996) was an English art historian and author. Early life Bell was born in London, the son of Clive Bell and Vanessa Bell (née Stephen), and the nephew of Virginia Woolf (née Ste ...

. During this time

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, then Vice-Chancellor of the University, received the archive of

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from

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. Mellor has published and curated exhibitions about the substantial collection of pre-war photographs of working-class life contained in this archive. Exhibitions curated by Mellor include ''Paradise Lost: The New Romantic Imagination in Britain'' (

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, 1987); ''The Sixties'' (1993); and ''Co-Optic & Documentary Photography Group'' ( Brighton Photo Biennial, 2014). As a professor of art at Sussex University, his students included

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Awards

*2005:

's J. Dudley Johnston Award, shared with Ian Jeffrey *2015: Royal Photographic Society's Education Award"Education Award"

. Accessed 26 October 2016

Publications

Publications by Mellor

*''Cecil Beaton.'' London:

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, 1994; ; coedited with

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*''Arthur Tress: Centric 52: Requiem for a Paperweight.'' Long Beach:

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, University Art Museum, 1994; *''David Hiscock.'' London: Zelda Cheatle, 1995. *''Sixties London: The Photographs of Robert Whitaker 1965–70.'' Sydney:

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, 1996. *''The Only Blonde in the World: Pauline Boty, 1938–1966.'' London: AM Publications, 1998. ; with Sue Watling. *''Chemical Traces: Photography and Conceptual Art, 1968–1998.'' Kingston upon Hull: Kingston upon Hull City Museums & Art Galleries, 1998; . *''The Barry Joule Archive: Works on Paper Attributed to Francis Bacon.'' Dublin:

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, 2000; . *''The Sixties: Britain and France, 1962–1973: The Utopian Years.'' London: Philip Wilson, 2001; . *''Tracing Light.'' Maidstone:

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, 2001; ; with

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. *''The Art of Robyn Denny.'' London: Black Dog, 2002; . *''Interpreting Lucian Freud.'' London: Tate, 2002; . *''Van Gogh vu par Bacon.'' Arles: Actes sud, 2002; ;

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as seen by

Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon led the advancement of both ...

, edited by Mellor and Yolande Clergue *''Liliane Lijn: Works 1959–80.'' Warwick: Mead Gallery,

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, 2005; *''No Such Thing as Society: Photography in Britain 1967–1987: From the British Council and the Arts Council Collection.'' London: Hayward Publishing, 2007; . *''Antonioni's "Blow-up".'' Göttingen:

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, 2010. ; with Philippe Garner. *''The Essential Cecil Beaton: Photographs 1920–1970.'' Munich: Schirmer Mosel, 2012. ; with Philippe Garner. **''The Essential Cecil Beaton: Photographien 1920–1970.'' Munich: Schirmer Mosel, 2012. ; translated into German by Martina Tichy. **''The Essential Cecil Beaton: Photographies 1920–1970.'' Malakoff: Hazan, 2012. ; translated into French by Patrick Bouthinon. **''Cecil Beaton: Retrospectiva.'' Barcelona: Lunwerg, 2012. ; translated into Spanish by Arturo Muñoz Vico. *''The Bruce Lacey Experience: Paintings, Sculptures, Installations and Performances.'' London:

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, 2012; ; with

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. *''Conflict, Time, Photography.'' London: Tate, 2014. ; with Simon Baker and Shoair Mavlian. *''A Guide for the Protection of the Public in Peacetime.'' London: Archive of Modern Conflict, 2014; .

Publications with contributions by Mellor

References

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