Grapham Diprose is a British photographer and author. During the 1970s and 1980s, Diprose worked as a freelance advertising photographer in central London, while teaching studio photography part-time. In the 1980s and 1990s, he was a full-time lecturer at the

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, becoming Lead Tutor in Photography within the Faculty of Design. Later, he was Lead Tutor at the Speos Institute in London. He has an interest in both traditional photography and

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. Diprose has been involved with research concerning the history of the

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, including following the photography of the early photographer

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(1842–1922). He has also produced a photography textbook for Thames & Hudson, published in the United Kingdom, United States, and translated into

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. In 2018, he aided the long-term preservation of photographs by Michael George for the

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archive, with the college's archivist Robin Darwall-Smith. Diprose has been on the Organising Committee for the EVA London Conference on ''

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'' since 2015, latterly as the main conference chair. He also liaises with the ''Art in Flux'' group of London-based

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ists.

Selected books

Graham Diprose's books include: * * * * *

References

External links

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