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Professor Annebella Pollen is a leading scholar in visual and material culture at the University of Brighton, where she holds the position of Professor of Visual and Material Culture. Her research focuses on mass photography, design history, dress history, and countercultural movements. She has authored seminal works such as *Mass Photography: Collective Histories of Everyday Life* (2015) and *Art Without Frontiers* (2024), and co-edited *Photography Reframed* (2018). Pollen has held prestigious fellowships, including the Philip Leverhulme Prize (2022–2026) and an AHRC Research Fellowship (2015–2017). She has supervised over thirteen doctoral students and examined dozens of international theses, emphasizing pedagogical innovation and collaborative research with heritage institutions. Her work bridges academic scholarship with public engagement, including exhibitions like *The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift* at the Whitechapel Gallery and radio broadcasts on nudism’s cultural history.
Education: PhD in History of Photography from University of the Arts London, MA (Distinction) and BA (First Class) in Design History and Visual Culture from University of Brighton.
Key Projects: Current Leverhulme-funded research on children’s photography history; past projects include studies on British Woodcraft Groups and mid-20th-century naturism. External roles include External Examiner for MA programs at De Montfort University and Glasgow School of Art.
Awards: Philip Leverhulme Prize, AHRC Fellowship, Senior HEA Fellowship.
Publications span journals, edited volumes, and public-facing media, with a focus on underrepresented cultural practices and material ephemera.
