Duncan Wooldridge

Duncan Wooldridge is a Reader in Photography at the School of Digital Arts (SODA), Manchester Metropolitan University. He teaches on BA and MA Photography programs and supervises doctoral research exploring experimental and cross-disciplinary photographic practices. In 2020, he co-founded the international network Global Photographies, connecting institutions across continents.

• Research Focus: Materiality, experimental methods, and photography’s future tense
• Publications: Author of To Be Determined: Photography and the Future (2021), co-editor of Writer Conversations (2023) and The Routledge Companion to Global Photographies (2025)
• Curatorial Work: Exhibitions like Anti-Photography (2022), Moving The Image (2022), and John Hilliard: Not Black and White (2014)

His curated exhibitions and writings for journals including Art Monthly, Camera Austria, and 1000 Words highlight his engagement with photography’s expanded field. Articles from 2018–2025 demonstrate sustained exploration of automation, materiality, and contemporary photographic theory.