Tate
Job title:
Project Photographer
Company
Tate
Job description
About the role
The Project Photographer will be responsible for developing and advancing Tate’s practice, ensuring we are working at our best and with the most appropriate methodologies, equipment and workflows. This role will lead on and deliver the photography of the Barbara Hepworth Materials and Studio Collection. This role is supported by the National Heritage Lottery Fund and is based in our offsite store and Conservation Unit in St Ives.
In collaboration with the Photography & Imaging Manger you will be responsible for developing an exciting new photography standard at Tate for the wider Studio and Materials Collection, that will accurately and technically record these unique, historical objects, whilst bringing them to life in visually appealing content. There will also be a requirement to deliver technical conservation imaging to support the treatment of the objects prior to their display in the reopened Palais de Danse, a former dance hall and studio of the British sculptor, Barbara Hepworth, in St Ives. On-site architectural and editorial photography of the renovation of the Palais de Danse may also be required.
You will be establishing and advocating for photography requirements within the project team and organising a schedule for object photography with Art Handling, Conservation, Curatorial and Registrar teams.About your team
Tate Photographers are responsible for providing the highest quality of photography and imaging services across Tate, working within the Collection Care Division and more widely with Curatorial, Communications, Development, Digital, Audiences, Learning and Tate Enterprises. Working in the studio and on location we respond flexibly and creatively to briefs, bringing excellence and innovation to a collaborative and supportive team. Tate Photography also manages and preserves the varied assets it creates, making images accessible to all through diligent administration of our DAMS.The Palais de Danse project contains working materials that belonged to both Hepworth and her assistants including scrapers, files, rasps, brushes, pulleys, spacers, wire mesh, prototypes, polishes, preparations, paper sacks of surgical dental plaster, turntable fitments, frames and a large number of plinths Hepworth made for the display of her sculptures. Significant furniture and fittings, include workbenches, stools, period cupboards and shelving in the workshops; coloured screens, a large mirror and lampshades in the dance hall; the chequerboard grid on the floor of the Upper Workshop with a visible outline of the United Nations’ Single Form.
A number of these integral features, along with the sliding glassine screens Hepworth designed to separate the Small Hall from the dance hall and the sprung dance floor are mentioned under a protective covenant within the original transfer documents. This collection was designated as the Materials and Studio Collection by Tate in 2016.What you will gain
This role presents an opportunity to advance your career in cultural heritage photography; offering avenues for developing planning and engagement skills as well as jobs that will challenge and grow your photographic ability.What you will do (Main Duties and Responsibilities)
- Work with Photography & Imaging Manager to develop a new object focused photography standard for Tate’s Artist’s Studio and Material Practice Collection that serves to technically document and simultaneously bring these objects life and tell their stories.
- Lead photography workstream providing specialist evaluation, advice and costs; negotiating brief, remit, procedures and timelines with the project team.
- Photograph selected objects in the Barbara Hepworth Materials and Studio Collection and provide conservation imaging to support the work of the project Sculpture Conservator and Senior Technician; maintain expected standards of quality and technical expertise in all Photography and Imaging outputs.
- Upload images to our DAMS for visibility on Tate’s website allowing access to a global audience. Assist Photography & Imaging Manager with development and management of DAMS systems as required to support project aims.
- Document a variety of non-collection subjects as required to produce architectural, archival, communications, editorial and commercial imagery.
- With support from Photography & Imaging Manager and Tate Senior Photographer team procure and maintain project equipment and studio facilities; manage photography project budget and report any concerns and arranging for repair/servicing as required.
- Share knowledge and expertise with the Photography and Imaging Team, clearly communicating the rationale for practise, involving the team with the introduction of new procedures and technology.
- Actively research and monitor developments in the sector, evaluating their benefit to Tate and raising opportunities for implementation with the Photography & Imaging Manager and project team.
- Implement Health and Safety measures pertaining to the requirements of the job and safeguard works of art and objects in Tate’s care, applying Tate’s policy for care of the collections. Support Photography & Imaging Manager with creation and review of Risk Assessments.
What you will bring to the team
- Professional photography experience working in a gallery, museum, library or equivalent cultural heritage or arts environment; the ability to photograph 2&3D subjects, architecture, events and people, using both available and artificial light.
- A thorough understanding or experience of conservation imaging.
- Knowledge of advanced and emergent imaging techniques and their application to cultural heritage such as multi-spectral photography, x-radiography, photogrammetry, 3D scanning, International Colour Standards
- An understanding of colour management and its application to photographing artworks and heritage objects
- Interpersonal and influencing skills
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Expected salary
£28854 per year
Location
St Ives, Cornwall
Job date
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:21:24 GMT
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