Dr Sara Dominici
I am a Reader (Associate Professor) in Photographic History and Visual Culture.
At Westminster, I am the PhD Admissions Lead for the School of Humanities and the Course co-Leader for the MA Museums, Galleries, and Contemporary Culture and the MA Museums, Galleries, and Contemporary Culture with Professional Experience. Between 2017 and 2026, I served as the Course Leader for the MA Art and Visual Culture.
I previously studied at La Sapienza University, Rome (Laurea quinquennale in Scienze della Comunicazione, 2004) and at the London College of Communication (FdA in Photojournalism, 2006), and hold an MA in Visual Culture (2010) and a PhD (2014) from the University of Westminster. I also previously worked as a photographer and photo editor in both commercial and non-profit organisations.
In 2023, I joined the journal Visual Culture in Britain as co-Editor-in-Chief.
My research interests focus on three main intertwined areas: popular photographic cultures and related spaces of production; technologically-enhanced practices of mobility and vision; and photographers’ engagement with the infrastructures and networks of modernity.
I am currently completing my second monograph, tentatively titled Dark in Name Only: The Experience of the Early Photographic Darkroom, under contract with the University of Minnesota Press and supported by a British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grant Award. Related to this, in 2023 I convened the international In the Photographic Darkroom conference, and edited a special issue of PhotoResearcher on the theme "The Darkroom: Chemical, Cultural, and Industrial" (vol. 41, 2024) stemming from the event.
