Senior Lecturer in Photography
I'm a Senior Lecturer in Photography at the Northern Centre of Photography, and Deputy Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Photography, Video and Digital Imaging. I'm also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).
I have a diverse art practice and work with a range of media, including photography, generative AI, text, and sourced online material. I'm interested in expanded forms of evidence, simulation, and representation in the post-photography/post-truth era.
For further info about my practice, visit craigames.com
Teaching and supervision
I teach the practical modules on BA (Hons) Photography, Video and Digital Imaging, and MA Visual Practice (Photography).
Research
My practice and research interests encompass interconnected themes relating to generative AI imaging and its complex relationship to photography in the post-photographic era.
Publications
Article
Ames, Craig (2023) European Photography: Edition 114 (Featuring 'Twentysix Image Returns'). European Photography, 44 (114). pp. 26-29. ISSN 0172-7028
Book Section
Ames, Craig (2013) Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography. In: Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography. Belfast Exposed Photography/The MAC. ISBN 978-0-9561766-1-5
Ames, Craig (2011) Nothing in the World but Youth. In: Nothing in the World but Youth. Turner Contemporary. ISBN 978-0955236334
Ames, Craig (2005) Made in Britain: Contemporary British Photography. In: Made in Britain: Contemporary British Photography. Huis Marseille: Foundation for Photography and FOAM Institution, Amsterdam.
Book
Ames, Craig (2004) Left Right Left. PhotoNorth 2004. ISBN 978-0954600105
Artefact
Ames, Craig (2013) Other Theatres. [Artefact]
Ames, Craig (2013) Redacted Territory. [Artefact] (Unpublished)
Show/Exhibition
Ames, Craig (2024) Format 24: Future Now (Featuring 'Evidential'). Format: Future Now, 22.03.2024 - 26.04.2024, LCB Depot, Leicester.
Ames, Craig (2023) Lishui Photo Festival: AI Exhibition (Featuring 'The Waters of Thera'). Lishui photo Festival: AI Exhibition, 06.11.2023 - 10.11.2023, Lishui, China.
Ames, Craig (2023) Photobook Week Aarhus (Featuring 'The Waters of Thera'). Photobook Week Aarus, 02 - 05 Oct 2023, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum.
Ames, Craig (2023) Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale: The Spectre of the People (Featuring 'Official Portraits for a Post-Truth Era' and 'The Infernal Divide'). Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale: The Spectre of the People, 20.10.2023 - 11.02.2024, MOMus, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ames, Craig (2023) Earth Photo: 2023 (Featuring 'Photographs of British Algae - AI Impressions'). Earth Photo: 2023, 18.06.2023 - 21.08.2023, Royal Geographical Society, London.
Ames, Craig (2023) Currents: Art and Technology Festival (Featuring 'Photographs of British Algae - AI Impressions'). Currents New Media: Art and Technology Festival, 16.06.2023 - 25.06.2023, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
Ames, Craig (2023) Copenhagen Photo Festival (Featuring 'Photographs of British Algae - AI Impressions'). Copenhagen Photo Festival, 01.06.2023 - 11.06.2023, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ames, Craig (2023) Landskrona Foto (Featuring 'Photographs of British Algae - AI Impressions'). Landskrona Foto, 12.05.2023 - 31.05.2023, Landskrona, Sweden.
Ames, Craig (2023) Super Sight: Seeing the World Through Technology (Featuring 'Evidential' and 'Synthotypes of British and Foreign Ferns'). Super Sight: Seeing the World Through Technology, 22.01.2023 - 07.04.2024, Västerbotten museum, Umea, Sweden.
Ames, Craig (2013) 'Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography'. NORTHERN IRELAND: 30 Years of Photography, 2013, The MAC, Belfast.
Ames, Craig (2013) You are the Company in Which You Keep. 28 Sep - 23 Nov 2013 & 19 Oct 2013 - 23 Feb 2014, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art and Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens.
Ames, Craig (2011) Back There 2011. Case Open: Selected Works, 30 Sept-30 Oct 2011, Pop Up art space, Centenary Square, Bradford.
Ames, Craig (2011) Nothing in the World but Youth. 17 Sep 2011 - 8 Jan 2012, Turner Contemporary, Margate.
Ames, Craig (2009) Inkubator II: Bunker. INKUBATOR 2: An exhibition of Artists Books, Prints and Multiples, 12 Sept-18 Oct 2009, DLI Museum and Art Gallery, Durham.
Ames, Craig (2009) Demobbed 2009. .
Ames, Craig (2009) Research 09. Research: 09, 2009, Reg Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland.
Ames, Craig (2008) War Memorial. 4 Oct- 23 Nov 2008, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth.
Ames, Craig (2005) Made in Britain: Contemporary British Photography - Exhibition. Made in Britain Exhibition, March 5th 2005- May 29th 2005, Huis Marseille: Foundation for Photography and FOAM Institute, Amsterdam..
Ames, Craig Format International Photography Festival 23: What Photography Can Be (Featuring 'New Topographies: Images of an Algorithmic Landscape'). Format International Photography Festival: What Photography Can Be, 17 Mar - 07 Apr 2023, Derby.
Ames, Craig The Wrong Biennale (Featuring 'New Topographies - Images of an Algorithmic Landscape'). The Wrong Biennale: AI/AI, 01 Nov - 01 Dec 2023, Priestman Gallery, University of Sunderland.
- Generative AI imaging and its relationship with photography
More of my work can be viewed at craigames.com