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www.andrewhiggott.com

Andrew Higgott was the AA Slide (Photo) Librarian from 1975 to 1989, having joined the AA staff in 1973 after graduating from Cambridge. He has travelled to most countries of Europe as well as India, Brazil and the USA, taking pictures that have become part of the AA collection. As photo librarian, he curated exhibitions and contributed to publications on the architectural photography of F. R. Yerbury and Eric de Mare, based on the Photo Library archives. Since leaving the Photo Library he has taught the history and theory of architecture, primarily at the AA and at the University of East London, where he has co-ordinated architectural history and theory teaching and an MA course on architectural theory. As well as other articles and essays, he has published two books- Mediating Modernism (2007) on British modern architecture and the published media - and co-edited Camera Constructs (2012) on the theory, practice and history of the relationship of architecture and photography.