Max Ferguson

Theories, Policies and Practices

Max Ferguson is a photographer, writer and curator. He is the Founder of Oval Press and Splash & Grab Magazine, and the Photo Editor of Granta Magazine. Alongside Cian Oba-Smith, he co-authored The Portrait Photographer’s Manual (Thames & Hudson). Max is the author of two photobooks: Whistling for Owls and Deadfall. Max is a Senior Lecturer in photography at the London College of Communication and a regular visiting lecturer on various photography programmes across the UK. Previous experience includes five years as the Director of Photography of Port Magazine and several as a photo editor at the Financial Times Weekend Magazine. Max recently completed his MA in Photography at UWE in Bristol.

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  • Reflective post 1

    The post reflects on the selected reading: “Signature Pedagogies in Art & Design” by Orr & Shreeve (2017). The essay explores how distinct teaching practices in art and design education shape students into creative professionals. It is based on Shulman’s (2005) concept of signature pedagogies, which are characteristic ways of teaching within a discipline.  One…

  • Micro teaching reflections

    Reflecting on Collaborative Book Making In this session, we utilised a range of industry skills from magazine and book publishing. Ideally, we aimed for the creativity of a small photo-book publisher while working at the speed of a daily news desk. Skills covered during this session included: Sequencing Editing Book making Industry skills Working with…