Honorary President
Denise King
The association awards the role of Honorary President to a member who has served the
association or the industry with distinction. The president shall be chosen by the
committee and voted on by the members for a two-year term at the AGM. A president
may only serve for one term. The President has the right to attend committee meetings but not vote, they are expected to act as an ambassador for the association. The President also runs and
administers the Brian Tremain Bursary.
Denise King is the Photography and Imaging Manager at the National Gallery, London.
With over 30 years of experience, she has been involved in major projects such as the
first digital capture of the Collection, the creation of the first environmentally controlled
Photographic Archive and most recently the digitisation of some 50,000 analogue
photographic assets.
Chair
Isidora Bojovic Bell
The AHFAP Chair is at the helm of the association's day-to-day operations and governance. Taking the lead in setting the direction and priorities, the responsibilities span organizing the annual AHFAP conference, managing financial affairs, overseeing updates on our website, social media, and newsletters, providing outreach and membership support, and ensuring the smooth running of committee meetings. The Chair is committed to balancing the workload and well-being of all committee members and fostering an environment of openness and cooperation.
Isidora has extensive heritage and commercial photography experience - specialising in fine art/ museum objects photography and architecture. She is the Chair of the Association for Historical and Fine Art Photography and leads the Science Museum Photography Studio in London. Her work focuses on studio and gallery-based photography, and marketing/ press campaigns.
Previously she worked on Steve McQueen’s “Year 3” project at Tate and continues to freelance for Tate Modern and Tate Britain, alongside her commitments with the Science Museum. Other institutions she has worked with include: Sharjah Museum Authority (including Museum of Islamic Civilisation, Art Museum, Science Museum, Archaeology Museum) and the Salsali Private Museum, where several of her photographs are held in the permanent collection.
Treasurer
Kevin Percival
The AHFAP Treasurer is responsible for managing all the financial affairs of the association.
Under AHFAP’s current Unincorporated Association status the Treasurer is solely and personally liable for all contracts and decisions they make in the process of carrying out the treasurer’s duties.
In a change from the past, the Treasurer’s role now includes ensuring a Corporation Tax return is filed with HMRC for each financial year and that the tax owed is paid.
As a museum photographer I've now worked at three of the national museums, Science Museum Group, British Museum and the V&A, in addition to maintaining a freelance career. I can see a huge potential for further skills-sharing and collaboration across the sector. In the difficult times we live in, AHFAP becomes ever more useful and important in providing a forum for this cross-sector collaboration and education. I want to help to continue and expand on the good work AHFAP does to support colleagues, but with recent changes in my role at the V&A I find myself with less time to do the strategic/outreach work I’ve been attempting previously. Taking on the role of Treasurer is something more contained, and that will utilise skills from my working/living in Housing Co-Operatives, where I’ve previously been Treasurer for 5 years.
Membership Secretary
Megaera Amis
The role of the Membership Secretary is to be the first point of contact for current members and prospective members of the association in all matters concerning membership of the association.
Megaera works at Tate as an Archive Project Photographer while continuing their freelance practice. Although they are new to cultural heritage photography, Megaera bring fresh ideas and a drive to explore innovative approaches to collection imaging. As Membership Secretary, Megaera is committed to uniting and supporting photographers working across the cultural heritage sector, helping to build a vibrant and inclusive community.
Minutes Secretary
Nora Ibrahim
The minutes secretary’s job is to record meetings of committees, sub-committees, where appropriate, and annual general meetings. The remit is to record as concisely, as clearly and as fully as is necessary, their business: the time of the meeting, who was present, who sent apologies for absence, the topics covered—the agenda—the discussions and who contributed what, decisions and who made them, proposed and seconded, with votes counted, and when the meeting was closed, so that all the relevant information is preserved in accessible form.
Nora Ibrahim is a digital imaging practitioner at the Osher Map library with over six years of cultural heritage imaging experience. She comes from a background of niche photography where the mindset of real-world framing is the first and most important method of capture in any format of imaging. She is preparing for her MRes in the comprehensive understanding of color perception from a psychological standpoint.
Events Officer
Steve Pocock
The Events Officer is responsible for overseeing the planning and coordination of the AGM, the Annual Conference and any other event the Association may be involved with. Working closely with the Chair, Events Support Officer, Sponsors and other committee members as necessary the Event Officer is also a point of contact for AHFAP members who would like contribute to upcoming events.
The aim of events organised by AHFAP is to provide platforms for people to openly share knowledge and to react to technological developments while making this process accessible and relevant to the needs of the membership community.
I am a Photographer for Wellcome Trust, working on projects across Collection digitisation, editorial stories and exhibitions. As Event Officer I aim to provide opportunities for everyone to contribute their experience and perspectives so that we may all learn new skills with which we can enhance our practices.
Events Support Officer
Jason Candlin
The Events Support Officer is responsible for supporting the Events officer in the planning and coordination of the annual conference and any other event the association may be involved with.
I have worked in the photography industry for over 30 years, the first 25 years of which I worked in Medical Illustration, and I am now a freelance commercial photographer. As a freelancer over the last 5 years I have been working more and more in the cultural heritage sector, including contract work for the Imperial War Museum, Wellcome Collection, and the British Magic Museum, and I have a number of private clients including: fine artists, painters, sculptors and illustrators. I am an active member of AHFAP regularly attending conferences at which I was a speaker in 2018 and was the official photographer at the 2019 conference.
My career in medical illustration culminated in being the Chairman of the Institute of Medical Illustrators (IMI) 2013-2015, prior to that I was a very active member of IMI, having held various positions, including two terms as Conference Chairman, responsible for managing the team that puts on the annual conference.
Web Officer
Dave Green
The Webteam comprises of the Web Officer and Web Support Officer. The Web Officer is responsible for managing the Associations online presence on all the platforms it utilises. Their shared role is the proactive monitoring and reviewing of the Associations’ online activities and implementing dynamic change.
This website is AHFAP’s portfolio, news, history and inspirational resource for its members. I will strive to keep its content relevant and dynamic. However, to achieve this I need your active engagement to keep me abreast of current sector news, events that would interest our members, your stories for our blog page, and your considered articles for our resource section, to help, encourage and educate our readership.
I’m a freelance photographer based in North Devon, working in the Cultural Heritage Sector, with a regional and sometimes international clientele. In the past I have taken on roles within committees’ of regional arts groups but it’s now time to spread my wings. I have built and maintained various websites for the last 15 years and currently use Wordpress for my own site. My own social-media experience has been predominantly Facebook where I founded and maintain the Facebook Group Devon Artists with over 1500 members; I also run the promotional page North Devon Jazz.
Web Officer
Andrew Tunnard
The Web Officer is responsible for assisting the Web Officer in managing the Association's online presence as well as assisting with the promotion and ticket sales of the yearly conference and any other events. The role also involves supporting the Web Officer in managing job adverts, helping the committee to generate new content and designing the way that content is managed on the website.
Andrew is a Lead Photographer for the Science Museum Group, based at the National Collections Centre in Wiltshire. He is passionate about object photography and the different ways in which institutions can showcase collections material, both with conventional and innovative imaging technologies, and active digital engagement.
He has worked in Cultural Heritage imaging for 12 years – 3 for Science Museum Group, and 9 for Imperial War Museums - where his role included marketing, press and event photography, alongside objects. He is keen to develop what we can do as heritage professionals to make engaging experiences for museum audiences with images, and other digital content, such as 3D.
Web Officer
Matilde Zoppi
The Web Officer is responsible for assisting the Web Officer in managing the Association's online presence as well as assisting with the promotion and ticket sales of the yearly conference and any other events. The role also involves supporting the Web Officer in managing job adverts, helping the committee to generate new content and designing the way that content is managed on the website.
Matilde Zoppi is Digital Content Manager at the University of St Andrews - a role that oversees digital content from its creation in the photography studio to its publication. She manages a small team of one heritage photographer and one social media content creator, working with lots of different collections - from archival material, to fine art, to taxidermy.
Her previous experiences include digital engagement and lots, lots, and lots of golf-related cataloguing and documentation.
Speak to her about your latest discovery (or just your work), accessibility, and advocacy - and help us share a snapshot of the great stories behind AHFAP.