Overview
As Course Leader, Conrad has written and developed one of the most exciting and successful photography degrees of its type in the UK. Commercially, Conrad has freelanced for editorial clients,
including the Observer Magazine and the Saturday and Sunday Times
Magazines and more recently a commission for Bond & Coyne. His work has also been represented by both Photonica and
Getty Images, for advertising and promotion.
Conrad’s documentary work has been exhibited nationally over the last 25 years. He continues to make work including an ongoing series based around alternative football culture in Hamburg, titled Sometimes Antisocial, Always Anti-fascist (FC Sankt Pauli), which was exhibited as a solo show at The Parkside Gallery, Birmingham in April 2019. In 2021, Out Of Place Books published a body of his work titled It's Nice To Know You're Here, which after selling out it's first two print runs is to go to third edition in 2024.
Conrad has developed a network of important contacts within the photographic industry that both enrich the courses’ contemporary currency and inform the curriculum, this includes agents, picture editors, stylists, advertising creatives, art directors, photographic assistants and photographers.
Conrad chaired the War on Want Photography Award ‘Document’ 2010 as well as co-curating an International Student Photography exhibition as part of New York Photography Festival 2010.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- MA Visual Communication-Photography (Birmingham City University)
- BA (Hons) Photography (Staffordshire University)
Teaching
Conrad is Course Leader and Year 3 Tutor on the BA (Hons) Commercial Photography course at AUB. The two key units that he runs are Specialist Practice and Major Project, whilst also teaching on units in Year 2.
Before working at AUB, Conrad was a Visiting Tutor, and Lecturer at a number of institutions, including:
Portsmouth University and the University of the Creative Arts London (Rochester).
Conrad has working links with several international universities, including Parsons New School and the Fashion Institute of Technology, both in New York.
Contributions to photography textbooks: Photography 4.0: A Teaching Guide for the 21st Century: Educators Share Thoughts and Assignments (Photography Educators Series)
Bogre. M Photography 4.0: A Teaching Guide for the 21st Century: Educators Share Thoughts and Assignments published by Routledge.
Pritchard. L Running a Successful Photography Business published by Bloomsbury.
Research
Research Interests and Projects
Documentary Practice.
Conrad’s documentary work has been exhibited nationally over the last 30 years, including:
- Derby Photography Festival
- The City Gallery Leicester
- Est Midlands Arts (solo show)
- Philosophy Football, at The Royal Festival Hall.
Most
recently he held a solo exhibition at the Parkside
Gallery Birmingham,
titled Sometimes Anti-social,
Always Anti-fascist, which explored the alternative fan culture of Hamburg’s FC Sankt Pauli- 2019.
In 2021, a body of Conrad's work, titled It’s Nice To Know You’re Here, was published by Out Of Place Books, which sold out the first two editions and is to be reprinted as a third addition in 2024.
Conrad continues to make personal work, which broadly looks at masculinity, class and culture, which is clearly influenced by his own lived experience
My Research Gallery
Professional Engagement
External Examining Experience:
- Oxford Brookes University
- The University of the Arts Norwich
- University of the Creative Arts London (LCC)
- University of Brighton (BCC)
- University of Chester (NCC)
- Gloucestershire University (SNC)
Conrad has also been an External Panel member on validations at:
- Cork Institute of Technology
- Derby University
- De Montfort University
- EDXCELL
Within the HE sector, Conrad has a recognised profile, including being elected Chair of The Association for Photography in Higher Education (APHE) between 2011-14, helping him to maintain a high profile in the photographic community.
Awards and Prizes
Notable awards/prizes
In 2013, Conrad was awarded the honour of receiving the prestigious Award for Services to Photographic Education, from the Royal Photographic Society, in recognition of his work in the field.
The award was inaugurated in 2011 and is given for outstanding achievement or sustained contribution in photographic education. This
includes exceptional course development and management in combination with inspirational teaching or any other element that has progressed or improved photographic teaching and education.
Memberships
Advance HE Membership
- Fellow (FHEA)
Professional Memberships
- Chair of the Association for Photography in Higher Education (2011–2014)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2006)