Val Williams is a writer and curator based in London. She is UAL Professor of the History and Culture of Photography at London College of Communication and founder Director of the UAL Photography & the Archive Research Centre (2003-2018) and of the Moose on the Loose Biennale of Research (2009-2016). She is an Editor of the Journal of Photography & Culture and  has curated numerous exhibitions in  UK and internationally, at venues including Tate Britain, the V&A, the National Media Museum and for the British Council. She has worked on histories of women photographers since the 1980s and is the author of numerous books on the history of photography  and contemporary work.