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Ken Grant

Ken Grant

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7731-8859

  • York Street, Belfast Campus

    BT15 1ED Belfast

    United Kingdom

20102025

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Biography

Ken Grant was born in Liverpool in 1967. Since the 1980's he has photographed in the city and engaged in sustained projects both in the region and in wider Europe. For 10 years he contributed to Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, advising on exhibition development and education, and has held positions as a member of the Board of Directors at Belfast Exposed Gallery and Gallery of Photography Dublin. Ken Grant's photographs are held in major collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Folkwang Museum, Essen, the James Hyman collection of British Photography and other international public and private collections. He continues to work on long-term projects and exhibits internationally, including Counter Space at MoMA, New York (2011), FotoSommer Stuttgart (2013), Arles (2019), Corbeill-Essones, France (2019) and Fotografia Europea, Italy (2022). A first monograph of the Liverpool photographs, The Close Season, was published in 2002 with No pain whatsoever, published by the Swedish publisher Journal, following in 2014. Other monographs include Flock (2014), A Topical Times for These Times (2016) and Benny Profane (2019). He continues to exhibit, publish, curate and write on photography. His work is included in the major survey show Facing Britain, currently touring Europe and the book Another Country (2022). He served as editor for the recent book on the life and work of Chris Killip, published by Thames and Hudson (2022), and as curator of an accompanying show at the Photographer's Gallery London, The Baltic Gateshead (2023), Deutsche Borse Frankfurt (2024) and Fotomuseum Den Haag (2024). Ken's research interests are centred around evolving documentary practices in Europe, the representation of working and post-working class culture through photography in Britain and Ireland, and the photobook in contemporary practice. He has convened research events including Ireland, Photography and the Photobook (Belfast, 2016), and British Photography and the Photobook (Milan, 2016) and has led impact case studies for the university. He supervises PhD students and is currently co-course director of the MFA Photography programme, with responsibility for the e-learning pathway.

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
    SDG 1 No Poverty
  2. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  3. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  4. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  5. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  6. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  7. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  8. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  9. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  10. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land
  11. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  12. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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  • A Topical Times for These Times: A Book of Liverpool Football

    Grant, K., 1 Jun 2016, N/A ed. Bristol: RRB Publishing. 176 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Benny Profane

    Grant, K., 8 Jul 2019, 1 ed. Bristol: RRB Publishing. 88 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

    Open Access
    File
    36 Downloads (Pure)

  • Flock

    Grant, K., 31 Mar 2014, n/a ed. Dublin: Artists Photo Books . 96 p.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • New Brighton Revisited

    Grant, K. (Photographer), Wood, T. (Photographer), Parr, M. (Photographer) & Marshall, T. (Other), 14 Jul 2018

    Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition

    Open Access
    File
    145 Downloads (Pure)

  • Home Sweet Home: 1970 — 2018 : THE BRITISH HOME, A POLITICAL HISTORY

    Grant, K., 26 Jun 2019, Home Sweet Home, p. 91-97 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review

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