Photography Curator

Stanford Libraries is looking for a full time Photography Curator to join our Special Collections team. The Libraries values are rooted in a commitment of mutual respect and the idea that every member of the staff has something to contribute, and that learning is constant. We seek a team member who is ready to share their skills and perspectives and collaborate with colleagues across the organization.

Photography Curator, Department of Special Collections

The Department of Special Collections at Stanford University seeks an experienced, creative and effective curator for its growing and increasingly important program developing a significant collection of photographs in support of research and teaching. Stanford Special Collections is reshaping and defining its photography collection development initiative to build on significant holdings of historical and contemporary photography that support Stanford’s academic programs.  These collections for the study and appreciation of modern photography in the Americas benefits not just the academic program, but also an international audience through the Libraries active acquisitions, exhibitions, publications, and loan programs. The collections include thousands of prints by hundreds of artists, as well many photographic archive objects (negatives, contact sheets, manuscripts, and related ephemera), other documentation, and photographer’s archives), oral histories and other media materials, and a library of rare books, journals, photo-based artists’ books, and exhibition catalogs (in conjunction with the Stanford Art and Architecture Library). The photography curator will work closely and collaboratively with other Stanford curators and bibliographers.

The incumbent will be responsible for expert curatorial/bibliographic functions, collection development and management, public service, related technical processing, and donor relations (in coordination with the Associate University Librarian for Special Collections and the Libraries Development Office).