Currently researching the importance of photomedia literacy for participating in the visual economy.Particular focus is on photomedia expression (e.g. analog and digital photographic techniques), visual culture (e.g. creative understanding of the surrounding environment), and visual methodologies (e.g. rephotography).
mcleod garry
McLeod Gary
Affiliation / Job title:Art/Assistant Professor
Areas of study:Visual Communication Design
Bachelor of Science:Ph.D. (University of Arts London)
Laboratory:Arts Building B334
Field of Study
photo media
Resesarch topics
Photomedia (History, Theory, Practice), Visual Literacy, Visual Methodology
Main works
Main books/papers
McLeod, G. & Hara, T.: Photomedia Literacy in Ruins? Student attitudes toward digital and analogue photomedia when creating an archive for the future. In J. Kędra (Ed.), Visual Pedagogies in Higher Education Between Theory and Practice, Brill, pp. 105-119, 2022 (Peer-reviewed).
McLeod, G.: Visual Literacy and Virtual Rephotography. In J. Lee, SM Christensen, S. Beene, X. Chen, and W. Huang (Eds.), Visual Literacy in the Virtual Realm: The book of selected readings, International Visual Literacy Association, 81‒93, 2021 (Peer-reviewed).
McLeod, G.: Rephotography for Photographers: discussing methodological compromises by post-graduate online learners of photography. Journal of Visual Literacy, Vol. 38, No. 1–2, pp. 22–45, 2019 (Peer-reviewed).
Biography
2019 University of Tsukuba Art Department Assistant Professor
2017 Hosei University Faculty of Global Liberal Arts Assistant Professor
2016 University of Arts London, Ph.D. Photography
2013 Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Art and Design lecturer
2007 University of Arts London, MA Digital Arts
External funding
2023 DNPCultural Promotion Foundation Graphic Culture
2022 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Activities Young Researchers
2019 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science research activity start support
