Chris Boot

Chris Boot is an independent photography writer and editor of both books and exhibitions. In 1990 he joined Magnum Photos where he worked for eight years, eventually becoming Director of Magnum London in 1993, and subsequently Director of Magnum New York in 1996. In 1998 he joined Phaidon Press as Editorial Director of Photography. As well as writing and curating on photography, he is now an independent publisher/editor and his projects include Gideon Mendel, A Broken Landscape (2001), Here is New York - A Democracy of Photographs (2002), Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight - the John Hinde Butlin's Photographs (2002), Collecting Photography (2003), Lodz Ghetto Album (2004) and Things as They Are: Photojournalism in Context Since 1955 (2005).