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Lunchtime Lectures: Beyond Barriers: Unlocking Our Collection Through Digital Imaging
This event is part of the free Lunchtime Lecture series. No booking is required.
How does a museum use digital technologies to enhance how visitors encounter their objects? Viewed through the lens of the V&A’s Photography and Digitisation Department, this talk focuses on the different techniques and technologies used to create digital documents of the V&A collection. Be that an ultra-high resolution image of The War of Troy tapestry, a 3D model of Michelangelo’s Prisoner or an x-ray of an oil painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
Kira Zumkley is the Head of Photography and Digitisation at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her research focuses on how digital imaging assets of historic objects are perceived and understood and how these assets can enhance engagement with the physical object. Prior to working at the V&A, Kira Zumkley was the Photography Manager at the Science Museum Group and Chair of the Association for Fine Art and Historical Photography (AHFAP). Since 2018 she is also an honorary lecturer at the University College London Centre for Digital Humanities.
Kira Zumkley is the Head of Photography and Digitisation at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her research focuses on how digital imaging assets of historic objects are perceived and understood and how these assets can enhance engagement with the physical object. Prior to working at the V&A, Kira Zumkley was the Photography Manager at the Science Museum Group and Chair of the Association for Fine Art and Historical Photography (AHFAP). Since 2018 she is also an honorary lecturer at the University College London Centre for Digital Humanities.
