Terence Wright is Emeritus Professor at Ulster University, where he was Professor of Visual Arts and Course Director of the MFA Photography programme. He is a member of the International Editorial Board of the journal Visual Studies and a member of the advisory board of the World Congress of Anthropological Associations. Formerly he worked as a freelance photojournalist in Central London and has held visiting fellowships at the Centre for Research in Arts Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge and The Institute for Medical Humanities, University of Texas.