Having established photographic studies the Royal College of Art, London, John Hedgecoe took up the chair of Photography in 1975 and has been Pro-Rector since 1981. He had a distinguished career as staff photographer and associate editor of Queen magazine and has worked worldwide for numerous other magazines and newspapers. He has written many books on photography, among them The Book of Photography, The Art of Colour Photography and the Photographers Handbook, which have sold millions of copies in 28 languages and won many awards.