Kerry William Purcell

Kerry William Purcell is a writer, curator, and theorist. He has written widely on photography, design, film, and visual culture. His research interests vary widely from the work of French philosopher Alain Badiou to the history of British wrestling. His published work includes essays on British cinema, graphic design history, the philosophy of history, and much more. He has also written monographs on the work of Alexey Brodovitch and Josef Müller-Brockmann, alongside smaller studies of photographers such as Weegee. He teaches cultural theory at Birkbeck, University of London, and the University of Hertfordshire. He produces an erratic podcast called “The Last Outpost” and lives in the middle of nowhere, in Norfolk, England, with his wife, four children, a cat, and two fish. In his spare time he worries about the fortunes of his hometown club Grimsby Town F.C. He writes in the third person.