Caroline Hunter is a photography editor, producer, curator, presenter and educator living and working in London.
Caroline is an award-winning picture editor for The Guardian’s Saturday magazine. With almost three decades of experience, she has worked with some of the most prominent names in photography. Caroline has commissioned and art-directed a wide range of photography, from celebrity cover shoots to conceptual, documentary/reportage, food, fashion, portraiture and still-life photography. Caroline studied a foundation course in Art and Design, followed by a BTEC HND in Fashion Journalism and Promotion at the London College of Fashion, then a BA (Hons) degree in English Literature at Birkbeck, University of London. She has undertaken postgraduate courses in fine art photography and studio photography.
Caroline was a picture researcher for The Saturday Telegraph Magazine, then worked as a picture editor for Bliss Magazine, and Time Out London. She has also worked as a freelance art buyer and producer, and was a writer/editor for Time Out Guides.
In 2014, Caroline was the photography consultant for a new innovative digital magazine, The Long and Short, published by the UK charity, Nesta and designed by former Guardian Creative Director, Mark Porter. She is a regular portfolio reviewer at leading international photo-festivals and she has also given talks and workshops on photography.
Caroline has been a jury member for a number of leading international photography competitions including World Press Photo, Portrait of Britain, LensCulture's Portrait awards, The Wellcome Photography prize and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
In 2017, Caroline was invited to be a nominator for the Deutsche Borse Photography Foundation prize. In 2019, Caroline was awarded Picture Editor of the year, together with colleague Kate Edwards, by the British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) Talent awards. She teaches a regular masterclass for Leica and she is a nominator for the Leica Oskar Barnack award.
In 2020, Caroline was once again awarded Best Picture Editor by the British Society of Magazine Editors.
Caroline has appeared as a presenter and TV judge for Sky Arts’ Master of Photography - an eight-part series. In 2021, she was a judge and photography critic for Rankin’s 2020, a four-part photography TV series commissioned by Sky Arts.
email: carolinehunterphoto@gmail.com
Instagram: @huntforcaroline
Twitter - @cazhunter
photo credit: CR[O]MO Agency/ (c) Daniele Cruciani, courtesy of Sky Arts.