Caroline Hunter is a photo editor, presenter, curator and educator living in London.
Caroline is an award-winning picture editor for The Guardian’s Saturday magazine. With over twenty years 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 still-life and documentary/reportage photography, to concept and celebrity cover shoots. She studied a Foundation course in Art and Design, followed by Fashion Journalism and Promotion at the London College of Fashion and a BA (Hons) degree in English Literature at Birkbeck, University of London. She has also undertaken postgraduate courses in Fine Art and Studio photography.
Caroline began her career as a picture researcher for The Saturday Telegraph Magazine, then as a picture editor for Emap Publishing and Time Out magazine, London. She has also worked as an art buyer/photography producer and a writer/editor. 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 also a regular portfolio reviewer at leading international photo-festivals and has 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 Humanity, PDN Annual, Portrait of Britain, Critical Mass/Photo Lucida, LensCulture's Street Photography and Portrait awards and Gomma Grant .
In 2017, Caroline was invited to be a nominator for the prestigious Deutsche Borse Photography Foundation prize. In 2019, Caroline was awarded Picture Editor of the year, together with colleague Kate Edwards, at the British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) Talent awards. She also teaches a regular masterclass for Leica Akademie Italy and was a nominator for the Leica Oskar Barnack award.
In 2020, she was once again awarded Best Picture Editor by the British Society of Magazine Editors.
Caroline is a picture editor for The Saturday Guardian magazine and was a TV judge for the second series of Sky Arts’ Master of Photography. in 2021 she appeared as a guest expert for three episodes of Rankin’s 2020 - a new photography TV show by Sky Arts.
email: carolinehunterphoto@gmail.com
Instagram: @huntforcaroline
Twitter - @cazhunter
photo credit: CR[O]MO Agency/ (c) Daniele Cruciani, courtesy of Sky Arts.