Personal Details

Title

Ms

Name

Sheila Corr

Location

London and South East

Media

Magazines, Books, Multimedia, TV and Video, Any

Speciality

Architecture, Art, Cinema & TV, Music, Theatre, Celebrities / Portraits, Current Issues / Social Documentary / News, History, Industry & Commerce, People & Culture / Lifestyle, Science & Technology, Medicine, Sport, Transport, Travel, Geography & Culture

Work Experience

History of nearly everything from the earliest times to the most recent, especially skilled in the obscure and elusive. Over 40 years picture editing and research, the last 15 as picture editor at History Today. I delight in capturing the mood of a particular time and place through detailed visual and factual research online and elsewhere, and locating unfamiliar contemporary material in museums, archives and libraries.

Clients

History Today, British Museum Press, Soho Theatre, University of Brighton, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Academy, Transworld Publishers, Time-Life Books, New Scientist, Granada Television, McGraw-Hill New York, The Tatler, Nuffield-Chelsea Curriculum Trust, Telegraph Magazine, Hamlyn Publishing Group etc.

Qualifications

B.A. (English, French, Philosophy) Trinity College, Dublin

Languages Spoken

French

Other Skills

Editing in Quark and InDesign, writing captions, blog and reviews, commissioning map artwork. Speaking at Semantic Image Retrieval Conference, teaching a picture research course at British Museum Press, exhibition research for Royal Festival Hall and Commonwealth Institute.

Public Contact Details

Email: sravenscroft@btinternet.com
Tel: 020 7607 7864 Mob: 07963 073 060