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 five 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 photography, to concept and celebrity cover shoots. She studied a Foundation course in Art and Design, followed by a BTEC HND in 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 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 a freelance art buyer/producer, and 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 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 Britain, LensCulture's Street Photography and Portrait awards and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
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 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 Sky Arts’ Master of Photography. In 2021 she appeared as a guest expert on Rankin’s 2020 - a photography TV series produced by Sky Arts.
email: carolinehunterphoto@gmail.com
Instagram: @huntforcaroline
Twitter - @cazhunter
photo credit: CR[O]MO Agency/ (c) Daniele Cruciani, courtesy of Sky Arts.