John Kippin is an artist and photographer who lives and works in Newcastle upon Tyne. He is perhaps best known for his photographic landscape work. He studied Fine Art at Brighton and Newcastle and has a PhD from the University of Northumbria. He has worked as a photographer within the commercial and educational sectors and he was a member of the Basement Group of Artists during the 1980's and has continued to work closely with Locus Plus (a Newcastle-based arts organisation). John Kippin is interested making work that responds to a range of contemporary cultural and political issues and in developing the impact of photography using colour, scale and texts. His work has been widely exhibited in the UK and overseas and he has produced a number of books and contributed to numerous conferences. He has overseen the development and delivery of the IPRN (International Photography Research Network) the NEPN (North East Photography Network). In addition to his exhibition and publication work he is interested in Public Art projects and has made a wide range of works involving photography, installation, moving image and sound. He has recently been involved with a major billboard project in Essen and Thessaloniki as a part of the E.U. Year of Culture celebrations and is currently developing a number of public arts projects including an installation for the National Glass Centre in Sunderland. He is currently Professor in Photography at the University of Sunderland and a trustee of Locus Plus.