Anne Lyden

 Anne Lyden studied History of Art at the University of Glasgow and Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. From 1995-2013 she held various curatorial roles, working with the photography collection at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles where her focus was on 19th century British photography and contemporary practice. Having assumed the role of International Curator of Photography at National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh in 2013, she later became Chief Curator and oversaw the growth of the photography collection to more than 55,000 photographs. This includes the joint acquisition of the MacKinnon Collection with the National Library of Scotland, the Larry Herman Bequest, and the purchase of the Annan Archive.  She has curated numerous exhibitions over the years, including the work of Paul Strand, Diane Arbus, and Carrie Mae Weems. She is the author of several books including, Railroad Vision: Photography, Travel and Perception (2003), The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans (2010), A Royal Passion: Photography and Queen Victoria (2014) and most recently, A Perfect Chemistry: The Photographs of Hill & Adamson (2017). From late 2022 through 2023 she was Co-Director for Collection & Research and from January 2024 she assumed the role of Director-General at NGS.