Kerry William Purcell is a writer, design critic and historian. His first book on the celebrated art director and photographer Alexey Brodovitch was published by Phaidon Press in 2002. This has been followed by his concise biography on the reknowned photographer Weegee (Phaidon, London, 2004), his comprehensive study of the Swiss graphic designer Josef Müller-Brockmann (Phaidon, London, 2006) and a book on the work of Magnum photographer Steve McCurry entitled In the Shadow of the Mountains (Phaidon, London, 2007). He is also co-editor of the forthcoming Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design (2010). His writing has been published in several anthologies and appears regularly in Grafik and Baseline magazines.

Since 2002 he has lectured on the design history program at Kingston University, London. He is also a visiting lecturer at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication and The University of Creative Arts.

In 2005 he co-organised the international graphic design conference New Views at the University of Arts, London. While in 2006 he was made a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture at Kingston.

He lives with his family in Kent, England.

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