William A. Ewing is a noted author, curator, professor, and museum director with almost forty years of work in the field of photography, split almost equally between America and Europe. His career began in Canada, where he established Optica Center for Contemporary Art in Montreal in 1972 before moving to New York in 1977, where he served as Director of Exhibitions for seven years. He has taught the history of photography at the University of Geneva for over a decade. On retiring from the Musee de l'Elysee in 2010, he was appointed Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the Republic of France. Currently, William is the Director of Curatorial Projects for the publishing house Thames & Hudson (London/New York/Paris/Hong Kong/Singapore/Melbourne), and Curator for Special Projects at the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography (Minneapolis/Paris/Lausanne).
