Chris Ridgway

Digital Photographer

[email protected] | 734-763-7493

Pronouns | he/him/his


Background
After obtaining my M.F.A from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2015, I worked to photograph and digitize museum and cultural collections within the libraries and museum sector. I started working with the Clements Library in 2020.

Responsibilities
As a digital photographer I work to digitize books, manuscripts, maps, prints, and photographs related to the subject of early American history. My responsibilities allow me to work closely with library curators and a conservator to select and prepare materials for digitization, perform in-house digitization, and create descriptive metadata. I digitize various collections through a structured workflow and in response to requests from researchers and library staff, and I expand access to materials by supporting teaching at the University of Michigan.