Katharine Martinez, the director of the University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography, has retired, effective Saturday, Jan. 30.
Martinez has headed up the internationally-known center for about five years.
A national search will be conducted "later this year" to find her replacement, according to an email sent to UA employees from Senior Vice President for Research, Kimberly Andrews Espy.
Until then, a "senior management council" will run the center, That group will be made up of Rebecca Senf, newly named the chief curator, senior photograph conservator Jae Gutierrez, archivist Leslie Squyres, and the CCP's Associate Director Denise Gose. The UA's Museum of Art Director James Burns, will serve as acting administrative director.
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The CCP was started in 1975 with the archives of photographer Ansel Adams. It's holdings include archives of some of the most significant photographers from the last century.
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