Mariama Attah is a curator, writer and lecturer with a particular interest in overlooked visual histories, and understanding how photography and visual culture can be used to close the gap between art and communities. Previous roles include Director (Maternity Cover) of Metal Culture Liverpool, Associate Curator for Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Curator at National Portrait Gallery, Head of Exhibitions at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, Editor of Foam Magazine, Curator at Photoworks, and Commissioning and Managing Editor of the yearly magazine Photoworks Annual.