Colin Ford (curator)

Colin Ford
Born
Colin John Ford

(1934-05-13)13 May 1934
Battersea, London, England
Died21 December 2025(2025-12-21) (aged 91)
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford
OccupationsPhotographic curator, historian of photography and museum director
Known forKeeper at the National Portrait Gallery, London
Director of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television
Director of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire

Colin John Ford CBE (13 May 1934 – 21 December 2025) was a British photographic curator, historian of photography and museum director. He wrote a number of books on the history of photography.