Ziggy Kolker is an artist and full-time senior lecturer on the BA(Hons) Photography and the MA Photography programmes at the University of Portsmouth. Her research interests lie in the evolving ontology of the computer generated image and how this can be situated within the photographic tradition. This work has directly informed her teaching practice and Ziggy has introduced and embedded CGI and other virtual photography modules across all years of the BA Photography degree programme. Ziggy completed her MA Photography at LCC, University of the Arts London in 2009 and has since exhibited both in the UK and internationally including participation in the Musee de l’Elysee’s ‘reGeneration’ project and being invited to present work at The Hyeres International Photography Festival. Her work has been featured in several photographic text books including ‘Why Art Photography?’ by Lucy Soutter and ‘Rethinking Photography’ by P. Smith and C. Lefley.