Jackie Higgins is a writer and film-maker who works span the arts and the sciences. She is author of Sentient: What Animals Reveal about our Senses (Picador, 2021). She read zoology at Oxford University as a student of Richard Dawkins, then worked at Oxford Scientific Films, making wildlife documentaries for National Geographic, BBC Natural world and The Discovery Channel. Moving to the BBC Science Department, she made films predominantly for BBC Horizon, including co-productions with PBS Nova. She also has an MA in art history and is author of various books on contemporary art photography: Why It Does Not Have To Be In Focus: Modern Photography Explained (Thames & Hudson, 2013), The World Atlas of Street Photography (Thames & Hudson, 2014), and David Bailey: Look (Phaidon, 2010).
About Jackie Higgins
Jackie Higgins is a writer and film-maker who works span the arts and the sciences. She is author of Sentient: What Animals Reveal about our Senses (Picador, 2021). She read zoology at Oxford University as a student of Richard Dawkins, then worked at Oxford Scientific Films, making wildlife documentaries for National Geographic, BBC Natural world and The Discovery Channel. Moving to the BBC Science Department, she made films predominantly for BBC Horizon, including co-productions with PBS Nova. She also has an MA in art history and is author of various books on contemporary art photography: Why It Does Not Have To Be In Focus: Modern Photography Explained (Thames & Hudson, 2013), The World Atlas of Street Photography (Thames & Hudson, 2014), and David Bailey: Look (Phaidon, 2010).
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Jackie Higgins is a writer and film-maker who works span the arts and the sciences. She is author of ‘Sentient: What Animals Reveal about our Senses’ (Picador, 2021). She read zoology at Oxford University as a student of Richard Dawkins, then worked at Oxford Scientific Films, making wildlife documentaries for National Geographic, BBC Natural world and The Discovery Channel.