Leigh Gleason

Leigh Gleason is the director of collections at UCR ARTS, where she oversees the collections of the California Museum of Photography. With its robust collection of photographs and the second largest camera collection in the US, it is the most diverse photographic collection in the American West.

Gleason holds a bachelor's degree in photography, a master's in the history of art, a MLIS in archival studies, and a PhD in visual history. Gleason has written and curated extensively on photographic topics, including stereoscopy, color photography, and early photography in Riverside, California.