Long Service Project
St John's College
Oxford University 2018
Eddie Smith, Woodsman
Mark Johns, Domestic Stores Assistant
Phil Shefford, Head Gardener
Mick Wilkins, Estates Assistant
“Combined 120 years of service”
1 / 12
Jim Ronaldson, Boatman and His Dog Oskar
2 / 12
John Coulling, Storeman Lorry Driver
Marlene Coulling, Cleaner Belsyre Court
Roger Buckingham, Bricklayer
Daniel Coulling, Carpenter Joiner
Joe Hunt, Labourer
“Over 150 years combined service”
3 / 12
Paul Barnes, Head Chef Main Kitchen
Leigh Ponting, Catering Manager
Tim Webber, SCR Front-of-House Manager
4 / 12
Glen Hiles, Head Painter
Mark Couling, Stonemason
Mark Pearce, Electrician
Gary Fidler, Painter
5 / 12
Heather Payne, Assistant SCR Butler
Lisa Dudley, SCR Supervisor
Sara Ahmet, SCR Supervisor
Tim Webber, SCR Front-of-House Manager
6 / 12
Vivienne Davies, College Nurse
7 / 12
Orawan McKay, Scout
Val Cullen, Scout
Rita Ross, Cleaning Supervisor
Nadine Hainge, Accommodation and Domestic Officer
8 / 12
Mark Blackwell, College Surveyor
9 / 12
Michael Riordan, College Archivist
Ruth Ogden, Deputy Librarian
Matt Jennings, Senior IT Officer
10 / 12
Caroline Lordan, Graduate Officer
Paul Ashman, Steward of Hall. Sarah Jones, Undergraduate Admissions Officer
11 / 12
Maureen Baker, Buttery Assistant
Kay Fuller, Buttery Assistant
Ian Smith, Kendrew Café Manager
12 / 12
Portraits of long-serving St John’s College, non-academic staff
The College is, above all, a community, uniting all of us, staff, students, and academics: our tasks are different, but the College depends on all of us. The group portraits of the long-serving non-academic staff were commissioned by the Governing Body on the initiative of the President, Maggie Snowling, to celebrate the all-important contribution made by them, and by the non-academic staff in general, to college life. Everyone who has been working at St John’s for 15 years or more by the end of Trinity Term 2018 was invited to sit for the portraits. It is a great pleasure to record – and a real testament to what St John’s aspires to be – that 57 members of staff were eligible, and that most of them agreed to take part. The portraits will be displayed in public areas round the College, and it is the intention to commission a similar photographic project again in 5-10 years. (Georgy Kantor. Keeper of the Pictures. St John’s)
‘When I first met the staff who had elected to be photographed, I explained that the way that I wanted to approach the project was to give them as much authority as possible. They could choose the groups that they would be photographed in, or be photographed alone. They could choose how to dress, how to pose, and they could choose where they wanted to be photographed.
Whilst the photograph was being made, the camera was tethered to a laptop, so that those being photographed could see immediately how they were being represented. After the session, I sent the images to the ‘sitters’ and they selected the final image to be printed. These photographs are the results of their collaborations, negotiations and contributions.’
Rory Carnegie