Laura Paterson is Head of the Bonhams Photography Department, based in New York.

Laura has built up a wealth of industry experience, with 20 years in Christie's Photography Department, time spent as US Print Sales Director at Magnum Photographs, New York, and being Co-Head of Department at Paddle8. She joined Bonhams in 2018.

She graduated from Edinburgh University with an MA Hons in History of Art in 1982.