Vera Conlon

Vera Marjorie Conlon was a British archaeological photographer who is noted for her work at the UCL Institute of Archaeology and for publishing a textbook about photographic techniques for archaeologists.

Life

Conlon was born in Streatham, Surrey, as Vera Marjorie Drake and was later described as having a "strong cockney accent." She was known by the nickname "Connie".
Conlon was one of the early women employees at the UCL Institute of Archaeology in London. She worked as the Head of the Photography Department. She retired in 1971.
After retiring, she published Camera Techniques in Archaeology, a textbook for archaeologists, in 1973. The book adapted advice to the newest camera and darkroom equipment available to photographers. It became a notable work about the specific photographic techniques required for field archaeology and "showed a keen awareness of photography's own lineage in archaeology."
She died in 1994 in Swanage, Dorset.