Brigitte Lardinois is Reader in the Understanding of Public Photography at the London College of Communication at the University of the Arts in London.

She was Director of the Photography and the Archive Research Centre (PARC) at the University of the Arts in London from ifrom October 2018 - February 2023 .

From 1985-1995 she worked as an Exhibition Organiser and Curator at the Barbican Art Gallery where she specialised in the setting up of their photography exhibitions. In 1995 she joined the staff of Magnum Photos to set up their Cultural Department in London. She was involved in many Magnum group exhibitions, notably Magnum Ireland, as well as solo shows for Henri Cartier-Bresson, Martin Parr, Josef Koudelka, Eve Arnold, Elliott Erwitt and many others.