Newspaper critic of photography and music
Sean O'Hagan is an Irish writer for "The Guardian" and "The Observer", his specialty being photography.
Early life and education.
O'Hagan was brought up in Armagh, Northern Ireland, during "The Troubles", and has written about the experience. As an undergraduate, he studied English in London. 
Career.
He began his media career as a writer for "NME", "The Face" and "Arena", and during this period became interested in photography. As of 2013, he is one of six regular "Art and design" critics for "The Guardian" website, and the only photography critic among the six.
O'Hagan is a nominator for the Prix Pictet Award in photography and sustainability.
The term "new lad" was coined by O'Hagan in a 1993 article in "Arena."
On 18 March 2003, O'Hagan received the 2002 British Press Award for Interviewer of the Year. In 2011, O'Hagan was the sole recipient of the J. Dudley Johnston Award from the Royal Photographic Society "for major achievement in the field of photographic criticism".
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