Sandra S. "Sandy" Phillips (born 1945) is an American writer, and curator working in the field of photography.
[2][3] A photographic historian and former curator at the Vassar College Art Gallery in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Phillips succeeded Van Deren Coke as head of one of the country’s most active departments of photography.
She briefly taught history of photography at Mills College in Oakland, CA, and was a curator at the Vassar Art Gallery in Poughkeepsie, NY.
[2] Her SFMOMA exhibition Police Pictures: The Photograph as Evidence, "examined mug shots and crime scenes and was the first museum show of its kind.
"[6] Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera Since 1870, co-curated with Simon Baker at Tate Modern, examined the voyeuristic aspect of photography;[6][1] it premiered at Tate Modern in London and toured to SFMOMA and to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.