Berridale, ex Fishermans Cottage, 1991, 1991
1931
Born Berlin, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world.
1958
Moved to London.
1966
Became interested in photography through photographing her young children
1975
Publication of first co-authored book, The Oldest Road, with writer J.R.L. Anderson. Exhibitions from the series toured nationally.
1978
Recipient of major award from Arts Council of Great Britain to continue landscape work in British Isles, much of which is included in Land.
1984
Start of British Councils overseas tour of Landscape Photographs.
1985
Publication of Land. Major exhibition of Land at the Serpentine Gallery, London.
1986 South Bank Show- the first full-length documentary to feature a photographer.
1986/7
Fellow at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford.
1987/90
President of the Ramblers' Association, UK. Then life vice president.
1990
Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.
Six week lecture and workshop tour of New Zealand.
1992
Awarded Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
1995
Award from Northern Arts for the Year of the Visual Arts, and from the Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation to work on the contribution of small farmers to the character of the Cumbrian landscape.
2001
Major retrospective at the Barbican Centre, with accompanying publication,
2002
Honorary Doctotorate of Arts at De Montfort University.
2005
Died, May 2005 aged 74.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1974
Writers' portraits/Young Music Makers, Swiss Cottage Library, London
1975
The Oldest Road, An Exploration of the Ridgeway, Anthony Stokes Gallery, London, and simultaneously at the Photographic Gallery, University of Southampton; subsequent tours of the UK, also by the Photographers Gallery, London.
1977
The Drovers' Roads of Wales, Anthony Stokes Gallery, London, and simultaneously at the Oriel Bookshop, Welsh Arts Council, Cardiff, and toured by the Photographers Gallery, London.
The Oil Rush, Aberdeen Art Gallery, also shown at The National Theatre, London, and toured Scotland, as well as to Denmark and Norway).
1978
The Drovers' Roads of Wales and The Ridgeway, Chester Arts Centre
1979
The Calder Valley (from Remains of Elmet), Anthony Stokes Gallery, London, and simultaneously at Impressions Gallery, York, and national tour.
Selected Landscapes and Portraits, Yuen Lui Gallery, Seattle.
1980
Selected Landscapes, Aarhus Photographic Museum, Denmark
East Neuk,Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews
1981
Romney Marsh, Anthony Stokes Gallery, London, and simultaneously at Rye Art Gallery, Sussex, toured nationally by Photogallery, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex.
1983
The Saxon Shore Way, Photogallery, St Leonards-on -Sea, Sussex, with subsequent national tour.
The Whisky Roads of Scotland, Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews, subsequent tour.
Portraits of Writers, Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham.
1984
Landscape Photographs, a British Council exhibition, starts international tour
1985
Land,Serpentine Gallery, London,then national tour in UK.
1986
Land,Yale Centre for British Art, USA
Literary portraits, The Poetry Society, London; Kettles Yard, Cambridge; Birmingham and Ilkley Literary Festivals, and at The Photographers Gallery.
1988
Bradford in Colour, The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford.
Land,Stanford Museum of Art, USA
1991
Our forbidden land, The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, 1990, with subsequent national tour
1995
Glassworks & Secret Lives, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, and subsequent national tour.
1997
A Perfect Republic of Shepherds, at The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere.
1999
The Saxon Shore Way, Whitstable Museum
2000
Alchemy, new colour work at Penny School Gallery, Kingston, London.
Landmarks, major retrospective exhibition at the Barbican Centre, London, from 26 July - 30 September 2001 and subsequent tour
2003
Colourworks, Battle, East Sussex.
2004
Synergy, Kingston College of Art & Design, London.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1976
The Land: 20th Century Landscape Photography, selected by Bill Brandt, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1979
Wales, Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno, Wales
1980
The Arts Council Collection 1942- 1978, Hayward Gallery, London
Fairies, Brighton Arts Gallery and Museum, Sussex
1982
Presences of Nature: Words and Images of the Lake District, Carlisle Museum, subsequent national tour
1984
National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
1995
Callanish, An Lanntair, Stornoway, 1995 and subsequent tour.
Fleeting Arcadias, Landscape photography from the Arts Council Collection, touring exhibition 2000
Selected Collections:
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
Aberystwyth University
Arts Council of Great Britain
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
British Council, London
The British Library, London
Creasey Collection of Contemporay Art, Salisbury
Department of the Environment, London
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
National Portrait Gallery, London
National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford
Piece Museum, Halifax
Royal Library, Copenhagen
Stanford Museum of Art, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum
and in many other public and private collections worldwide
Born Berlin, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world.
1958
Moved to London.
1966
Became interested in photography through photographing her young children
1975
Publication of first co-authored book, The Oldest Road, with writer J.R.L. Anderson. Exhibitions from the series toured nationally.
1978
Recipient of major award from Arts Council of Great Britain to continue landscape work in British Isles, much of which is included in Land.
1984
Start of British Councils overseas tour of Landscape Photographs.
1985
Publication of Land. Major exhibition of Land at the Serpentine Gallery, London.
1986 South Bank Show- the first full-length documentary to feature a photographer.
1986/7
Fellow at the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford.
1987/90
President of the Ramblers' Association, UK. Then life vice president.
1990
Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.
Six week lecture and workshop tour of New Zealand.
1992
Awarded Honorary Fellowship by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
1995
Award from Northern Arts for the Year of the Visual Arts, and from the Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation to work on the contribution of small farmers to the character of the Cumbrian landscape.
2001
Major retrospective at the Barbican Centre, with accompanying publication,
2002
Honorary Doctotorate of Arts at De Montfort University.
2005
Died, May 2005 aged 74.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1974
Writers' portraits/Young Music Makers, Swiss Cottage Library, London
1975
The Oldest Road, An Exploration of the Ridgeway, Anthony Stokes Gallery, London, and simultaneously at the Photographic Gallery, University of Southampton; subsequent tours of the UK, also by the Photographers Gallery, London.
1977
The Drovers' Roads of Wales, Anthony Stokes Gallery, London, and simultaneously at the Oriel Bookshop, Welsh Arts Council, Cardiff, and toured by the Photographers Gallery, London.
The Oil Rush, Aberdeen Art Gallery, also shown at The National Theatre, London, and toured Scotland, as well as to Denmark and Norway).
1978
The Drovers' Roads of Wales and The Ridgeway, Chester Arts Centre
1979
The Calder Valley (from Remains of Elmet), Anthony Stokes Gallery, London, and simultaneously at Impressions Gallery, York, and national tour.
Selected Landscapes and Portraits, Yuen Lui Gallery, Seattle.
1980
Selected Landscapes, Aarhus Photographic Museum, Denmark
East Neuk,Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews
1981
Romney Marsh, Anthony Stokes Gallery, London, and simultaneously at Rye Art Gallery, Sussex, toured nationally by Photogallery, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex.
1983
The Saxon Shore Way, Photogallery, St Leonards-on -Sea, Sussex, with subsequent national tour.
The Whisky Roads of Scotland, Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews, subsequent tour.
Portraits of Writers, Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham.
1984
Landscape Photographs, a British Council exhibition, starts international tour
1985
Land,Serpentine Gallery, London,then national tour in UK.
1986
Land,Yale Centre for British Art, USA
Literary portraits, The Poetry Society, London; Kettles Yard, Cambridge; Birmingham and Ilkley Literary Festivals, and at The Photographers Gallery.
1988
Bradford in Colour, The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford.
Land,Stanford Museum of Art, USA
1991
Our forbidden land, The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, 1990, with subsequent national tour
1995
Glassworks & Secret Lives, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, and subsequent national tour.
1997
A Perfect Republic of Shepherds, at The Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere.
1999
The Saxon Shore Way, Whitstable Museum
2000
Alchemy, new colour work at Penny School Gallery, Kingston, London.
Landmarks, major retrospective exhibition at the Barbican Centre, London, from 26 July - 30 September 2001 and subsequent tour
2003
Colourworks, Battle, East Sussex.
2004
Synergy, Kingston College of Art & Design, London.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1976
The Land: 20th Century Landscape Photography, selected by Bill Brandt, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1979
Wales, Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno, Wales
1980
The Arts Council Collection 1942- 1978, Hayward Gallery, London
Fairies, Brighton Arts Gallery and Museum, Sussex
1982
Presences of Nature: Words and Images of the Lake District, Carlisle Museum, subsequent national tour
1984
National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
1995
Callanish, An Lanntair, Stornoway, 1995 and subsequent tour.
Fleeting Arcadias, Landscape photography from the Arts Council Collection, touring exhibition 2000
Selected Collections:
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland
Aberystwyth University
Arts Council of Great Britain
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
British Council, London
The British Library, London
Creasey Collection of Contemporay Art, Salisbury
Department of the Environment, London
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
National Portrait Gallery, London
National Museum of Photography, Film & Television in Bradford
Piece Museum, Halifax
Royal Library, Copenhagen
Stanford Museum of Art, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum
and in many other public and private collections worldwide