Born in Kallingrad, East Prussia, into Jewish-Lithuanian family, 1924
biography
1939
To escape threat of Nazism, was sent to England to finish her schooling
1942
Graduated from Manchester College of Technology. Worked in leading portrait studio in central Manchester
1945
Married Louis Bohm
1946
Opened "Studio Alexander" in Manchester
1947
Frequent visits (until 1952) to Ascona in the Ticino, Switzerland
1948
First visit to Israel
1953
Lived in Paris, travelled extensively in Europe (and would continue to do so)
1955
Lived in New York and San Francisco; travelled extensively in USA and Mexico. Experimented with AGFA colour film but continued to work in black and white
1956
Settled in Hampstead, North London, where she still lives
1957
Daughter Monica born
1960
Daughter Yvonne born
1961
Visited the USSR; photographed in Moscow & Leningrad
1971
Closely involved with the founding of The Photographers' Gallery, London, and acted as its Associate Director for the next 15 years
1974
Visited South Africa
1980
BBC2 Television documentary Dorothy Bohm - Photographer. Experimented with colour photography using SX70 Polaroid camera
1984
Started to work exclusively with colour film. Visited Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan
1985 & 1986
Visited Egypt
1986, 1987 & 1988
Visited Venice
1995
Interviewed by Mark Haworth-Booth for the Oral History of British Photography, National Sound Archive, British Library, London
1998
Founded Focus Gallery for Photography, Bloomsbury, London
2009
Appointed Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society
2014
Work included in The History of European Photography, 1939-69 (FOTOFO, Bratislava)
2015
Included in Britain's Greatest Generation, BBC2 TV series