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1929 |
Born Cambridge, part Welsh |
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1947/51 |
Studied chemistry at Balliol College, Oxford. First Photographs |
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1951/55 |
Hugo van Wadenoyen became a mentor. Assisted him on the CS Exhibitions |
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1951 |
Photographed the OU Experimental Film Group's abstract ballet film "Between Two Worlds". Four pages of colour were published in the Picture Post |
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1954 |
Came to London as a freelance photographer. Begun to photograph in street markets and slum streets |
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1956 |
Exhibition at ICA started reputation as a photographer of children and social realism |
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1957/62 |
Active in photojournalism. Worked on commissions for Sun Times and Time & Tide. Work also appeared in Observer, Vogue, Queen, New Left Review and Peace News. Wrote a number of articles for Amateur Photographer (press cuttings books are held by the V&A). |
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1958/65 |
Photographed a number of Royal Court plays |
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1961 |
"Portrait of Southam Street" published in Uppercase 5 |
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1962 |
Married Ann Jellicoe |
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1962/63 |
Photographed in colour for a commission"The British at Leisure" for the British pavilion at the Milan Triennale in 1964. The slides were projected on five screens - over 300 in 51/2 mins to a jazz score |
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1962 & 5 |
Photographs in Spain and Greece extend street photography to Mediterranean subjects |
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1966/69 |
Taught at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham |
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1966 |
Birth of first child, Katkin. Prompted an extensive series of the two children (Tom 1969) |
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1968/72 |
Collaborated with Ann Jellicoe on "The Shell Guide to Devon" |
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1975 |
Moved to Lyme Regis, Dorset |
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1976/79 |
Resumed Landscape photography, much of it in colour |
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1978/84 |
Mediterranean photographs in Dubrovnik, Rhodes and Corfu |
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1978/92 |
Photographed Community Plays, mostly directed by Ann Jellicoe, for the Colway Theatre Trust |
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1980 |
Started drawing, etching and painting |
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1982 |
South West Arts major award enabled photographs in NW Scotland 1983 |
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1986 |
V&A Retrospective revived interest in his work, especially of Southam Street |
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1989 |
BBC Timewatch film on Southam Street by Renee van der Floodt |
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1991 |
Resumed family photographs with the birth of first grandchild, Zoe |
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1993 |
Photographed in Paris and Iceland |
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1998 and 2001 |
Photographed in North Spain |
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1999 |
Photographed in Tuscany |
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2000/04 |
Photographed in Canary Islands and Spain, in particular Seville 2000 and Madrid 2002 |
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2000 onward |
Photography of grandchildren intensified with the addition of Leon, Poppy, Iris and Ralph |
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2004 |
Photographed in Aswan, Upper Egypt |
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2001 onward |
Photographs exhibited at Tate St Ives, Tate Britain and Tate Liverpool in the context of other media |
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2006 |
Lucie Award, New York for Achievement in Documentary |
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2007 |
Photograph chosen as poster image for Tate Britain's "How We Are": Photographing Britain |
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