Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process. - Fay Godwin
I hardly teach. It's more like a gathering of minds looking at one subject and learning from each other. I enjoy the process.
- Fay Godwin
You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years. - Fay Godwin
You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years.
Maybe black and white is the best medium for landscapes, I don't know. - Fay Godwin
Maybe black and white is the best medium for landscapes, I don't know.
I like photographs which leave something to the imagination. - Fay Godwin
I like photographs which leave something to the imagination.
I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks. - Fay Godwin
I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks.
I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits. - Fay Godwin
I have always loved reading, so was interested in the literary world, and took many literary portraits.
What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with the… - Fay Godwin
What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with the…
The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph. - Fay Godwin
The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.
I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me. - Fay Godwin
I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.
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