Brenda Prince

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Brenda Prince (born 1950) is a British photographer who documented women's lives. She was a member of the Format photographic agency from 1983 to 2001. The Brenda Prince Archive is held at Bishopsgate Institute, London.

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Life and work

Prince was born in Hackney, London. She worked as publicity officer for the British Film Institute for 7 years in her 20s. She took up photography in 1978 and from 1979 to 1982 studied Photographic Arts at the Polytechnic of Central London. [1] In 1983, she joined Format, an agency that represented women photographers. [1] [2] During the 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike, Prince spent 18 months covering the mining communities in Nottinghamshire from the miners wives' perspective. [1] [3] Later, she documented women's lives in the Soviet Union, Philippines, and Iraqi Kurdistan. Around 1993, she spent a year photographing women in various roles in the Church of England, highlighting their struggle to become ordained as priests. In 2001, she left Format, retiring from photography to become a psychotherapist. [1]

Publications

Zines by Prince

Publications with contributions by Prince

Exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Collections

Prince's work is held in the following permanent collections:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Brenda Prince Archive". Bishopsgate Institute. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  2. "Format Photographers women's co-operative". Photoworks . 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  3. Muk, Isaac (2024-03-06). "In Photos: The miners' strike, 40 years on". Huck. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  4. "Striking Women: Communities & Coal". The Photographers' Gallery. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
  5. Gilbert, Sarah (2022-03-08). "Photographing protest: resistance through a feminist lens – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-08-28.
  6. "Women in Revolt! review — politics and art fail to fuse at Tate Britain". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  7. Warner, Marigold (2024-01-11). "'The officer could have smashed her skull': the 1984 miners' strike in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  8. O'Hagan, Sean (2024-11-24). "The 80s: Photographing Britain review – in your face and to the barricades". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  9. Hallett, Florence (2024-11-19). "The '80s: Photographing Britain is an overfed monster with not enough spirit". The i Paper. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  10. "What Was It Like To Be A Female Photographer In The 70s, 80s And 90s?". Londonist. 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  11. "Brenda Prince". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2025-08-21.