Julia Hedgecoe

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Julia Hedgecoe
Born
Julia Mardon

1938
Bishops Stortford
Alma materGuildford School of Art
AwardsFellow Commoner, Clare Hall, Cambridge University

Julia Hedgecoe is a photographer known for her portraiture and architectural images. Her work also includes images of interiors, food and Spanish landscapes.

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Biography

Julia Mardon was born in 1938 in Bishop's Stortford. [1] In 1959 she married John Hedgecoe (d. 2010), [2] who was a professional photographer. [3] They had three children, the eldest of which, Sebastian Hedgecoe, followed in his parents footsteps and is also a photographer. [4]

Working life

Julia Mardon (hereinafter Hedgecoe) trained at the Guildford School of Art where the head of the photography department was Ifor Thomas [5] [6] whose students included Jane Bown and John Hedgecoe. [7]

After graduating Hedgecoe worked at The Observer. This was followed by freelance work for The Daily Telegraph and other print publications. [8]

In the 1980s Hedgecoe undertook a commission to photograph outstanding women graduates from the University of Cambridge. Originally published as a book 'Educating Eve: Five Generations of Cambridge Women, edited by Mary T. Broers, [9] Hedgecoe's photographs became the subject of an exhibition of the same name at the National Portrait Gallery, London, in 1999. In all fifty subjects were displayed including Eleanor Bron, Diane Abbott, Rabbi Julia Neuberger and Dr. Penelope Leach. [10] Twenty portraits remain in the Gallery's collection. [11]

Hedgecoe is a Fellow Commoner of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge where she is described as, "Photographer, illustrator of books and portrait photographer to a number of the University of Cambridge Colleges." [12]

Hedgecoe currently works from her studio in Cambridge and for some of the year from her house in southern Spain.

Published works

The book 'Stories in Stone', written by Martial Rose, features her images of the roof carvings in Norwich Cathedral. [13] Later in 2005 a CD was released which formed part of an interactive presentation at the Cathedral. This CD was reviewed in Studies in Iconography. [14]

In 'The Patchworks of Lucy Boston' Hedgecoe is credited with "(illustrating the patchworks with) beautiful photography to capture Lucy's incredible body of work." [15]

Hedgecoe provided the images that appear in 'In Good Company: A Snapshot of the Theatre and the Arts'. [16] The book contains a Foreword by Sir Donald Sinden.

Photographs attributed to Hedgecoe appear in the Conway Library [17] collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

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  9. Broers, Mary T. (1 January 1985). Educating Eve; Five Generations of Cambridge Women. Julia Hedgecoe. University of Cambridge Press.
  10. "BBC News | Education | Cambridge portraits go online". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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  12. "Fellow Commoner | Clare Hall". www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  13. Hedgecoe, Julia and Rose, Martial (2001). Stories in Stone: The Medieval Roof Carvings of Norwich Cathedral. A&C Black Visual Arts. ISBN   9780713657258.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. Scherb, Victor I. (2005). "Review of Norwich Cathedral Roof Bosses". Studies in Iconography. 26: 259–261. ISSN   0148-1029. JSTOR   23923667.
  15. Boston, Diana (1995). The Patchworks of Lucy Boston. Oldknow Books. ISBN   9780905899213.
  16. Upson, Nicola and Morton, Mandy (2005). In Good Company: A Snapshot of the Theatre and the Arts. Cambridge: Cambridge Arts Theatre. ISBN   9780954780401.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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