MARILYN STAFFORD
“Even what you don’t remember from being a child, is still there in you,” says Marilyn Stafford. “Everything you’ve learned and everything you’ve understood. You’re not thinking about it, but it is there. So, you’re bringing whoever you are to that moment of observation.” After an extraordinary career, the celebrated photographer is reflecting on what goes into capturing a perfect image. The one which effortlessly conveys its story, splashed on newspaper or magazine front pages and burning itself into the minds of people around the world.
She’s recently launched the very first retrospective of her work. jumps between Paris slums and fashionable Lebanon in the 60s to fashion shoots and celebrity portraits. Currently running at Farleys House and Galleries near Chiddingly until Sun 31 Oct, before moving on to Brighton Museum next year, it charts four fascinating decades of
