After a career in knitwear and jewellery design, I commenced studying photography in 1989. I soon discovered a love for the monochrome image in general and darkroom practice and skills in particular. In 1994 I was awarded a professional City & Guilds Diploma, followed by an Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society and in 1995 I attained a Fellowship in Printing, the first person to do so. I sat on the Society's Distinctions Panel as a judge until last year, having served a six year term.

I curated and exhibited at the Grosvenor House Gallery Bar in 1999, a photographic show by the MonoGroup, which I run in London for lovers of the monochrome image. I also had an exhibition at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in London in the same year, following a trip to that country.

In 1998 I developed a new concept, born from making collections of my travel photographs into handcrafted books and I commenced producing House Books for clients, many of whom had outstanding or unusual homes. These books were originally printed in my darkroom solely in black and white. In 2000 when I started printing and manipulating images digitally I found my expertise in 'wet' printing extremely valuable. These books were then output digitally and colour was introduced where appropriate. I have undertaken commissions in the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

In October 2001 I enrolled for an MA degree in Art & Media Practice at the University of Westminster and for my two year project I produced and exhibited an artists' book chronicling my mother's life - a visual essay entitled 'SARA - eight decades, displacement and continuity.' This is the story of my mother's journey through eighty years, including her arrival alone in this country from Nazi Vienna. This work put into practice my skills in research, photography & digital imaging and my love for crafting books. I hand printed a limited edition of three volumes and commissioned a private edition of two hundred copies to be printed to sell to family, friends and the wider public. Through this project I developed a love for graphic design and typography and learnt about the manipulation and enhancement of archival material and all the other skills necessary for book design.

Now that I am using digital means of capturing images I have developed a new affection for colour, especially for travel photography, as I can control the feel of the image, through gentle colour balance and saturation manipulations. I output prints using pigment inks and ph neutral 100% rag papers for archival permanence.

I accept commissions for portraits; specializing in monochrome images of children, commissions for books - houses and lives - and my images (particularly flowers and travel) are available for purchase.