About

A brief biography & achievements

photo of Nancy Honey photographing

I have been photographing for nearly 40 years.

I studied Fine Art, Graphic Design and Photography in both US and UK. American by birth, I have resided and worked in the UK for the past 46 years.

My work has been widely published and exhibited internationally and I have received numerous honours, awards, commissions and prizes.

I was a Fellow of Photography at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in 1991/92.

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The retrospective of pictures here represents some of the different strands of my practice. My archive has reached a considerable breadth and diversity whilst, hopefully, retaining my personal vision, which stems from everyday life.

I have made many personal projects and my commercial work includes editorial, advertising and private commissions.

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Monographs

Woman To Woman (1990)
Hexagon Editions, UK
Entering The Masquerade (1992)
National Museum of Photography, Film & TV, UK
Poodle Parlor (2008)
One Picture Books - Nazraeli Press, USA
100 Leading Ladies (2014)
Dewi Lewis Media, UK

Work Within Publications

Pictures of Innocence by Anne Higgonet
Thames & Hudson, UK
1988
Born to be Wild by Hattie Garlick
Bloomsbury Press, UK
2018
100 Pioneering Women
National Portrait Gallery, UK
2018
209 Women
Bluecoat Press, UK
2019
Seeking Thrills, album by Georgia
Domino Records, UK
2020

Personal Projects

Us
1985 - 1987
Woman To Woman
1990
The Apple of my Eye
1991
Entering The Masquerade
1992
City Bus
1993
Old Enough to Know Better
1994
Fashion Stories
2001 - 2008
Daisy
1980 - 2010
Hair Salon
2002
Poodle Parlor
2003
Cafe London
2003
Mad Tea
2004
100 Leading Ladies
2014
Stay at Home Dads
2016 (onwards)

Selected Reviews & Articles

Design Week profile, London
2007
The Independent on Saturday Magazine
2002
Creative Review, London
1999
D Magazine, La Republica, Italy
1998
FOTO, Amsterdam
1996
Women's Art Magazine, No 59
1994
Portfolio Magazine, Edinburgh
1992
Creative Camera, London
1992
FOTO Nr 2, Sweden
1992
Women's Art Magazine, London
1991
British Journal of Photography, London
1988

Broadcast Interviews

BBC Radio 4: Woman's Hour
1988
HTV Scene 90
1990
BBC Radio 4: Woman's Hour
1992
GMTV Breakfast Time, London
1993
Meridian TV, The Pier
1993
Channel 4: Without Walls
1993
BBC Radio 3: Night Waves
1993
BBC Radio 4: Kaleidoscope
1994
BBC Radio 4: Woman's Hour
1997
BBC Radio 4: Secret History of Sex
2002
Monocle Radio
2014
Radio Soho
2014

Solo Exhibitions

Recent Work
F Stop Gallery, Bath
1986
A Document
Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, and touring
1988
Woman To Woman
Royal Photographic Society, Bath and touring
1990
Entering The Masquerade
National Museum of Photography, Film & TV
1992
City Bus Project
Southampton, Public Art Commission
1993
Photographie - Nancy Honey
Maison Pour Tous, Calais, France
1993
Old Enough To Know Better
Cambridge Darkroom, Cambridge
1994
Recent Work
Melkweg Gallerie, Amsterdam
1996
City Bus Project
Braga Photography Festival, Braga, Portugal
1997
Secret Lives Luton
Chatham, Kent, Public Art Commission
1998
100 Leading Ladies
Somerset House, London
2014
100 Leading Ladies
Barclays Global HQ, London
2015
100 Leading Ladies
Hogan Lovell, London
2015
100 Leading Ladies
Cartwritght Hall, Bradford
2016
City Bus 25th Anniversary Exhibition
Southampton
2019

Selected Group Exhibitions

Young Contemporaries
Institute of Contemporary Art, London
1986
Regarding Photography
Ffotogallery, Cardiff
1987
Women Artists Diary Exhibition
London
1987
Recent Work
Royal Photographic Society, Bath
1988
Self Portraiture Exhibition
Women Artists Slide Library, London and touring
1988
A Daughter’s View
Watershed Media Centre, Bristol and touring
1991
Desert Island Pics
The Photographers Gallery, London
1993
Women Artists Diary Exhibition
London
1993
Our Bodies, Ourselves
Nottingham Castle Museum
1994
Habitus
Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria
1996
Fotofeis International Festival
Scotland
1997
Encontros da Imagem
Braga International Photography Festival, Portugal
1998
Exhibition 98
Association of Photographers, London
1998
One Heart
One World - NHK Japan Television touring Exhibition
2002
Outskirts
Spitalfields Literary Festival, London
2005
Encontros da Imagem
Braga International Photography Festival, Portugal
2006
In Our Manor
Waterloo Gallery, London
2008
Achievement - recent acquisitions
National Portrait Gallery, London
2013
-209 Women
Portcullis House, London
2018
-209 Women
Open Eye Liverpool
2019