Major Projects
100 Leading Ladies
2012 - 2013
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Hon. Olga Polizzi CBE at her house in Chelsea, London, UK - December 2012
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Sue Palmer at her home in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - May 2013
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Baroness Patricia Scotland of Asthal, PC, QC in One Millbank, Westminster, London, UK - June 2012
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Professor Averil Mansfield CBE in the Lake District, Cumbria, UK - August 2012
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Baroness Shirley Williams of Crosby PC in the House of Lords, London, UK - November 2012
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Deborah Moggach on Hampstead Heath, London, UK - July 2012
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Portrait of Annette Worsely-Taylor MBE at her home in Drayton Gardens, London, UK - July 2012
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Professor Helen Storey MBE at the Bikram Yoga Studio in Primrose Hill, London, UK - August 2012
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Barbara Hulanicki OBE in west London, UK - March 2013
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Professor Dame Ann Dowling DBE FRS FREng in her car in Cambridge, UK - August 2012
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Kate Bostock at her home in Buckinghamshire, UK - October 2012
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Professor Germaine Greer in her garden, Saffron Walden, Essex, UK - June 2012
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Sonya Leydecker at her home in Chelsea, London, UK - March 2013
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Martha Kearney at the Chelsea Physic Garden, London, UK - September 2012
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Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey OBE at the House of Lords, London, UK - October 2012
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Baroness Patience Wheatcroft in her home, Victoria, London, UK - October 2012
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Sarah Campbell at her home, Crystal Palace, London, UK - April 2013
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Helen Bamber OBE in the Helen Bamber Foundation, London, UK - July 2012
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Dame Beryl Grey DBE DMus DLitt Ed.D FRSA at her home in Chelwood Gate, UK - April 2013
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Professor Dame Carol Black DBE FRCP at the Nuffield Trust, Cavendish Street, London, UK - May 2012
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Liz Calder at her home in Saxmundham, Suffolk, UK - May 2013
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Professor Parveen Kumar CBE in Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK - July 2012
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Jancis Robinson OBE at her home in Belsize Park, London, UK - October 2012
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Dame Gillian Wagner DBE OBE at her home, Victoria, London, UK - November 2012
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Elin Hurvenes at the stables in Telegraph Hill, West Sussex, UK - November 2012
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Charlotte Johnson Wahl at her home in west London, UK - March 2013
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Ann Packer MBE at her home in Congleton, UK - May 2013
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Baroness Sheila Hollins at her home in Bookham, Surrey, UK - July 2012
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Anna Coote at her home in South London, UK - June 2012
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Veronica Wadley at the City Hall, London, UK - October 2012
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Dame Antonia Fraser DBE at her home in west London, UK - March 2013
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Elinor Goodman at her home in Wiltshire, UK - April 2013
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Linda Colley CBE FBA FRSL FRHistS at her home in Reepham, Norfolk, UK - July 2012
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Dame Gail Rebuck, Baroness Gould, DBE in her home, Park Square East, London, UK - June 2012
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Liz Lochhead in Glasgow, Scotland, UK - May 2013
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Professor Lesley Yellowlees MBE BSc PhD FRSC FRSE at Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK - March 2013
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Susie Orbach at her home in Hampstead, London, UK - August 2012
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Lady Caroline Cranbrook OBE in Glemham House, Saxmundham, Suffolk, UK - May 2013
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Lady Lucinda Lambton at her home in Gerrards Cross, UK - March 2013
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Christine Tacon CBE in Little Venice, London, UK - September 2012
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Sue Coppard at her home in Bradford on Avon, Wilts, UK - June 2012
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Dame Vivien Duffield DBE at the building site of the new Jewish Community Centre, north London, UK - April 2013
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Caroline Michel in the offices of Peters Fraser Dunlop, Covent Garden, London, UK - June 2012
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Dame Nancy Rothwell DBE DL FRS FMedSci at her office in Manchester, UK - August 2012
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Professor Jane Anderson at St.Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK - December 2012
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Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas DBE at her house, Southwest London, UK - November 2012
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Sally Clarke MBE at her restaurant Clarke's, West London, UK - August 2012
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Professor Wendy Dagworthy OBE at Royal College of Art, London, UK - July 2012
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Terry Marsh at her house in Epsom Downs, Surrey, UK - January 2013
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Lady Susan Rice CBE at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - May 2013
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Mandy Haberman at her home in Aldenham, Hertfordshire, UK - September 2012
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Viscountess Harriet Bridgeman FRSA at her home in west London, UK - January 2013
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Miriam Gross, Lady Owen at her home, Notting Hill, London, UK - March 2013
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Baroness / Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG at her cottage in Wiltshire, UK - August 2012
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Carmen Callil at the home in West London, UK - June 2012
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Frances O’Grady at the TUC, London, UK - November 2012
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Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones DCMG PC at her home in Chelsea, London, UK - December 2012
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Nicola LeFanu at her home in York, UK - October 2012
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Pauline Clare CBE in Waterloo, London, UK - April 2013
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Sheila Dillon in Olden Garden, Highbury, London, UK - April 2013
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Daphne Selfe at her home in Baldock, Herts, UK - August 2012
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Dame Harriet Walter DBE at her home in Hammersmith, London, UK - August 2012
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Baroness Usha Prashar CBE in The Royal Commonwealth Club, London, UK - September 2012
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Karen Armstrong FRSL at her home in Angel, London, UK - July 2012
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Lady Helen Hamlyn at her home in Chelsea, London, UK - November 2012
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Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE in St James's Park, London, UK - August 2012
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Baroness Helena Kennedy of The Shaws QC, FRSA Barrister at her home in Chalk Farm, London, UK - May 2012
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Amanda Nevill at her home in Keighley, Yorkshire, UK - June 2012
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Helen Browning OBE in Eastbrook Farm, Swindon, Wiltshire, UK - December 2012
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Deborah Mattinson at Somerset House, London, UK - July 2012
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Claudia Roden at her house, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, UK - October 2012
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Anne Wood CBE at her home in Gloucestershire, UK - April 2013
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Dame Tessa Jowell DBE MP at her home in Highgate, London, UK - October 2012
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Kirsty Wark at her home in Glasgow, Scotland, UK - May 2013
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Mary Honeyball MEP at her flat in Bloomsbury, London, UK - January 2013
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Caroline Neville in her home in Greenwich, London, UK - December 2012
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Professor Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS in Cambridge, UK - August 2012
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Professor Dame Kay Davies CBE FRS FMedSci at her lab in Oxford, UK - May 2012
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Blanche Marvin at her home in St John's Wood, London, UK - April 2013
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Dianne Thompson CBE at her home in Buckinghamshire, UK - April 2013
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Joy Larkcom at an East london allotment, UK - November 2012
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Joan Burstein at Browns in South Molton Street, London, UK - September 2012
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Prudence Leith CBE at her publisher's office, London, UK - October 2012
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Maggi Hambling CBE in her studio in Clapham, London UK - October 2012
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Diana Athill OBE in Highgate, London, UK - May 2013
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Betty Jackson CBE at her home in west London, UK - September 2012
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Baroness Julia Cumberlege CBE DSG DL at the House of Lords, London, UK - July 2012
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Baroness Haleh Afshar OBE in the House of Lords, London, UK - March 2013
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The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE PC MP in her office of the Public Accounts Committee House of Commons, London, UK - May 2012
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Kim Hillier at her home in Rickmanswowrth, Hertfordshire, UK - October 2013
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Helen Garlick at Temple Church, London, UK - March 2013
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Parminder Vir OBE at her home in Willesdon Green, London ,UK - November 2012
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Gwyn Miles at Somerset House, London, UK - March 2013
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Mary Contini at Musselburgh, Scotland, UK - May 2013
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Rita Britton at Pollyanna, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, October 2012
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Lynne Franks in B Hive Club, Covent Garden, London, UK - November 2012
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Carole Plant at the Millennium Bridge, London, UK - November 2012
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Elsie Owusu OBE RIBA FRSA at her house in central London, UK - November 2012
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Virginia Ironside at her home in Shepherd’s Bush, London, UK - July 2012
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Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley DBE FREng FRSA FBCS at her home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK - July 2012
During 2012-2014, I endeavoured to photograph 100 of Britain’s most respected women over the age of 55; from academics to entrepreneurs, fashion designers to composers. The Leading Ladies all share one thing in common; they are leading figures in their fields and have defied gender stereotypes.
‘In my own lifetime I have witnessed a profound shift - from little girls imagining their future as marriage and children to the now total belief from childhood that a woman will grow up to have a career outside the home. It is more important than ever to see the important women from all fields in our society and hear their voices of experience.’
I invited each woman to select a place of inspiration for their portrait setting, affording the viewer further insight into the lives, personalities and character of these admirable women.
The 100 Leading Ladies legacy book, 2014, designed by Steven Taylor Associates and published by Dewi Lewis Media features all 100 portraits and interviews by former Times journalist Hattie Garlick.
The photos were first exhibited at Somerset House, London in 2014. The exhibition toured the UK for 2 years afterwards.
Nancy Honey
- A number of the portraits have been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery and The University of Westminster.