Marilyn Stafford - A Life in Photography. Brighton Museum & Art Gallery. February 2022.
What a delightfully pleasant afternoon spent in the company of Marilyn Stafford, 96, and her photographs at the Brighton Museum for the private press opening of her new retrospective ‘Marilyn Stafford Life in Photographs’. Over the years Marilyn has mastered the art of a presser and to hear such eloquent wonderful and emotional stories spoken to camera was so lovely to witness. The project came to life with the effort of a large team of people, most are all now friends and possibly considered family and crowd funding. If you are in Brighton and can spare the time it is well worth the effort to wander through the Laines of Brighton to the wonderful museum and view the show which is up til May 8th 2022. We were the lucky girls chosen to do the painstaking restoration of well over 200 images, the job came in during the first Covid lockdown and lasted for many, many months. To now see the exhibition prints and to own the book is a privilege. Marilyn, like many in photography, got lucky very early on in her career - the rest was down to her vision, humanity, compassion and faith in people.
