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Fay Godwin
, British, 1931-2005
Title
Untitled, 1999Date2003
MediumC-type print
Dimensions
30.5 × 40.5 cm
Signedon verso, lower left: © Fay S God
Credit LinePresented, Zelda Cheatle, 2024
Object numberNGI.2024.71.7
DescriptionFay Godwin (1931-2005) was one of the most significant British photographers of the 20th century. She was a tireless environmental campaigner, using both her landscape photography and her writing to draw attention to urgent issues. This photograph features in the series ‘Glassworks & Secret Lives’. These colour photographs mark a departure from her earlier monochrome works in their up-close and personal approach. Of this series, Godwin remarked: “My interest in the land in my black and white work has consistently concerned human intervention – the history, tilling and use of land – I have never been interested in wilderness areas. It was only recently that I realised that this colour work follows some of the same concerns, in a more oblique, less specific way.”
This image is part of a portfolio of 30 photographs published by Zelda Cheatle in 2003 to celebrate 15 years of exhibitions in her London gallery. The artists included in this collection reflect Cheatle’s aim to highlight the work of important twentieth century photographers while at the same time exhibiting and supporting emerging artists. The photographs range from digital prints to silver gelatin prints and cyanotypes.
Inscriptionon verso, lower left: 670.17 Untitled 1999
ProvenancePresented, Zelda Cheatle, 2024Exhibition HistoryZelda Cheatle Gallery , London, 2003