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Serena Wadham Archive
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<p>Serena Wadham (1930-2006) was a photojournalist who was based in Islington from the late 1960s until 1987, when she retired to Cornwall, spending her final years at Middle Georgia Farm, Nancledra, near St Ives. After her death her family presented a substantial collection of her negatives, contact sheets and prints, plus some press material and correspondence, to the Morrab Library in Penzance. In May 2008 an exhibition was held at the Library, curated by Robin Lenman, who has also compiled this catalogue. The bulk of the collection relates to Serena Wadham's activities in and around London. But the rest comprises Cornish themes such as early journalistic assignments, the landscape, neighbours and farming around Nancledra, and a 1990s campaign against the redevelopment of Hayle. The photographic prints have been subdivided into subject categories and are mostly stored in <strong>A4-format box files</strong>, numbered 1-18; negatives and contact prints (mostly in flat cardboard boxes, individually numbered), albums and some miscellaneous material, including larger-format items, are contained in <strong>large archival boxes</strong>, numbered I-VIII. The selection of c. 80 exhibition pictures, with mounts and captions, is held separately in an <strong>archival portfolio</strong>.</p>
<p>Although some prints and contact sheets are captioned with information about subjects and people photographed, SW rarely included dates. However, she assiduously numbered negatives, contact sheets and some prints, and a selection of numbers have been given in the attached chronology.</p>
Creator
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Serena Wadham
Identifier
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SWA
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10x6¾ inches
Artist
Serena Wadham
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Mount's Bay, Cornwall. A woman and a boy survey the damage caused by the oil spill from the Torrey Canyon.
Creator
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Serena Wadham
Date
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1967
Format
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Silver Bromide Print
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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SWA.EX.069
Coverage
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Mount's Bay, Cornwall
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Written on a typed note fixed to the back of the print:
'BRITAN'S BATTLE FOR THE BEACHES
Invasion of Britain 1967...A woman at Mount's Bay on the Cornish coast stoops to examine the tidemark caused by cruds of oil washing ashore from the crippled tanker Torrey canyon. In the background is St Michael's Mount, a noted holiday spot...but perhaps not this year.
Please acknowledge: Photograph by SERENA WADHAM'
1967
Cornwall
Mount's Bay
oil spill
torrey canyon