Self-portraits of SW - in some cases done to test equipment - and interior views of her flat at 5, Noel Road, Islington.
Brown A4 envelope 1/1 marked 'Shots from my window (pre-Zone System tests), containing views from 5, Noel Rd to test various…
One of Serena Wadham's earliest non-Cornish assignments was a study of Jewish education, for which she took numerous pictures, evidently in May-June 1965, at yeshivas in Gateshead and Sunderland, and at the Hasmonean Grammar School and other schools…
Having originally trained as a professional musician, Serena Wadham retained a lifelong interest in music and undertook numerous related assignments, involving personalities such as Yehudi Menuhin, Elizabeth Lutyens, Gwyneth Jones, Richard Rodney…
Urban views, mainly in Islington and other parts of North London, many taken to test cameras or lenses.
Brown folder 4/1 of Islington views, with selection of local government publications, late 1970s. Also shots of St Paul's, railway installations…
Victoria Station (1965); Hampstead Heath: Ladies' Pond (1974), views and tree studies (1976); campaign in support of Charlie Welsh and his animals at Corrall Rd, Islington (c. 1977).
City of London, views and street scenes; the Barbican; some Islington scenes. Miscellaneous street scenes, café interiors &c, mostly Islington. 1970s-80s.
Photos of squats and occupations from late 1960s, including Guildford School of Art, University of London Union (Jan. 1969), Hornsey College (Jan. 1969); also rallies and demonstrations by the National Front, the Monday Club (May 1970), CND,…
From the late 1960s onwards Serena Wadham became increasingly interested in feminism and women's issues, and the archive contains many pictures of political meetings and demonstrations, portraits of feminist personalities, and images of women at…
Brown folder 10/1 marked 'Changing roles of women' containing a large selection of pictures of women doing various kinds of factory and transport work; also sporting activities (rowing, riding, karate); and the composer Thea Musgrave and film-maker…
Brown folder 11/1 marked 'Motorcycles/motorcyclists'. SW's mainly female biking friends and associates - Frances Popley, Bea Hawkins et al - and their equipment; cuttings, and a letter from Bea Hawkins 15 Feb. 1979. The photographs are mainly late…
Brown envelope 12/1 marked 'School Children N. London', 1960s/70s.
Brown folder 12/2 marked 'Home-Workers'. Printed material and a few photos on this subject, c. 1977.
Brown folder 12/3 marked 'Male-Female': miscellaneous interactions between male…
Brown folder 13/1 marked Alternative/Tammo de Jongh/Demos. Prints and contact sheets relating to the Collingwood family at their base near Camberley, and their mystico-erotic activities with personalities such as the artist/cosmologist Tammo de…
Brown folder 14/1A marked 'Hackney Marshes', containing river- and marsh-landscapes probably done in connection with SW's mid-70s river pollution project; but also many miscellaneous items, including street scenes, portrait studies and test shots,…
