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Marianne Majerus, born 1956 in Clervaux, Luxembourg, is a garden and portrait photographer based in London. She is one of Europe's leading specialist garden photographers.[1] After taking her international baccalaureate at the Lycée Hubert Clément she studied in England graduating in Economics and in English Literature. After graduating, she studied photography at the Polytechnic of Central London. Her company, Marianne Majerus Garden Images, provides garden images to the media in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Marianne Majerus is currently a member of the Royal Horticultural Society Photographic Advisory Committee.[2]
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Works
Four portraits by Marianne Majerus are exhibited by the National Portrait Gallery (London): of Doris Lessing,[3] Hugo Williams,[4] Malcolm Bradbury[5] and Raffaella Barker.[6] Other works are held by the Arts Council of Great Britain[citation needed] and the Centre National de l'Audiovisuel in Luxembourg.[7] Other portraits include those of J.G. Ballard,[8] Andrew Motion,[9] Tony Harrison[10] and Baroness Ludford.
Her photographs regularly appear in Country Life, The Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, House & Garden, Homes and Gardens, Evening Standard (London), The RHS Garden Journal, The English Garden, Gardens Illustrated, Architektur und Wohnen and Femina a Ville Giardini, as well as many publications in America, Russia, Japan and eastern Europe.[citation needed]
Awards
In 2010 Marianne Majerus was named 'International Garden Photographer of the Year' for her picture 'Layered landscape: a moment captured'.[11] The same image also won the 'People's Choice Award' as voted for by the public in the 'Garden Views' category.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] This has been followed by her winning first place in the 'Garden Views Category' of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Award 2011.[21]
In 2008 Marianne Majerus was awarded second place in the International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition in the "GPA Portfolio Category"[22] and was a finalist in the "Portfolio Category".[23]
She has won first prizes for Image of the Month from the Garden Photographer's Association (part of the Garden Media Guild) for September 2008,[24] December 2008,[25] June 2009,[26] July 2009,[27] August 2009,[28] October 2009,[29] August 2010 [30] and October 2010.[31] Second prize in September 2009,[32] July 2010 [33] and September 2010.[34] From January 2011 Marianne Majerus ceased to enter the Image of the Month competitions.
In 2002 she was voted "Photographer of the Year" by the Garden Media Guild (then the Garden Writers' Guild).[35]
In 2000 alongside George Carter(Garden Designer) she won the "Inspirational Book of the Year" award from the Garden Writers' Guild for the book The New London Garden [36]
Books as Principal Photographer
Publication Year Title 2011 Die geheimen Gärten Luxemburgs [37] 2007 Traumpaar 2007 Secret Gardens of Venice 2006 Venetian Gardens 2006 Projects for Small Gardens: 56 Projects With Step-by-step Instruction 2006 Neue Ideen für winzige Gärten 2005 Garden Spaces: Simple Solutions for Planning and Design 2005 101 Ideas Gardens 2004 Secret Gardens of London 2004 Shrubs for the Garden 2004 Herbs: Simple Projects for the Weekend Gardener 2004 Containers: Simple Projects for the Weekend Gardener 2004 A Passion for Roses 2003 House Beautiful Container Gardens 2003 TopfKult 2003 The German Ambassador's Residence in London (Revised Edition) 2003 Cool Containers 2001 The New Tech Garden 2001 Foliage 2001 Seeds: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Successfully from Seed 2000 The New London Garden 2000 Living with Plants 1999 Gardening with Herbs 1997 Gardening with Containers 1996 Alsace Gastronomique 1993 The German Ambassador's Residence in London 1992 English Manor Houses 1987 The Rose Gardens of England 1984 Essex: A Journey in Photographs Books as Featured Photographer
Publication Year Title 2011 International Garden Photographer of the Year: Collection 4 [38] 2010 International Garden Photographer of the Year: Collection 3 2010 Kleine Gärten - Das große Ideenbuch 2010 Neues Design für kleine Gärten 2008 International Garden Photographer of the Year: Collection 1 2008 Gestaltung mit Rosen: Das große Ideenbuch 2006 Projets pour petits jardins : 56 Projets à réaliser pas à pas 2005 101 Conseils Jardin Exhibitions
Date Exhibition Name Location 1 Location 2 Description 2011 International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011[39] Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Various location within the United Kingdom. Marianne Majerus's work features as the winning picture in the 'Garden Views Category' of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Award 2011. 2010 International Garden Photographer of the Year 2010[39] Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Various location within the United Kingdom. As the winner of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Award, as well as the People's Choice Award, Majerus's winning photograph is the centrepiece of the exhibition. 2008 International Garden Photographer of the Year 2008[39] Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Various location within the United Kingdom. After gaining two citations in the 'Portfolio' categories from the International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition Majerus's photographs appeared in the year's exhibition. 2005 Private Places[40] Geffrye Museum, Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom. N/A Majerus's photographs appeared alongside other high-profile photographers as part of The Garden Photographers’ Association exhibition of new work exploring the relationship between people and the personal havens they make in our cities and towns. 2002 Professional Gardeners[41] Museum of Garden History, Lambeth, London, United Kingdom. N/A This portrait collection of contemporary women gardeners appeared as part of an artistic season entitled How Does Her Garden Grow?, which followed the history of women professional gardeners since the first women’s horticultural training colleges opened at the end of the 19th century. 1995 Visage Extérieur / The Face Outside[42] la Galerie d'art d'Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. The Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell, London, United Kingdom. A selection of portraits of famous Luxembourgers living throughout the world commissioned by the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture during Luxembourg's year as European Capital of Culture. Literature
- Raymond Reuter: 100 Lëtzebuerger ronderëm d'Welt (100 Luxembourgers Around the World), Page. 124: Marianne Majerus, 2003, Éditions Luxnews, ISBN 2-9599932-2-5
Notes
- ^ The English Garden Profile for Marianne Majerus
- ^ Photographic Advisory Committee Page
- ^ Portrait of Doris Lessing
- ^ Portrait of Hugo Williams
- ^ Portrait of Malcolm Bradbury
- ^ National Portrait Gallery profile for Marianne Majerus.
- ^ Centre National de l'Audiovisuel List of Photographers in their Collection
- ^ ESSE Journal page featuring Marianne Majerus's photograph of J.G. Ballard
- ^ ESSE Journal page featuring Marianne Majerus's photograph of Andrew Motion
- ^ ESSE Journal page featuring Marianne Majerus's photograph of Tony Harrison
- ^ International Garden Photographer of the Year 3
- ^ People's Choice Award page
- ^ Article, The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Article, The Guardian.
- ^ Article, Gardens Illustrated.
- ^ Article, Metro Online.
- ^ Article, Luxemburger Wort.
- ^ Article, What Digital Camera.
- ^ Article, The Photography Blog.
- ^ Landscape Juice
- ^ Garden Views Category 2011
- ^ International Garden Photographer of the Year 2008 - GPA Portfolio Winners
- ^ International Garden Photographer of the Year 2008 - Portfolio Winners
- ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for September 2008
- ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for December 2008
- ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for June 2009
- ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for July 2009
- ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for August 2009
- ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for October 2009
- ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for August 2010
- ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for October 2010
- ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for September 2009
- ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for July 2010
- ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for September 2010
- ^ Garden Writers' Guild Award Page 2002
- ^ Garden Writers' Guild Award Page 2000
- ^ Die geheimen Gärten Luxemburgs
- ^ International Garden Photographer of the Year: Collection 4 Book
- ^ a b c International Garden Photographer of the Year 2011 Exhibition page
- ^ Geffrye Museum Press Release
- ^ Times Article
- ^ Exhibition Listing for Visage Extérieur / The Face Outside
External links
Categories:- 1956 births
- British photographers
- Luxembourgian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Luxembourgian photographers
- Alumni of the University of Essex
- Living people
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