Lichens for a Headstone – tribute to Fay Godwin
c. Michael St. Mark, c. 2005

Without any formal training in photography, Fay Godwin transcended the Oxbridge glass ceiling by marrying the influential publisher Tony Godwin, eleven years her senior, and possibly due to access to his influence and Oxbridge connections becoming a successful English landscape photographer and eventually pillar of the British photo art establishment during the 1960s 70s and 80s.

Her interpretation of the wonderfully color-diverse English landscape never strayed far from a monochrome brief.

* The selection of this image as the first London Dada online post may seem unusual, but the aim and ‘protest thought’ behind it is to do with eschewing both the rigid expression style conformity ( in Fay’s case being associated with monochrome landscapes almost exclusively ) apparently needed for recognition and success in the arts … along with the absolute necessity of making contacts within the established art / photo / film world – historically by various often not altogether morally-motivated means – thereby firmly shutting the door to potentially greater talents being able to have the opportunity to show their gifts to the world.

Please see the link below:

Artnet Exposed

London Dada Work No. 904; The Oxbridge Doors to Equal Opportunity

Fay sadly passed away earlier this year ( 2005 )  in Hastings at the age of 74.

Some monochrome landscapes