Maggie Murray


Maggie Murray is a British photojournalist and documentary photographer. In 1983, she was a co-founder of the Format photographic agency. Murray's work is held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and in the Maggie Murray Archive at Bishopsgate Institute, London.

Life and work

Murray studied photography at Regent Street Polytechnic, London. In the 1970s, she was a member of the Hackney Flashers, a socialist-feminist collective of women that created agitprop. In 1983, Murray and Val Wilmer co-founded Format, the first women's photographic agency. Format aimed "both to raise the profile of female photographers and to tackle widespread preconceptions and prejudices". She travelled widely, with a focus on everyday life and work. Later, she particularly focused on the lives of women and other underrepresented groups.

Publications

Publications by Murray

Group exhibitions

Murray's work is held in the following permanent collections: