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Currently lives in Seattle, Washington, USA
1972-73, Banbury School of Art, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
1964-72, St Joseph’s College, Upholland, Lancashire, EnglandAwards
2022
Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture, France2016
Special Photographer Award, Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan.
Hae-sun Lee Photography Award, Photographic Artist Association of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Honorary Master of Arts, Brooks Institute, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.
Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, Ministry of Culture, Paris, France.
Golden Saffron Award, Consuegra, La Mancha, Spain.
Institute for Aesthetic Development Award, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
Art in Public Buildings Award, California Arts Council Commission, Sacramento, California, U.S.A.
Imogen Cunningham Award, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.Solo Exhibitions
Northern England 1983-1986, Robert Mann Gallery, NYC, USA
Buddha, Palazzo, Loredan, Venice, Italy
Buddha, Chiesa di Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna, Italy
Michael Kenna, La Lumiere de l’ombre, Caen, France
France and Ukraine, K.