Marianne Majerus

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Marianne Andrée Majerus (born September 5, 1956, in Clervaux, Luxembourg) is a garden and portrait photographer based in London. She is one of Europe's leading specialist garden photographers.[1] Her company, Marianne Majerus Garden Images, is one of the major providers of garden images to the media in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Daughter of Nicolas Majerus (Luxembourgish heart specialist and politician) and Blanche Baron, she grew up in the town of Esch-sur-Alzette with her brother and sister. After taking her international baccalaureate at the Lycée Hubert Clément she left for England to further her studies. Whilst studying at the University of Essex, from where she graduated with two degrees one in Economics and the other in English Literature, she began exhibiting her work. Having graduated she decided to pursue her passion for photography in London. She is married and has a son.

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[edit] Works

Four portraits by Marianne Majerus are exhibited by the National Portrait Gallery (London): of Doris Lessing, Hugo Williams, Malcolm Bradbury and Raffaella Barker.[2] Other works are held by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Centre National de l'Audiovisuel in Luxembourg.[3] Other portraits include those of J.G. Ballard [4] and Andrew Motion[5].

Her photos regularly appear in: The Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, House and Garden, Homes and Gardens, The London Evening Standard, The RHS Garden Journal, The English Garden, Gardens Illustrated, Architektur und Wohnen, Femina a Ville Giardini. As well as many publications in America, Russia and Eastern Europe.

[edit] Awards

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 [6]

In 2002 she was voted "Garden Photographer of the Year" by the Garden Writers' Guild.[7]

[edit] Published Books

  • 101 Ideas Gardens (2005)
  • Alsace Gastronomique
  • A Passion for Roses (2004)
  • Containers: Simple Projects for the Weekend Gardener
  • Cool Containers (2003)
  • English Manor Houses
  • Essex: A Journey in Photographs
  • Foliage (2001)
  • Garden Spaces: Simple Solutions for Planning and Design (2005)
  • Gardening with Containers
  • Gardening with Herbs
  • Herbs: Simple Projects for the Weekend Gardener
  • House Beautiful Container Gardens
  • Living with Plants
  • Projects for Small Gardens: 56 Projects With Step-by-step Instruction
  • Secret Gardens of London (2004)
  • Secret Gardens of Venice (Flammarion, Thames & Hudson, 2007)
  • Seeds: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Successfully from Seed
  • Shrubs for the Garden (2004)
  • The German Ambassador's Residence in London
  • The New London Garden (2000)
  • The New Tech Garden
  • The Rose Gardens of England (Collins, 1987)
  • TopfKult (2003)
  • Traumpaare (Callwey, 2007)
  • Trees for the Garden
  • Venetian Gardens (2006)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The English Garden Profile for Marianne Majerus
  2. ^ National Portrait Gallery Profile for Marianne Majerus.
  3. ^ Centre National de l'Audiovisuel List of Photographers in their Collection
  4. ^ ESSE Journal page featuring Marianne Majerus's photograph of J.G. Ballard
  5. ^ ESSE Journal page featuring Marianne Majerus's photograph of Andrew Motion
  6. ^ Garden Writers' Guild Award Page 2000
  7. ^ Garden Writers' Guild Award Page 2002

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