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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] Daughter of Nicolas Majerus (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. After graduating she studied photography at the Polytechnic of Central London. She is married and has a son.

Her company, Marianne Majerus Garden Images, is one of the major providers of garden images to the media in the United Kingdom and worldwide. MMGI has evolved into a brand in its own right as it now represents the works of artists old and new such as Andrew Lawson, Steven Gunther, Fiona McLeod, Bennet Smith, Simon Meaker and Claire Takacs.

Works

Four portraits by Marianne Majerus are exhibited by the National Portrait Gallery (London): of Doris Lessing [2], Hugo Williams[3], Malcolm Bradbury [4]and Raffaella Barker.[5] Other works are held by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Centre National de l'Audiovisuel in Luxembourg.[6] Other portraits include those of J.G. Ballard [7], Andrew Motion[8], Tony Harrison[9] and Baroness Ludford.

Her photos regularly appear in: Country Life, 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, Japan and Eastern Europe.

Awards

In 2008 Marianne Majerus was awarded second place in the International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition in the "GPA Portfolio Category"[10] and was a finalist in the "Portfolio Category".[11]

She has won first prizes for Image of the Month from the Garden Photographer's Association (part of the Garden Media Guild) for the months of: September 2008[12], December 2008[13], June 2009[14], July 2009[15], and August 2009 [16].

In 2002 she was voted "Garden Photographer of the Year" by the Garden Writers' Guild.[17]

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 [18]

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)

Notes

  1. ^ The English Garden Profile for Marianne Majerus
  2. ^ Portrait of Doris Lessing
  3. ^ Portrait of Hugo Williams
  4. ^ Portrait of Malcolm Bradbury
  5. ^ National Portrait Gallery Profile for Marianne Majerus.
  6. ^ Centre National de l'Audiovisuel List of Photographers in their Collection
  7. ^ ESSE Journal page featuring Marianne Majerus's photograph of J.G. Ballard
  8. ^ ESSE Journal page featuring Marianne Majerus's photograph of Andrew Motion
  9. ^ ESSE Journal page featuring Marianne Majerus's photograph of Tony Harrison
  10. ^ International Garden Photographer of the Year 2008 - GPA Portfolio Winners
  11. ^ International Garden Photographer of the Year 2008 - Portfolio Winners
  12. ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for September 2008
  13. ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for December 2008
  14. ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for June 2009
  15. ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for July 2009
  16. ^ Garden Photographer's Association "Image of the Month" prize page for August 2009
  17. ^ Garden Writers' Guild Award Page 2002
  18. ^ Garden Writers' Guild Award Page 2000
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