Val Wilmer
Groundbreaking Images by the Founder of the UK's First Women's Photographic Agency
"If somebody wanted a photograph of a person doing a certain job, we would send them a photograph of a woman doing it."
The Jazz Chauffeur Who Kicked Off a Political Scandal in 1960s Britain
Johnny Edgecombe, known to his friends as “the Edge,” was a hustler, a chauffeur for the biggest names in England's jazz scene, and an odd figure in a major political scandal that ended up sending him to prison for seven years.
Jazz and Blues and Blues and Jazz
British photographer Val Wilmer had her earliest work published 50 years ago. She started the first women’s-only photo agency, campaigned for women’s and civil rights, and is one of Britain’s leading experts on jazz and blues.
