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100 Women

Striking New Exhibition of 100 iconic portraits of ‘First Women’ from across the UK

January 31, 2018 // 0 Comments

Marking the 100th year of Women’s Suffrage (6th February 2018) To mark the anniversary of the centenary of women’s ‘right to vote’ , photographer Anita Corbin [...]

First Women featured in the BBC’s Festival of Remembrance

November 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

First Woman Lieutenant Colonel Lucy Giles

Anita’s iconic image of Lt Col Lucy Giles featured in this year’s Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall. The photograph was shown in [...]

100 portraits now complete!

September 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

Seven years, over 100,000 miles and a cornucopia of locations from a Team GB boxing ring to the House of Lords: the one hundred portraits that comprise the First Women [...]

Interview with Katy Cropper

July 4, 2016 // 0 Comments

The First Woman to win ‘One Man and His Dog’ – in the face of ‘competition, small-mindedness and having been put down by most men in the dog running world all my [...]

Interview with Hilary Mantel

June 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

Dame Hilary Mantel – 1952-2022 ‘If you go into your creative work trying to make something happen, the work may not cooperate with you,’ explains Dame Hilary [...]

Interview with Felicity Aston

April 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

It’s hard talking to adventurer Felicity Aston without exclaiming, ‘wow!’ every few seconds. The first woman to ski solo across Antarctica, Aston, throughout her [...]

89 Women and counting – the 100 Portraits collection is nearly complete

December 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

As the 100-year anniversary of women getting the vote draws closer, so too does the First Women 2018 launch date of the complete collection of First Women. In a year that has [...]

First Women contributes to historic BBC’s 100 Women Season!

November 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

Anita recently appeared on the BBC as part of the highly respected #100Women debates where she was invited in her role as project founder to speak on the media’s [...]