Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- c1959-2004 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
30 boxes
Context area
Archival history
Donated to the archive by Sally Soames in 2008 and 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection holds portrait and photo-journalistic work produced by Sally Soames between 1959 and 2004. It also contains correspondence and other papers relating to her projects, publications and activities.
Administrative/Biographical history: Sally Soames was born in London and has lived there all her life. Her first assignments were for the Observer in 1963 and she then went on to freelance for the Guardian, the New York Times, The Observer and various TV and film companies in the UK and the US. She joined the staff of The Sunday Times in 1968 and remained there until she retired in June 2000. Her books include Manpower (1987) and Writers (1995).
Accruals
System of arrangement
Records of the Sally Soames Photography Collection are divided into 3 sections:
SSO/1: Prints
SSO/2: Negatives
SSO/3: Papers
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright: Sally Soames
Language of material
Script of material
Access Status
Open(part)
Closed until
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Soames; Sally; photographer (Subject)