straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. today, i vejourneyed to the south coast of england to meet one of the great women pioneers of photo journalism, marilyn stafford. she was born in the united states, but she moved to paris where she became the protege of the brilliant cartier bresson. and like him, she loved to capture intimate portraits of ordinary people. she s worked in war zones and on fashion catwalks. and now, at 93, her work is being admired by a new generation. so, what gives her pictures their power? marilyn stafford, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let s start way back. you trained as an actress, you spent a while as a nightclub singer, and yet you really found your creative voice in photography. what was it about photography that really reached into your soul? i have been called an accidental photographer, because i really did not set out to do the photography at all. the photography was something that was just there. when i was a chi
had a permit to do so. speaking before hearing the culture secretary s views, the greek prime minister, who is facing an election, warned voters return was not imminent. translation: if the greek people trust us again, - i believe we could achieve this target after the elections, with full respect, of course, to the obvious red lines that all greek governments have posed. one red line could be accepting the sculptures back on loan. but the law prevents the british museum from returning ownership to greece, even if it wanted to, unless the culture secretary changes her views, for now, a short term loan looks like the only option on the table. katie razzall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. rain, rain, more rain. sorry, everybody. look at how we closed out the day in somerset. and look at where the rain is at the moment. it s pushing in from the south west. the wind is going to strengthen as well, gale force gusts overnight. the heaviest of the rain at the moment is ac
in the fashion area. but, i mean, to be blunt about it, did men who, by and large, ran the newspapers back then and ran the picture desks and the newsdesks, did they actively at times work against the interests of women, actually belittle women, seek to keep women out? there were some men who were marvellous and really helped me, and i m very grateful to them because as they were the ones in power, so to speak, they helped open the door. there were the others who were exactly like you say. i remember going to a very big film company and asking for work as a stills photographer, and this smug gentleman said,
and we ve reflected already on the degree to which photography was a man s world. do you, when you look at the arc of your career, think that in the end, some of the choices you made, for example, later in your career, specialising a lot in fashion rather than travelling quite so much to difficult places, was it partly driven by being a mother, by choices you had to make in your personal life? you know, when i came to england in the mid 60s, there were probably about ten, 12 women photographers on fleet street. of those, most of them were doing feature type photography, not news, and the door was pretty much closed against women. i came here, and i had separated from my husband by then, i had a small child. i had to earn a living. the only open door was fashion, because fashion, homes, decoration was women s area. and so i had to go there, and i was able to get work in the fashion area.