A Happy New Year to all our newsletter readers; we do hope 2025 has got off to a good start. For this first missive we're bringing you some news guaranteed to inject a bit of glamour and style into January. About a year ago, we alerted you to the archive of photographer Nancy Sandys Walker (1910-1988) with the first upload of images from her long and successful career as a respected fashion and editorial snapper.

Since then, new material has come to light and we're delighted to present a fantastic set of new images, meticulously scanned from a mixture of prints and negatives. Job books found in the archive give additional value to this collection with information on clients, model names, dates and shoot location. Of particular note are the images from scanned negatives dating back to 1964-1966 featuring models of the moment, Celia Hammond, Joanna Lumley and Pattie Boyd, the majority of which are being seen for the first time in sixty years.

As a recap, Nancy Sandys Walker studied art before taking up photography, embarking on her career at the Dover Street studio of the great Norman Parkinson and becoming his assistant prior to the Second World War. She watched and learned and when Parkinson moved from British Harper's Bazaar to Vogue, was encouraged by the fashion and advertising photographer, Shaw Wildman, to branch out on her own. From the 1940s, she became a regular favourite for fashion shoots at Harper's Bazaar, as well as other magazines including Vanity Fair, Woman's Own and Picture Post. She also took pictures for a roll call of well-known brands such as Woollands, Harrods, Carlsberg lager, Silhouette lingerie, Harvey Nichols and Jaeger. Creative collaboration emerged in her marriage to designer Peter Hatch and the pair often worked together on projects with Nancy photographing Peter's designs.

Based at Scaioni's, the fashion photography studio in Marylebone, Nancy nurtured younger photographers including the up-and-coming Sandra Lousada whose collection we also represent. In a tribute to her former mentor in 'Image' magazine in March, 1989, Sandra wrote, 'Her lighting and technique were superb,' adding also that, 'Her patience in coaxing people into doing what she wanted was amazing'.

We can now offer over 800 images by Nancy Sandys Walker, with around 500 of the latest images available to browse here.

Our regular emails aim to bring you collection and thematic highlights that is both useful and inspiring. Whatever you're working on, let us help. You can reach us either by email at pictures@maryevans.com or by phoning 020 8318 0034.