Anne Purkiss was born in Chemnitz, Germany in 1959 and graduated from Leipzig University in 1983 with a degree in photography and journalism.
She worked for an advertising agency before moving to England in 1984.
After four years at the London bureau of Associated Press, she became a freelance photographer in 1988.
Her commissions include regular work for government departments and agencies such as the Countryside Agency.
She had held several exhibitions of her work both in Germany and England. Public collections keeping her photographs include the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Archives in Windsor, the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds and the University of Reading’s Museum of Rural Life.
Qualifications
1983 Degree in Journalism and Photography, Leipzig University, Germany
Interpreters’ Certificate German/ English
Employment history
1978-1979 Newspaper “Freie Presse”, Chemnitz , Germany
1983-1984 Advertising agency “Dewag”, Leipzig - photographer
1984-1988 Associated Press, London bureau - editorial assistant
1988-Freelance regular commissions from government departments:(Cabinet Office, Foreign Office, DfH, DFES several contracts with the Countryside Agency)
2004-2005 Project manager/photographer for photography workshops, curating five exhibitions at museums in south east England
Work in public collections
National Portrait Gallery, London;
Royal Academy of Arts library, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds;
University of Reading; Museum of Rural Life
Book illustrations
Mary Glasgow, Educational Publ.1992
Euromoney Books: Poland ,1994 and Finland 1996
Orleans House Gallery, exhibition catalogue, 2001
Exhibitions of own work
1979 Chemnitz;
1983 Leipzig;
1987 St.Leonards, Sussex (Arts Council sponsorship);
1991 Epsom Playhouse;
1993 Guildford Cathedral;
2001/02 Orleans House Gallery, Richmond;
2005/06 South Downs touring exhib. (Arts Council sponsorship)