Derry Brabbs
Derry Brabbs is a British landscape photographer and author. From 1984 onwards he worked with Alfred Wainwright on a series of books, including Fellwalking with Wainwright which won the 1985 Lakeland Book of the Year. He judged the annual photographic society of the Wainwright Society from 2003 to 2016; the 2016 winner Terry Abrams took over as judge from 2017.
Derry Brabbs
- Name
- Derry Brabbs
- Birthplace
- Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- Photographer, Writer
- Born
- 1947 · Sheffield.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- photography
- Languages
- English
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Derry Brabbs is a British landscape photographer and author. From 1984 onwards he worked with Alfred Wainwright on a series of books, including Fellwalking with Wainwright which won the 1985 Lakeland Book of the Year. He judged the annual photographic society of the Wainwright Society from 2003 to 2016; the 2016 winner Terry Abrams took over as judge from 2017.
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In 2017 he published Pilgrimage (Frances Lincoln), after walking and photographing 10 major European pilgrim routes.
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Key facts
• Name — Derry Brabbs • Birthplace — Sheffield, United Kingdom • Occupation — Photographer, Writer • Website — https: www.derrybrabbs.com/
Personal life and family
Personal life and family
Brabbs was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. His daughter Olivia Brabbs is also a photographer.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1947
Derry Brabbs was born on 1 January 1947.
As author and photographer
As photographer
As photographer
• 2014 Wainwright on the Pennine Way • 2010 Rambler's Rewards Elizabeth Guy & Pat Kirkbride • 2009 Coast to Coast with Wainwright • 2006 Fellwalking with Wainwright • 2003 Living The Past, Val Horsler • 2002 Dickie Bird's Britain, Dickie Bird • 2000 Timpson's Leylines, John Timpson • 1999 James Herriot's Yorkshire Revisited, James Herriot • 1992 Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland, Alfred Wainwright • 1991 Wainwright's Favourite Lakeland Mountains, Alfred Wainwright • 1989 Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes, Alfred Wainwright • 1988 Rural England: Our Countryside at the Crossroads Derrik Puttnam & David Mercer • 1988 Short Walks in English Towns, Bryn Frank • 1988 Wainwright in Scotland, Alfred Wainwright • 1987 Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk, Alfred Wainwright • 1985 Wainwright on the Pennine Way, Alfred Wainwright • 1984 Fellwalking with Wainwright, Alfred Wainwright • 1983 The Book of the Thames, Alan Jenkins • 1983 Angela Rippon's West Country, Angela Rippon • 1981 Wynford Vaughan Thomas's Wales, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas • 1979 James Herriot's Yorkshire, James Herriot
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