Georgina Masson

Georgina Masson was a photographer and an architectural historian whose interests took in Ancient Rome through to the medieval period in Sicily. Her writings are extensive and her works include studies of gardens and villas and biographies as well as Roman Architecture and later Italian Architecture.[5] Her work as a photographer, which went hand in hand with her architectural interests, was brought to the fore following her death. Around 5,000 negatives were bequeathed by her to American Academy in Rome. Although the majority of her images are of architecture and gardens and the city of Rome, the collection also includes observations of everyday life. A selection of her photographic works featured in an exhibition 'Author and Eye' in Rome in April 2003 at the American Academy.[6] The catalogue of the exhibition was entitled 'Georgina Masson 1912-1980'.[7] Photographs attributed to Georgina Masson can also be found in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.[8] This collection focuses on Ecclesiastical and Secular Architecture through different historical periods and across continents.