HELENA WOJTCZAK was born in Sussex, England, and raised in London. She holds an Honours degree in psychology, social science and social history. She has been a consultant historian to the National Railway Museum, and also an expert contributor to 'The Oxford Companion to British Railway History' (OUP 1997). Her own book 'The History of Women Workers on the Railway 1830-2000' is due to be published by Cassell.

Click here to visit her website 'Railway Women in Wartime', a photographic history of women performing manual railway work during both World Wars.

Click here to visit her website 'Women of Hastings & St Leonards', a mid-nineteenth century social history.

Helena's own photographic interests are centered upon people and animals, pictured in their environments. She prefers to work spontaneously, employing her camera as a visual notebook. Helena's other interests include local history, the womens' movement, and green politics.

 

 

JULIAN RHODES was born in Derbyshire, England in 1964. He attended Chethams School of Music, and completed his musical studies in Manchester and London. He now pursues an international career as a concert organist, pianist and harpsichordist (see the Artemis Agency website). He performs over 3,000 years of music, from ancient Sumeria and Greece to his own compositions and arrangements. He has appeared on television and radio, and has made several CD recordings. He is particularly interested in the history and design of pipe-organs (see his dream-organs website).

Julian's main photographic interest is urban landscapes, which he prefers to capture in black & white or muted colours. He limits himself to places he knows well, believing that the most characteristic images usually arise from an unhurried empathy with the locale. Julian's other interests include Indian cookery, local history, literature and Egyptology.

Helena and Julian live at St Leonards on Sea.