Golden Threads - created, written and photographed by Gemma Levine
A photograph captures a moment - a second - in someone’s life that is preserved forever.
– Sir Jonathan Miller
Throughout my career, ‘Golden Threads’ have arisen from the opportunity to engage with some of the most famous and influential people of our times, getting to know them, absorbing their life stories with a mixture of sadness and laughter, creating fond and everlasting memories.
There are 34 famous personalities. A page of text and their photograph which relates to the story, appearing on the opposite page. Each story is totally different, capturing the essence of the sitter as though reported by a ‘fly on the wall!’ But a fly that had great sensitivity! In some cases, the personality has added a quote, which appears in italics at the foot of the page of text.
‘Let’s go back and do it all again... I hope we go on forever.’
– Dame Judi Dench
It’s an exciting read - a page turner. Every penny spent on a purchase goes directly towards lymphoedema research.
Gemma Levine FRSA
Foreword: Professor Peter Mortimer MD FRCP Introduction: Gemma Levine FRSA
The book will be self-published and printed in December 2021 by St Andrews Press of Wells.
£15 per copy - available online through St George’s Hospital Charity https://stgeorgeshospitalcharity.bigcartel.com/product/golden-threads
Gemma Levine, born 1939, has published 25 books and had over 80 exhibitions, including a retrospective exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in 2001, marking 25 years of photography.
Her ‘famous people’ archives are held with Getty Images. Tate Britain holds her 12 years archive with Henry Moore. Her Israel archive is held at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Her selected photographs of Princess Diana, are shown in a permanent exhibition at Kensington Palace. All her books are in the British Library.
She works voluntarily, raising awareness for lymphoedema. She is an Honorary member of the Lymphoedema Support Network, the Lymphatic Education & Research Network USA, and a Trustee of the charity commission of the Lymphoedema Research Fund.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
gemmalevine@aol.com 07957 244 475 www.gemmalevine.co.uk
Biography
Gemma Levine, born 1939, has published 25 books and had over 80 exhibitions, including a retrospective exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in 2001, marking 25 years of photography.
Her ‘famous people’ archives are held with Getty Images. Tate Britain holds her 12 years archive with Henry Moore. Her Israel archive is held at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Her selected photographs of Princess Diana, are shown in a permanent exhibition at Kensington Palace. All her books are in the British Library.
She works voluntarily, raising awareness for lymphoedema. She is an Honorary member of the Lymphoedema Support Network, the Lymphatic Education & Research Network USA, and a Trustee of the charity commission of the Lymphoedema Research Fund.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Publications:
1978
‘With Henry Moore’ Photographs and Text. Sidgwick & Jackson.
‘Israel: Faces & Places’ Photographs (Foreword Golda Meir) Weidenfeld & Nicholson.
‘Living With the Bible’ Photographs & Watercolours. (Text Moshe Dayan) Weidenfeld & Nicholson.
1981
‘We live in Israel’ Photographs and text. Wayland Publishers.
1982‘
Living in Jerusalem’ Photographs and captions Wayland Publishers.
‘The Young Inheritors’ Photographs (Foreword Herman Wouk) Dial Press USA.
1983
‘Henry Moore ; Wood Sculpture’ Photographs and Text. Sidgwick & Jackson.
1985
‘Henry Moore – an Illustrated Biography’ Photographs (Text William Packer) Weidenfeld & Nicholson.
1987
‘Faces of the 80s’ Photographs (Foreword The Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher) Collins.
1990
‘Faces of British Theatre’ Photographs (Foreword John Gielgud) Prion Books.
1995
‘People of the 90’s’ Photographs (Foreword HRH Princess Diana) Harper Collins.
1998
‘Memories’(Foreword Jonathan Miller) Ebury Press.
1999
‘My Favourite Hymn’ Photographs (Foreword HRH Prince Michael of Kent) Robson Books.
2004
‘Claridge’s – Within the Image’ Photographs (Foreword David Frost) HarperCollins.
2008
‘Mayfair’ Photographs (Foreword Martin Gilbert – Text Michael Portillo) HarperCollins.
2012
‘Go with the Flow’ Text and photographs (Foreword 1. Prof Daniel Hochhauser 2. HRH The Duchess of Cornwall) Quartet Books.
2015
BBC 2 TV Documentary “Welcome to Mayfair” (repeats on TV).
2017
Let’s Talk Lymphoedema: The Essential Guide to Everything You Need to Know (co-author Prof Peter Mortimer) Elliott & Thompson publishing.
2018/2019
Gemma Levine’s black and white, iconic photographs of Princess Diana appear in Kensington Palace at a public exhibition “Diana: Her Fashion Story”.
2019/2020
Gemma Levine, supported by Dame Judi Dench, is raising awareness for Lymphoedema and money for research. She has a card designed by a top British artist, for ‘Seasons Greetings’. To purchase the cards call, St George’s Hospital Charity. (Telephone no: 020 8725 4522).
2020
'Blissful Isolation' A lockdown experience . Chipping Norton. Oxfordshire.
“Aqua” Co - author Professor Peter Mortimer. A book explaining the lymphatic system through photographs of water . (All proceeds - Lymphoedema Research Charity.)
2021
'Covid Thoughts' Famous personalities expressing their personal thoughts and actions over the pandemic. ( All Proceeds - Lymphoedema Research Charity. )
