Heather Hazel Angel MSc (née Le Rougetel, born 1941) is a British nature photographer, author and television presenter. She is also the owner/ manager of a photographic agency which sells her pictures for use in print and on-line.
Heather Angel | |
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| Born | Heather Hazel Le Rougetel 1941 (age 82–83) |
| Alma mater | Bristol University |
| Known for | Nature photography |
| Awards | Honorary Doctorate of Science 1998 Louis Schmidt Laureate |
| Website | www |
Biography
editHer father was an RAF officer. Her mother is the garden-history author Hazel le Rougetel.[1]
She attended 14 schools in England and New Zealand, and then graduated in zoology from Bristol University, and, in 1964, married Martin Angel. She obtained her MSc in 1965. and developed a career as a nature photographer and author.[2]
In 1982/1983 she presented the Yorkshire Television produced, Channel 4-screened television series "Making the Most of…", which encouraged people to enjoy the British countryside.[citation needed] She wrote Heather Angel's Countryside to accompany the series.
She was commissioned to photograph Charles, Prince of Wales and was a guest of the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street, both in 1985.[citation needed]
She holds an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Bath (1986),[citation needed] and has been Visiting Professor in the Department of Life Science at the University of Nottingham (since 1994). She was President of the Royal Photographic Society from 1984 to 1986,[citation needed] and was the founder Chair of their Nature Group.[citation needed] The BioCommunications Association of USA made her their 1998 Louis Schmidt Laureate.[citation needed] She is a Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photography[citation needed] and of the Royal Photographic Society;[citation needed] and a vice-president of the Nature in Art Trust[3]
Her exhibition Natural Visions toured the UK from 2000 to 2004 and was also on show in Kuala Lumpur, Cairo and Beijing.
Books
edit- Nature Photography: Its art and Techniques Fountain Press (1972), ISBN 978-0-85242-670-8
- Seashore life on Sandy Beaches : A fully illustrated introduction to some of their animal and plant inhabitants. Text and photographs by Heather Angel, Jarrold and Sons, (1975), ISBN 0-85306-587-X
- Monsters of the deep : sharks, giant squid, whales and dolphins, (Longmeadow Press), (1976), ISBN 0-7064-0541-2
- Life in the oceans : the spectacular world of whales, dolphins, giant squids, sharks and other unusual sea creatures, (London), (1976), ISBN 0-7064-0541-2
- British wild orchids, Jarrold and Sons, (1977), ISBN 0-85306-713-9
- The water naturalist, New York, (1982), ISBN 0-87196-642-5
- Heather Angel's Countryside Michael Joseph, (1983). ISBN 0-7181-2284-4
- The book of close-up photography : text and photographs,Knopf, (1983), ISBN 0-394-53232-5
- A camera in the garden, Quiller, (1984), ISBN 0-907621-34-1
- Landscape photography, Oxford Illustrated Press, (1989), ISBN 0-946609-65-9
- A world of plants : treasures from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, (Little, Brown), (1993), ISBN 978-0-8212-2040-5
- Photographing the natural world, New York, (1994), ISBN 0-8069-0714-2
- Pandas, Voyageur Press, (1998), ISBN 978-0-89658-364-1
- How to photograph flowers, (Mechanicsburg, PA), (1998), ISBN 0-8117-2455-7
- How to Photograph Water, (Mechanicsburg, PA), (1999), ISBN 0-8117-2461-1
- Exploring Natural China, Evans Mitchell Books (2010) ISBN 978-1-901268-41-6[2]
- Pollination Power, University of Chicago Press (2016) ISBN 978-0-226366-91-3[4]
Illustration
editAdditionally, her pictures are all or a significant proportion of those in:
- The Natural History of Britain and Ireland Michael Joseph, (1981). ISBN 1-85052-064-X
Papers
edit- ''Distribution pattern analysis in a marine benthic community. Helgolander wiss. Meeresuntes, 15, pp 445–454 (written with Martin Angel, based on her MSc thesis)
References
edit- ^ Angel, Heather (1983). Kew – A World of Plants.
- ^ a b Hilaire, Eric (2 February 2011). "Exploring Natural China by Heather Angel – audio slideshow". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Nature in Art – Trust". Nature in Art Trust. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Book Review: Pollination Power". Scientific American. 1 March 2016.