Lady of the Reeds - Emma Turner Exhibition

The pioneering bird photographer and ornithologist Emma Turner (1867–1940) inspired a broad audience with her lively books and photographs. Working at a time when it was men who dominated both photography and natural history, Emma Turner was a remarkable woman, and one whose approach to photography set the standard for so much of what has followed. Turner had a particular association with Hickling and the Broads, not only writing about the landscape and its wildlife, but also capturing rare breeding birds through her photographs and in notes published in scientific journals. Eighty years after her death, we will be celebrating Emma Turner’s contributions and her association with Hickling through an exhibition and events at NWT Hickling.
This exhibition will bring part of the Emma Turner archive, held by the British Trust for Ornithology in Thetford, to Hickling so that visitors can learn more about her contribution.