Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.

Fay Godwin (17 February 1931 – 27 May 2005) was a British photographer known for her black-and-white landscapes of the British countryside and coast. [that] gives an oddly desolate account of Britain as if reporting on a long abandoned country. Godwin was less active in her final years; in a December 2004 interview for Practical Photography Fay Godwin blamed "the NHS.