JANE NORMAN
photography
Jane Norman, BA (Hons), MA, is a photojournalist who has worked in the Far East and the UK, after studying photography at West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham - although she started her collaboration with photography from the age of eight, gaining her Brownie badge in photography, before working up to her O and A Levels, and degree.
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Jane's very first documentary project was at Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice in Farnham, when she was 18, which made a lasting impression on her. Two of those pictures are on the homepage - and projects like this are ones she'd like to get back to, as it wasn't only the experience, but the people that she met, and their stories that made it so memorable.
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People may recognise her work from the 'old' north Dorset-based Blackmore Vale Magazine, and its sister publication, Stour & Avon Magazine where she was photographer for more than ten years, photographing the everyday to life's celebrations, and everything in between. Sadly, the publications folded in 2020 due to covid.
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Some of her recent work includes projects with The Society of Dorset Men, Dorchester Community Church Food Share project, the West Dorset Vintage Tractor & Stationary Engine Club, and was a contributor with Art in Poundbury - photographing artists behind the scenes, exhibition set-ups and events, as well as creating the group's exhibition posters.
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In 2024 she and two friends set up Dorset Art Girls - where they exhibit their very different work together, inviting in seasoned and new-to-the-scene artists to show their work too. They held their first group exhibition in May 2024, which was very successful, followed by an equally busy Festive Bazaar at Jubilee Hall to raise funds or Weldmar Hospicecare. Their second exhibition was in May 2025 at Poundbury Garden Centre, with a third at The Butterfly House at Sherborne Garden Centre...and they are back at Poundbury Garden Centre in July 2026.
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Exhibitions, 2024:
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18th - 29th May: Dorset Art Girls at Poundbury Garden Centre
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1st - 9th June: Dorset Art Weeks, Jubilee Hall, Poundbury
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20th - 28th July: Sherborne Open Art Exhibition 2024, Digby Hall, Sherborne.​
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October - November: Poster design work to accompany Art in the Sunflowers at Dorset County Hospital, part of Arts in Hospitals
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November: Art at The Duchess, Queen Mother Square, Poundbury
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16th - 17th November: Dorset Art Girls Festive Bazaar, Jubilee Hall, Poundbury
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23rd November - 1st December: Art in Poundbury's Winter Exhibition
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3rd December - 3rd January: Showcase of work at Crossroads, Poundbury
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2025:
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8th January - 1st February: Welcome 25 Exhibition, Shaftesbury Gallery, Shaftesbury
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5th - 22nd February: The Spring Open, Shaftesbury Gallery, Shaftesbury
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3rd - 11th May: Dorset Art Girls Exhibition at Poundbury Garden Centre - Year 2
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May 24th - June 1st: Poundbury Unwrapped, Jubilee Hall, Poundbury
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28th June - 6th July: Dorset Art Girls at The Butterfly House, Sherborne Garden Centre
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16th - 22nd July: "Into The Blue" at The Gallery, Shaftesbury Arts Centre - exhibiting with painter Christine Rogers
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19th - 27th July: Sherborne Open Art Exhibition 2025, Digby Hall, Sherborne
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26th - 27th July: Pop-Up Exhibition at Martinstown Village Hall, with Sarah Jefferies & Christine Rogers
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1st - 5th August: Dorset Arts & Crafts Association, Wareham
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10th - 12th October: Leigh Art Show
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22nd - 30th November: Art in Poundbury Christmas Exhibition
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5th - 20th December: Open 25, The Gallery Upstairs @ Upton Country Park, Poole
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* Thank you to her 'old' editor at the Blackmore Vale Magazine for allowing to showcase some of her work.
