While studying medieval transhumance in Northumberland, in 2012 Bridget travelled with Romanian villagers from Nimaesti as they took  their flocks to the summer pastures.   She used this journey in her book Newminster, Monks Shepherds and Charters. For license to use...

A tiny slip of a land caught in a time warp, Transnistria is just across the river from Moldova, and was decidedly pro-Communist when Bridget visited with her sister Rosie in 1998.  They slipped quietly into the country and mingled discretely with local people. For...

Invited by the British Council in 1999, Bridget with her friend Mary and sister Rosie travelled on their bicycles to make this collection a few years after Kazakstan declared full independence from the former Soviet Union. They stayed with nomad families.  This...

This collection dates from 1966 and is a rare set of colour photos from behind the Iron Curtain.  Bridget lived with students in Belgrade during the Tito era.  Yugoslavian Communism was somewhat gentler than the version in other east European countries.    For license...

This collection dates from 1967 and is a rare set of colour photos from behind the Iron Curtain.  Bridget and Rosie her sister hitchhiked, camped and photographed Romanian country life under Communism.  For license to use any of the photos,...

In the Cheviot Hills of Northumberland, early 2000s, Bridget accompanied women shepherds as they managed their flocks.  The collection was part-funded by Northumberland National Park Authority, and exhibited in local villages. ‍For license to use any of the photos,...

This collection was created in 1997, eight years after Poland had thrown off Communism.  Bridget cycled through Gdansk, home of Solidarity; Kashubia, a land with a special language and culture; the Tartarsky Sliansk, the route where Islamic Tartars have lived quietly...

This country is tucked between Romania, which is in the EU, and Ukraine.  Bridget and Rosie her sister cycled there in summer 1988, creating amazement in the countryside whose residents had scarcely ever seen any westerners. The collection was originally made for the...

This collection was made in the early 2000s in the village of Meziad, western Romania. Limestone was collected informally from local quarries and brought to family lime kilns. The high-quality lime was sold in local markets.  Back home Bridget hand-crafted this black...

This collection dates from 1967 and is a rare set of colour photos from behind the Iron Curtain.  Bridget and Rosie her sister hitchhiked, camped and photographed Hungarian country life under Communism.  For license to use any of the photos,...

This collection was created in 1999, a few years after Kazakstan declared full independence from the former Soviet Union.  Aral Tobe village near Lake Balkash holds descendants of prisoners from Stalinist times, Russians,  and Muslim Kazaks who spend summer in their...

These photos date from the early 2000s, when Romania had cast off the Communist state but not yet joined the European Union. Bridget stayed with the villagers of Cresuia in 2002, learning about their lives.  Back home Bridget hand-crafted this black and white series...

These photos date from the early 2000s when Romania had cast off the Communist state but not yet joined the European Union. The ladder makers of Cresuia village travelled in their horse-drawn wagons to the plains bordering Hungary. Bridget travelled by bicycle and...

This collection dates from 1967 and is a rare set of colour photos from behind the Iron Curtain.  Bridget and Rosie her sister hitchhiked, camped and photographed Bulgarian life under Communism.  For license to use any of the photos, contact www.topfoto.co.uk or...

In 1997, Bridget visited one of Poland’s highly protected Bialowieza forest. Haunt of European bison, a hideaway for Polish partisans during the war, and host to wolves which range over the border into Belarus, Bridget assisted a wolf radio-tracking project. The...

These photos date from the early 2000s when Romania had cast off the Communist state but not yet joined the European Union. Arieseni villagers raised sheep and cattle, grew potatoes, made cheese and baked their own bread. Back home Bridget hand-crafted this black and...

These photos date from the early 2000s when Romania had cast off the Communist state but not yet joined the European Union. Traditional rural life had survived in remote rural areas.  The Moti people still made horse-drawn journeys from the Apuseni mountains to sell...

This collection was taken in 1999, a few years after Kazakstan declared full independence from the former Soviet Union.  Almaty was the capital city at that time, but was in process of being moved to Astana, later renamed Nur-Sultan.   Bridget, Mary her friend and...