Michael Ann Mullen moved from the US to London in the late 1960s, and became involved in the women’s movement and joined the group that became the Hackney Flashers. She worked as a freelance photographer from 1970s to 1990s, then taught photography in adult education and history of photography and art at Middlesex University. She also worked as photography officer for a London public arts funding body and, as Equality Officer for the National Union of Journalist Freelance Branch during the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike, she acted as liaison to the Yorkshire mining village the branch adopted.  Now she researches and writes about garden and landscape history. Her most recent research, ‘Detroit: Farming is re-defining an urban landscape’, is published online.

Photo: Michael Ann Mullen by Jo Spence in the mid 1970s. Courtesy of Michael Ann Mullen.