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Georgina Masson (1912–1980) was a British author[1] and photographer. BornMarion Johnson, and known as Babs to her friends, Georgina Masson is her literary pseudonym.
Johnson was born inRawalpindi,India, on 23 March 1912. She was the daughter of an officer stationed in India at the time.[2] She died in 1980 inLondon.[3]
Details of Masson's early life are somewhat sketchy though it is known that she caught the travelling bug early spending time inEurope,Asia andAfrica. During theSecond World War she worked at theForeign Office inLondon and at theMinistry of Information. Her work in the Foreign Office took her to Italy where she continued to live until 1978.[4]
Georgina Masson was a photographer and an architectural historian whose interests took inAncient Rome through to the medieval period inSicily. Her writings are extensive and her works include studies of gardens and villas and biographies as well asRoman Architecture and laterItalian Architecture.[5]
Her work as a photographer, which went hand in hand with her architectural interests, was brought to the fore following her death. Around 5,000 negatives were bequeathed by her toAmerican Academy in Rome. Although the majority of her images are of architecture and gardens and the city of Rome, the collection also includes observations of everyday life. A selection of her photographic works featured in an exhibition 'Author and Eye' inRome in April 2003 at the American Academy.[6] The catalogue of the exhibition was entitled 'Georgina Masson 1912-1980'.[7]
Photographs attributed to Georgina Masson can also be found in theConway Library at theCourtauld Institute of Art inLondon.[8] This collection focuses on Ecclesiastical and Secular Architecture through different historical periods and across continents.
