Celebrated Photographer, Hy Money, exhibits her 'Sporting Legends' at Wealden House, East Grinstead

Hy Money, UKs first female sports photographer and devout Nikon user, is exhibiting a collection of her work - many of the world's sporting legends she has photographed - at the recently restored Wealden House, East Grinstead. Most of the photographs in the exhibition have never been published nor seen before.

(PRWEB) August 15, 2004 -- The exhibition, which is free of charge, runs until Friday 17 September and is open from 9.30pm to 5pm Monday to Friday (other times by appointment).

Sterling Moss, Willy Carson, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Ilie Nastase, Diego Maradona, David Bedford, Sue Barker, Ian Botham, Gary Lineker, Johan Cruyff, Imran Khan, Barry Sheene, Frank Bruno, Steve Davis, John Conteh, George Best, Matt Busby, Ian Wright, Jack Charlton, Arthur Ashe, Geoff Hurst, Gordon Banks, Billy-Jean King, Gary Player, Bobby Charlton, Jimmy Greaves, James Hunt, Bobby Moore, Muhammad Ali, Martina Navratalova, Jackie Stewart, Sir Alf Ramsey and Henry Cooper are a few of the household names that are on show. In addition, Hy will be giving a talk about her amazing career, also at Wealden House – date and time to be arranged.

About Hy
Aged nineteen she arrived at Tilbury Docks from Bombay, with fifteen pounds in her pocket and a Box Brownie camera given to her by her mother, with a request to send her a picture of Buckingham Palace, once she had settled in her new life.

Having married at twenty-two, Hy spent her early years taking photos of her young family, but her enthusiasm for photography soon became a passion. She sent one of her pictures to a Sunday National Newspaper and not only was it published, but it was given a By-line, at her first attempt.

A trip to Crystal Palace Football Club as a birthday treat for her eight year old son, spurred her to take action photos. At this time women were not allowed on to the pitch to take pictures. But after a two year struggle, she was accepted by the NUJ and soon became a familiar sight on the touch lines at the then First Division football matches all over London.

Hy was then acknowledged as the first woman sports photographer in Fleet Street. She was once described by a national newspaper as the "Emily Pankhurst of photography" and she was recently featured and interviewed on GMTV. Her photos were regularly seen in books, in magazines and on the sports pages. Her first pass took her to other events, such as the Theatre, Politics, Sports, Corporate Functions and even to Royal occasions.

Hy lives in Blindley Heath, just outside East Grinstead.

Attachments: Hy Money & Muhammad Ali

For more information, contact:

John Wood
Wealden House
Lewes Road
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 3TB

Tel: 01342 326130
Mobile: 0777 152 0001
Web: www.wealdenhouse.com