Anna Godfrey
Anna Godfrey is the London-based Commissioning Editor for Prestel, the international arts publishing house. Prestel publishes award-winning books on photography, art, architecture, design and fashion. These include best-selling street photography titles such as, ‘100 Great Street Photographs’ (2017), ‘Street Photography: A History in 100 Iconic Photographs’ (2019) and Anna’s recent project, ‘Women Street Photographers’ (2021); the first book on women street photographers which collates the work of 100 contemporary women to explore the intersection of public space, photography, gender and power. Anna’s publications have been reviewed and featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, Vogue, i-D and many more.
As well as working alongside individual artists, photographers, curators and writers to develop books on the visual arts, Anna regularly works with major institutions such as the Barbican Centre and the Photographers’ Gallery to produce exhibition catalogues and related publications. She previously worked for the artist Damien Hirst and her writing has appeared in publications including The Financial Times.