My mother, Ann Seth, who has died aged 90, worked for decades as an English and history teacher before she decided to develop her interest in art instead. In 1981 she enrolled for a second degree in visual studies at Oxford Polytechnic, where she became hooked on photography.
She went on to exhibit a series of multimedia installations, using innovative methods such as infrared film and stereoscopy. On one occasion in the mid-1980s she took over the former St Paul’s church in Jericho, Oxford (now known as Freud’s cafe) filling it with triptychs, sculpture and abstract photography.
