Background
Heather Mary Forbes was born in 1948 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Heather Mary Forbes was born in 1948 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Forbes earned a diploma in photography (1975) from Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, England.
Since 1978 Forbes has been director of Travelling Light, a publishing and distributing company based in London, and has done production management for the Arts Council of Great Britain's photography books. Previously (1975-76) Forbes was a bookshop assistant at The Photographers' Gallery in London.