Background
Dearden was born in Brecon, Wales, She grew up in Somerset.
Dearden was born in Brecon, Wales, She grew up in Somerset.
She is noted for her first book, Somerset Stories, Fivepenny Dreams and for a solo exhibition of Glastonbury, Another Stage at the National Portrait Gallery in London. She has an Master of Arts in Anthropology, Comparative Religion and History of Art from Edinburgh University (1998) and undertook postgraduate studies in Photojournalism at the London College of Printing (1999–2000). She is fluent in French and Spanish.
Her photographs of local families living close to the land first brought her work to international attention in 2008, on publication of her book She has contributed to various magazines since 2001 and has worked with various commercial and other clients.
In 2011 Dearden undertook a two-year commission from Mulberry Limited to shoot a book celebrating the company’s 40th anniversary. Dearden is represented for photography by Doctor of Science Reps in the United States of America and Webber Represents in United Kingdom and Europe.
She is represented for film by Picture Farm Productions, New New York She was affiliated with VII Photo Agency from 2010 until 2014.
Glastonbury: Another Stage, solo exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London Eight Days, has toured internationally (Coldharbour Gallery, London (2011).
VII Gallery, New York (2012). Noordelicht Photofestival, Netherlands (2012)).
