Biography

Hardy initially trained as an actress, studying drama at Bristol University from 1981 to 1983. However, in 2000, after several years in the industry, Hardy began a photography course at Suffolk College. Although not completing the degree due to an injury, she has gone on to become a respected photographer, working for publications such as the New York Times, Vanity Fair and Vogue. Her output is predominantly portrait based and she has stated: “My aim is to move people and stir thought (fullness)… I work with natural or available light and I try not to impose myself on my subjects – rather allowing them to fall into the natural grace of things.”