Dorothy Bohm, born in 1924 in Königsberg, East Prussia, into a Jewish family, fled the rise of Nazism with her family, moving to Lithuania in 1932 and later (by herself) to England in 1939. After studying photography in Manchester, she opened a portrait studio there in 1946, supporting herself and her husband, Louis, a fellow refugee. A pivotal 1947 visit to Switzerland sparked her passion for outdoor photography, leading her to abandon studio work. Bohm settled in London in the late 1950s and after being instrumental in the founding of The Photographers’ Gallery in 1971, became deeply involved in the photography community. Throughout her career, she traveled extensively, lived in Paris and New York, and transitioned from black-and-white to color photography in the 1980s, inspired by André Kertész. Her work, published in over twenty books, has been widely exhibited and is held in numerous collections. Bohm continued to photograph until 2017 and remained engaged with the art form until her death in March 2023.