Mayotte Magnus was born in France but has lived most of her adult life in England and now commutes between Kent and southwest France where she has established a multi-cultural arts centre.
A Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, her iconic portraits have been exhibited at many venues including the National Portrait Gallery, the Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, the London Institute of Contemporary Art and the Bibliothèque National.
Her photographs have also been reproduced internationally in the press and magazines and the many books that have been published of her work and of her collaborations with her photographer husband Jorge (Yuri) Lewinski.