Val Wilmer

Not to be confused with the actor, Val Kilmer.

Val Wilmer
BornValerie Sybil Wilmer
(1941-12-07) 7 December 1941 (age 82)
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
Occupation
  • Photographer
  • writer
NationalityBritish
Period1959–present
Subject
Notable works
  • Jazz People (1970)
  • The Face of Black Music (1976)
  • As Serious As Your Life (1977)
RelativesClive Wilmer (brother)

Valerie Sybil Wilmer (born 7 December 1941) is a British photographer and writer[1] specialising in jazz, gospel, blues, and British African-Caribbean music and culture. Her notable books include Jazz People (1970) and As Serious As Your Life (1977), both first published by Allison and Busby.[2] Wilmer's autobiography, Mama Said There'd Be Days Like This: My Life in the Jazz World, was published in 1989.

  1. ^ "Val Wilmer – Journalist, historian and photographer". The Women's Liberation Music Archive. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Public Events | Black Chronicles | ' As Serious As Your Life': Val Wilmer In Conversation With Margaret Busby". Autograph ABP. 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2021.