Franki Raffles
British photographer and campaigner against violence against women
Franki Raffles (17 October 1955 – 6 December 1994) was an English feminist social documentary photographer, best known for her work on the Zero Tolerance campaign. In her lifetime, she exhibited in Stills Gallery, Edinburgh; Mercury Gallery, London; The Corridor Gallery, Fife; Pearce Institute, Glasgow; and First of May Gallery, Edinburgh.
Early life and education
Franki Raffles was born in Salford on 17 October 1955. Her parents were Eric and Gillian Raffles (née Posnansky). She had two older sisters, Sally and Emma, and a younger brother, Hugh. Her father managed the E Raffles and Co. textile factory, which had been established by her grandfather. In 1963 the family moved to London where Raffles was educated at Lady Eleanor Holles School.
As a teenager she was active in Jewish Youth organisations and aged fifteen she joined a trip to the Soviet Union visiting Moscow and Leningrad. In the summer of 1973, after leaving school and before university, she spent several months in Israel working as a swimming pool lifeguard in Tel Aviv.
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