Images

Violinist May Robertson standing by a window holding her baroque violin
May Robertson with her violin next to a piano
May Robertson sitting on steps holding her violin
Profile of Violinist May Robertson looking dreamy
May Robertson playing the modern violin
May Robertson from the back playing the baroque violin
May Robertson playing the baroque violin outdoors wearing a white shirt
Violinist May Robertson leaning on a fence
Profile of May Robertson playing the violin
May Robertson holding her violin, facing camera and smiling
May Robertson seen from behind with her violin, wearing a backless black dress
May Robertson in a black dress holding her violin with both hands by a window
May Robertson with her violin on a flight of steps
May Robertson seated, seen from the side, with her modern violin
May Robertson with her violin in a field
May Robertson with an early baroque violin
Portrait of May Robertson and her violin outdoors, seated among trees
Full-length image of May Robertson with her violin
May Robertson holding her violin and standing next to a piano, wearing a black dress

Credits:

Simon Richardson: springtime scenes and indoor locations with the baroque violin.

Vaughan Ives: summertime scenes in silver, and studio images, featuring May’s modern violin and early baroque ‘blonde’ violin, as well as the occasional piano.

May’s instruments featured in the images:

1751 Guadagnini model baroque violin by Jonathan Woolston

Early baroque violin by Bryan Maynard

Modern violin by WS Day

Early seventeenth-century style bow by Gerhard Landwehr

Eighteenth-century style baroque bow by Eitan Hoffer

Modern bow by Arnold Voigt