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JAMES HYMAN GALLERY
Bert Hardy (1913-1995)
Please scroll down for further information. Bert Hardy (1913-1995) Playing at the Coal Depot Gelatin Silver Print 16 x 24.2 cms (6¼ x 9½ inches) 1948 Literature: Bert hardy: The Elephant and Castle: Vintage photographs of London Life in the 1940s, James Hyman Gallery, London, 2004, (cat. 3), illustrated p.4. Exhibition History: Bert Hardy, The Elephant and the Castle. Vintage Photographs of London Life in the 1940s, James Hyman Gallery, London, 16 April - 29 May 2004. This photograph belongs to a very rare group of vintage photographs by one of Britain’s most important photographers, Bert Hardy. As chief photographer for Picture Post magazine in the 1940s and 1950s, Hardy travelled widely recording people and places across the world. Amongst the most famous of these pictures were an award-winning series depicting life in London’s Elephant and Castle district. Photographed over a three week period, between 18 November and 8 December 1948, these photographs were taken for a picture story entitled ‘Life in the Elephant’, which appeared in Picture Post on 8 January 1949. Although not selected for publication, this photograph of the coal depot provides a fascinating glimpse of life in modern London in the late 1940s. We are grateful to Mrs Bert Hardy for her assistance in cataloguing this work. This item is sold. Please click here if you wish to buy or sell a work by this artist. | ||||||||
