Bert Hardy 1913-1995
The Window Display (Elephant and Castle), 1948
Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
17.15 x 23.97 cms
6 12/16 x 9 6/16 ins
6 12/16 x 9 6/16 ins
10980
£ 2,800.00 +VAT
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...
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 a bustling street scene provides an extraordinary glimpse of city life in London in the late 1940s.
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 a bustling street scene provides an extraordinary glimpse of city life in London in the late 1940s.