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Nigel Henderson's streets : photographs of London's East End 1949-53
- Title
- Nigel Henderson's streets : photographs of London's East End 1949-53 / edited by Clive Coward.
- Author
- Henderson, Nigel, 1917-1985
- Publication
- London : Tate Publishing, [2017]
- ©2017
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | TR659.8 .H464 2017q Oversize | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Coward, Clive
- Description
- 119 pages : illustrations; 30 cm
- Summary
- Nigel Henderson (1917-1985) was a British artist and founding member of the Independent Group, but he was also a photographer whose work has been compared to that of Cartier-Bresson and Brassai. Introduced to the art world by his mother Wyn Henderson who managed the famous Guggenheim Jeune gallery, he became acquainted with leading figures in modern art, including Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp. In 1943, recovering from the trauma of his experiences as a pilot in the Second World War, Henderson began experimenting with photography. While living in Bethnal Green, east London, he created an extraordinary archive of photography documenting life in the area between 1949 and 1953. This beautiful book showcases 150 of these newly digitised photographs which capture the heart of working-class life. From hop-scotching children to a funeral cortege, and street parties celebrating the 1953 coronation, Henderson's unique view of the streets evokes the wit, resilience and character of the local people as well as documenting a way of life that would soon disappear, as Britain moved into the 1960s.
- Uniform Title
- Photographs. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Photographs.
- Streets
- Subject
- Henderson, Nigel, 1917-1985
- Henderson, Nigel, 1917-1985
- Tate Archive (London)
- 1900-1999
- Street photography
- Documentary photography
- Photographie de rue
- Photographie documentaire
- documentary photography
- Documentary photography
- Street photography
- Streetphotography
- Alltag
- Porträtfotografie
- Stadtleben
- East End (London, England) > History > 20th century > Pictorial works
- East End (Londres, Angleterre) > Histoire > 20e siècle > Ouvrages illustrés
- England > London > East End
- East End London
- Genre/Form
- Illustrated works
- History
- Pictorial works
- Illustrated works.
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 112).
- ISBN
- 9781849764995
- 1849764999
- OCLC
- ocn979984097
- 979984097
- SCSB-8861072
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library