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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Edith Tudor Hart, Girls moving 'softly', 1950
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Edith Tudor Hart, Girls moving 'softly', 1950

Edith Tudor Hart

Girls moving 'softly', 1950
Ferrotyped Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
23.7 x 28.4 cms
9 3/8 x 11 1/8 ins
Labeled, titled and dated at the back.
Inscribed in pencil: 1950


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Provenance

Acquired from the photographer's brother, Wolfgang Suschitzky, circa 1981.

Exhibitions

'Unchartered Streets' at Ben Uri Gallery & Museum, London in collaboration with the Centre for British Photography (17 January - 8 March 2024)

Literature

Poverty for Sale. Edith Tudor Hart in Britain (ed. Shirley Reed), 2024 (this print illustrated and discussed p.104 and also pp.166-167)
Exceptionally rare vintage print. From the important series Moving and Growing. Physical Education in the Primary School, Ministry of Education, 1952 Tudor-Hart in her last essay described the collaborative nature...
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Exceptionally rare vintage print.

From the important series Moving and Growing. Physical Education in the Primary School, Ministry of Education, 1952

Tudor-Hart in her last essay described the collaborative nature of the pictures for Moving and Growing:

"When I arrived I would have a short talk with the children, explaining what I was trying to do and letting them have a good look at lights and camera. (I tried to let every child have a look through the viewfinder.) When this was over I switched on my lights and asked them to do their dance for me once, or per. haps twice. Then I proceeded to shoot, and by that time the enthusiasm of the dance had made them forget the camera." Edith Tudor-Hart "Dancing at School," (Amateur Photography, 1956),
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