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
9 3/8 x 11 1/8 ins
Labeled, titled and dated at the back.
Inscribed in pencil: 1950
Inscribed in pencil: 1950
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...
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),
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),