Children playing on a lorry, Glasgow
About this artwork
In the two decades following the Second World War, the success of the Welfare State meant that children became a focus of public interest in a way that they never had before. Mayne's photographs reflect these concerns in a very sincere way. His contemporaries liked these uncomplicated pictures, which, according to Colin MacInnes writing in 1962, offered 'a portrait of urban sub-life of which, without him, I would have been unaware'.
Updated before 2020
-
artist:Roger Mayne (1929 - 2014) British
-
title:Children playing on a lorry, Glasgow
-
date created:Negative taken 30 August 1958
-
materials:Gelatin silver print
-
measurements:28.20 x 38.20 cm
-
object type:
-
credit line:Purchased 1993
-
accession number:PGP 193.6
-
gallery:
-
subject:
Roger Mayne
Roger Mayne
Roger Mayne was born in Cambridge in 1929. He studied Chemistry at Oxford from 1947-51. A self-taught photographer, he built his reputation between 1956-61 while working in Southam Street in London, taking children in the streets as his main subject. He has worked for The Times Literary Supplement...
