Humphrey Spender
Women with Children, Glasgow
About this artwork
In 1939 Spender was commissioned by Picture Post magazine to photograph Glasgow as part of a series focusing on Britain’s industrial cities. Using an unobtrusive 35 mm camera, he photographed various aspects of Glasgow life in a candid documentary style. Despite reporting high unemployment in the shipbuilding industry and a chronic housing shortage, the article concluded that there was ‘no friendlier city in Britain'.
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artist:Humphrey Spender (1910 - 2005) English
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title:Women with Children, Glasgow
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date created:1939
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:18.80 x 28.10 cm
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accession number:PGP 115.4
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Humphrey Spender
Humphrey Spender
Spender initially studied architecture in London, but, following his qualification in 1933, he set up a photographic studio. After two years working at the Daily Mirror under the name Lensman, he photographed in Bolton for the Mass Observation movement (an independent body aiming to record the...