About this artwork
Along with images of markets, Tudor-Hart took photographs of some of London’s busiest commercial thoroughfares, including this of Oxford Street. Shot from an elevated viewpoint – perhaps from the top of a double-decker bus – she tilts the camera to evoke the dynamism of city life. Tudor-Hart was clearly interested in the contradictions of the 1930s, a decade which also witnessed a growth in consumer culture. However, on their own terms these photographs are rarely successful, lacking the quality of direct exchange with communities and individuals present in much of her other work.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Edith Tudor-Hart (1908 - 1973) Austrian
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title:Oxford Street, London
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date created:Photographed about 1935 - 1939
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printed by:Owen Logan (born 1963) Scottish
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:30.30 x 30.00 cm
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credit line:Printed 2004 from original negatives held in the Edith Tudor Hart Archive
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accession number:PGP 279.55B
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Edith Tudor-Hart
Edith Tudor-Hart
Edith Tudor-Hart, née Suschitzky, was one of the most significant documentary photographers working in Britain in the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Vienna, she grew up in radical Jewish circles. Edith married Alex Tudor-Hart, a British doctor, and the pair moved to England. There she worked as a...