About this artwork
Tudor-Hart worked extensively amongst working-class communities in East and North London, photographing children on the streets and families in their homes. She was part of a larger movement on the left concerned about the effect of widespread slum housing. However, Tudor-Hart’s imagery is rarely merely propaganda and her ability to connect with those she photographs – often women and children – is evident. This complex photograph explores the photographer’s relationship to her subjects. Shot deliberately through the window it emphasises her voyeurism, thus limiting the sentimental impact of the image.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Edith Tudor-HartAustrian (1908 - 1973)
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title:Family Group, Stepney, London
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date created:Photographed about 1932
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printed by:Owen LoganScottish (born 1963)
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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credit line:Presented by Wolfgang Suschitzky 2004
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accession number:PGP 279.3B
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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...