Bert Hardy (1913-1990)

GORBALS BOYS, GLASGOW, 1948. Silver gelatin print, printed later, image size 240mm x 350mm, signed by the photographer in black marker lower right margin recto, with Hardy's Chartlands Farm stamp verso. Framed, frame size 465 x 555mm

In January 1948, this iconic Bert Hardy image of two young boys running to a local shop in the Gorbals was published in Britain's pioneering photo journal 'Picture Post'. The article, which included three photographs by Bill Brandt alongside ten by Hardy, described the area as 'The Forgotten Gorbals', pushing for urgent social reform in the Gorbals, a working class district of Glasgow. This street scene would go on to become Hardy's best-known image -- a defining moment in a career that informed a distinctly British style of social documentary disseminated through the 'Picture Post'.

Provenance:

From the Private Collection of Film Director Michael Caton-Jones