Grace Robertson
dal 4/8/2003 al 18/10/2003
Segnalato da
4/8/2003
Grace Robertson
Millais Gallery, Southampton
A Sympathetic Eye. Among the images in this wide-ranging exhibition is her highly regarded documentation of a London women's pub outing, which she photographed first for Picture Post and then for Life Magazine. Some of her classic pictures will be on show such as the timeless world of the Welsh hill farmer and his sheep taken in 1951. Recent work includes photographs of younger women who have grown up with very different expectations from those most women faced in the 50s.
A Sympathetic Eye
Grace Robertson's achievements as a photojournalist are revealed in heart-warming photographs of everyday life and everyday people from the 1940s to the present day.
Among the images in this wide-ranging exhibition is her highly regarded documentation of a London women's pub outing, which she photographed first for Picture Post and then for Life Magazine. Some of her classic pictures will be on show such as the timeless world of the Welsh hill farmer and his sheep taken in 1951. Recent work includes photographs of younger women who have grown up with very different expectations from those most women faced in the 50s.
Grace Robertson's attention to and sympathy with extremes of age are also a constant in her work. Images of childhood remind us that innocence still exists and portraits of those who have lived through a large part of this century are intense and powerful studies of old age.
Grace Robertson was one of the pioneering British photojournalists of the 1940s and in 1998 was awarded an OBE for her services to photography. Her work is in national and private collections worldwide.
A fully illustrated catalogue is available for purchase during this exhibition.
Millais Gallery
East Park Terrace, Southampton, England, SO14 0YN.
T: 023 8031 9916, F: 023 8033 4161