Henry Grant (photographer) explained

Henry Grant (1907 - 2004) was a British freelance photographer who was active around London from just after World War II[1] through the 1970s.[2]

His work was entirely in black and white, aimed at the newspaper market. He sold as a freelance photojournalist through a Fleet Street news agency. His wife, Rose Grant, was a reporter for the popular communist newspaper The Daily Worker. Their political interests influenced his frequent choice of politically and socially significant subjects. Stylistically he was known for his spontaneous and candid photographs, often taken in the intervals between his "real" assignments.

In later years, he and Rose often collaborated in the Times Educational Supplement.

He retired professionally in 1980, but still took photographs.[2] In 1986, his archive of 80,000 photographs was purchased by the Museum of London.[3]

Photographs of particular note document the construction of the Festival of Britain.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Exploring 20th century London: Henry Grant . 20th century London . www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk . 30 September 2008 . 8 November 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071108194454/http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/server.php?show=conInformationRecord.70 . live .
  2. Web site: Photograph of a Jewish demonstration . 1985 . 30 September 2008 . 22 January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090122100705/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Learning/Learningonline/features/general/picturebank/6-Twentieth/20c_jewish.htm . live .
  3. Web site: The Henry Grant collection . . 30 September 2008 . 24 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080924015933/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/1700Today/Photographs.htm . live .
  4. Web site: The Skylon in construction . Henry Grant . . photo . 1951 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130730112543/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/archive/exhibits/fob/hgrant.html . 2013-07-30 .
  5. Web site: Building the Festival of Britain . Henry Grant . . 1951 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205093728/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/archive/exhibits/festival/constructing.htm . 2008-12-05 .

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