April 1957, which were assembled as a photo-montage by the magazine's technicians. It was one of the most challenging photo-montages ever created, because there were a sizeable live crowd, guards, and other dignitaries, in front of his camera. After leaving Picture Post Hardy became one of the most successful advertising photographers until his retirement in 1964 to his farm in Oxted. His second wife, Sheila, was a photo researcher for Picture Post and still holds the copyright to his private collection of photos; Getty Images holds the copyright to his Picture Post works. A memorial plaque honouring him is in the journalists' church, St Bride's, Fleet Street, London. In October 2008, London Borough of Southwark unveiled a Blue Plaque on Bert Hardy's family home at The Priory, Webber Street, Southwark. The plaque was erected following a popular vote. Bibliography Bert Hardy. Down the Bay: Picture Post, Humanist Photography and Images of 1950s Cardiff (2003) Bert Hardy. Bert Hardy: My Life (The Gordon Fraser Gallery Ltd, London, 1985) References SourcesOperatic Entrance, by David J. Marcou, Smithsonian, March 2007, pp. 16–18. Sue Davies. (1995-07-05). Obituary: Bert Hardy. The Independent. Retrieved 2008-04-04. Ben Campkin. Down and Out in London? Photography and the Politics of Representing 'Life in the Elephant', 1948 and 2005'' in Swenarton, M., Troiani, T., Webster, H. (ed.) "The Politics of Making" (AHRA Critiques: Critical Studies in Architectural Humanities series. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2007), pp. 230–243. . Graham Harrison. (2008). Photo Histories: The Life and Times of Albert Hardy (1913–1995). Retrieved 2008-06-16. External links Photograph of the two young women sitting on railings above the Blackpool promenade Selection of Bert Hardy's images of life in London in 1948. "The Cockney Eye: Bert Hardy(1913–1995), A Neo-Dickensian 'Picture Post' Hero", the online version (La Crosse History Unbound website) of paperback biography about Bert Hardy of 50,000+ words including full-text, endnotes, and photo-illustrations, authored by David Joseph Marcou, and first published by DigiCOPY of La Crosse, WI, in Feb. 2013. 1913 births 1995 deaths Photographers from London English photojournalists Photography in Korea War photographers Picture Post photojournalists