Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper
Tate Collection
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Gift Eric and Louise Franck London Collection 2014, accessioned 2018
<p>This is part of a group of photographs that depicts familiar London scenes and landmarks, from Trafalgar Square at night, to a figure standing on the edge of the street with his cap on the pavement begging for money, an image of post-war poverty. They have all been taken by photographers about whom little is known today. This demonstrates the approach to collecting adopted by Eric and Louise Franck in their pursuit of photographs of the capital. Instead of restricting themselves to pieces by critically acclaimed photographers, they embraced the work of a wide range of people who sought to document the capital. Thus, while the Eric and Louise Franck London Collection contains work by some of the most celebrated photographers of the twentieth century, it also contains work by unknown figures who captured London’s architecture, its streets and its people.</p>
paper print photograph gelatin silver
Untitled
image: 240 × 354 mm
Gift Eric and Louise Franck London Collection 2014, accessioned 2018
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<p>This is part of a group of photographs that depicts familiar London scenes and landmarks, from Trafalgar Square at night, to a figure standing on the edge of the street with his cap on the pavement begging for money, an image of post-war poverty. They have all been taken by photographers about whom little is known today. This demonstrates the approach to collecting adopted by Eric and Louise Franck in their pursuit of photographs of the capital. Instead of restricting themselves to pieces by critically acclaimed photographers, they embraced the work of a wide range of people who sought to document the capital. Thus, while the Eric and Louise Franck London Collection contains work by some of the most celebrated photographers of the twentieth century, it also contains work by unknown figures who captured London’s architecture, its streets and its people.</p>
<p>Helen Delaney<br/>January 2017</p>
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