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Artist: Bert Hardy
Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images Archive London)
Possibly Bert Hardy's most famous image.
Two boys in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.
The Gorbals tenements were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s, providing housing for Glasgow's burgeoning population of industrial workers.
Conditions were appalling; overcrowding was standard and sewage and water facilities inadequate.
The tenements housed about 40,000 people with up to eight family members sharing a single room,
30 residents sharing a toilet and 40 sharing a tap.
By the time this photograph was taken 850 tenements had been demolished since 1920.
Redevelopment of the area began in the late 1950s and the tenements were replaced with a modern tower block complex in the sixties. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4499 - The Forgotten Gorbals - pub. 1948
Additional Information:
Unframed
Paper Size: 20 x 16'' inches / 51 x 41 cm
Printed 2024
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Limited edition issued and stamped on front by the Getty Archive London
Edition size 300 only
NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE
10 x 8''
10 x 12''
12 x 16''
16 x 20''
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FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Bert Hardy Albert William Thomas Hardy (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995)
was an English documentary and press photographer
known for his work published in the Picture Post magazine between 1941 and 1957.
Life and work Born in Blackfriars, Bert Hardy rose from humble working class origins in Southwark, London.
The eldest of seven children, he left school at age 14 to work for a chemist who also processed photos.
His first big sale came in 1936 when he photographed King George V and Queen Mary in a passing carriage during the Silver Jubilee celebrations, and sold 200 small prints of his best view of the King.
His first assignment, at age 23, was to photograph Hungarian actor Sakall at the Mayfair Hotel.
Hardy freelanced for The Bicycle magazine, and bought his first small-format 35 mm Leica.
He signed on with the General Photographic Agency as a Leica photographer,
later founding his own freelance firm, Criterion.
General Photographic Agency General Photographic Agency a Fleet Street, London agency, sold photos at least between 1880-1950.
Picture Post and World War II In 1941,
Hardy was recruited by the then editor Tom Hopkinson of the leading picture publication of the 1930s to the 1950s, Picture Post.
Founded in 1938 and funded by publisher Edward Hulton, the magazine's first editor was Hungarian émigré Stefan Lorant (1901–97) assisted by Hopkinson, who took over as editor from 1940. The picture-centric, left-leaning and reasonably-priced publication was highly successful and circulation soon rose to over a million.
Hardy's photographer colleagues included Felix H. Man (aka Hans Baumann...
Category
1940s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Graveyard Leapfrog
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A group of boys playing leapfrog amongst the gravestones of the Corporation Burial Ground in Rutherglen Road, one of the few areas of greenery in the Gorbals, a slum district of Glas...
Category
1940s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Audrey Hepburn" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Audrey Hepburn" by Bert Hardy
May 1950: Belgian-born US actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) in Kew Gardens. She is on a break from rehearsals in the London revue 'Sauce'. Original...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
Blackpool Railings
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
July 14, 1951. Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box camera. The women are former Tiller Girls Pat Wilson...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cafe Culture by Bert Hardy Limited Edition Giant Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Cafe Culture" by Bert Hardy
A waiter serving clients on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951.
Original publication: Picture Post - 5343 - Sunday Morning I...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
Last Bus In London by Bert Hardy - Limited Edition silver gelatine print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Last Bus In London by Bert Hardy
Limited Edition silver gelatine print
A couple saying goodbye on a bus in Shaftesbury Avenue in London, July 1953 .
Original Publication: Picture Post - 6576 - Known Your Piccadilly - pub. 4th July 1953
(Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Archive London England)
Paper size 12x16 inches / 31 x 41 cm
Produced utilising the original negative
Numbered and stamped by the Getty Archive London
Limited edition to 300 only
Silver gelatine fibre based baryta paper print
Certificate of authenticity included
printed 2024
Ships securely from London.
Other sizes and Framing available on request.
Bert Hardy
Bert Hardy
Albert William Thomas Hardy (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995) was an English documentary and press photographer known for his work published in the Picture Post magazine between 1941 and 1957.
Life and work
Born in Blackfriars, Bert Hardy rose from humble working class origins in Southwark, London. The eldest of seven children, he left school at age 14 to work for a chemist who also processed photos. His first big sale came in 1936 when he photographed King George V and Queen Mary in a passing carriage during the Silver Jubilee celebrations, and sold 200 small prints of his best view of the King. His first assignment, at age 23, was to photograph Hungarian actor Sakall at the Mayfair Hotel. Hardy freelanced for The Bicycle magazine, and bought his first small-format 35 mm Leica. He signed on with the General Photographic Agency as a Leica photographer, later founding his own freelance firm, Criterion.
General Photographic Agency
General Photographic Agency a Fleet Street, London agency, sold photos at least between 1880-1950.
Picture Post and World War II
In 1941, Hardy was recruited by the then editor Tom Hopkinson of the leading picture publication of the 1930s to the 1950s, Picture Post. Founded in 1938 and funded by publisher Edward Hulton, the magazine's first editor was Hungarian émigré Stefan Lorant (1901–97) assisted by Hopkinson, who took over as editor from 1940. The picture-centric, left-leaning and reasonably-priced publication was highly successful and circulation soon rose to over a million. Hardy's photographer colleagues included Felix H. Man (aka Hans Baumann...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Joys Of Skiing
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A couple of skiers heading downhill on a gentle powder snow slope at the Swiss ski resort of Klosters. Original Publication: Picture Post – 7525 – The Joys...
Category
1950s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mercedes Racer
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Argentinian race car driver Juan Fangio (1911 – 1995) in his Mercedes at Le Mans, June 1955. The race saw the death of Mercedes team mate Pierre Levegh and 80 spectators. Original Pu...
Category
1950s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Drinking Man
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A man having a drink at a cafe in Gibraltar. 1954.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre darkroom print made utilising the original ne...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lunch Time
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Five British models eating lunch in their swimwear on a yacht on the Cote d’Azur. Original Publication: Picture Post – 7850 – The Secret Of Five Girls On A Yacht – pub. 1955
(Photo ...
Category
1950s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elegant Ankle
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Customers sitting on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951. Original publication: Picture Post – 5343 – Sunday Morning In The Champs-Elysees – pub. 23rd June ...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
French Riviera
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A beach on the French Riviera or Cote d’Azur, where the wealthy come to sunbathe and yacht. Original Publication: Picture Post – 7850 – Five Girls On A ...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Race Order
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Maserati racing cars in the pit during a road race at at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, May 1947. Original publication: Picture Post – 4364 – Road Racin...
Category
1940s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Personality Girl" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Personality Girl" by Bert Hardy
19th June 1954: Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore skiing in Glencoe, Scotland who has been nominated as one of six Picture Post 'Personality Girls'. She plays principal clarinet in the Royal Academy of Music...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
Racing Car
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A driver in his car during a race on the Channel Island of Jersey. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4364 – Road Racing In Jersey – pub. 1947
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Li...
Category
1940s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bluebird Workshop
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Technicians working on the Bluebird-Proteus CN7 Land Speed Record-breaking car in a workshop at at the Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex, 18th-21st July 1960. English driver Donald Campb...
Category
1960s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Relaxing On Deck
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A man relaxing on the deck of a United States Lines, passenger ship, Southampton, 10th August 1960
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Editi...
Category
1960s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man Power
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Mechanics giving Louis Chiron’s Maserati a push. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4364 – Road Racing In Jersey – pub. 1947
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed ...
Category
1940s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Muriel Finley
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Muriel Finley, one of the ‘Goldwyn Girls’ in Hollywood who starred with Danny Kaye in ‘The Kid from Brooklyn’. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4232 – I...
Category
1940s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Bergman's Picture" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Bergman's Picture" by Bert Hardy
30th May 1953: Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915 - 1982) takes a photograph in a break from filming 'Visit To Italy', in Naples. Original Public...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
Blackpool Railings (1951) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Blackpool Railings (1951) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Bert Hardy / Getty Images Archive London)
Two women chatting on the railings in B...
Category
1940s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
"Audrey Hepburn" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Audrey Hepburn" by Bert Hardy
1st May 1950: Belgian born actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) leaning on an ornate urn in Kew Gardens. Original Publicatio...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
"Crowning Glory" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Crowning Glory" by Bert Hardy
Premium Rates Apply. An elegant Parisian spends the morning in a Champs Elysees cafe. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5343 - Sunday Morning In Th...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
"Blackpool Railings" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Blackpool Railings" by Bert Hardy
Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box ca...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
Lunch Time (1955) - Giant Oversize Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Lunch Time (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print - Limited Estate Stamped
(Photo by Michael Webb/Getty Images)
Five British models eating lunch in their swi...
Category
1960s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Italian Party (1949) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
New Look (1955) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)
September 1949: A party given by the mayor of Positano for Mercy Haystead (right), an 1...
Category
1940s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
"Hepburn At Paris" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Hepburn At Paris" by Bert Hardy
Belgian-born US actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) in a street at Paris during the filming of 'Funny Face' Original Publication: Picture Post - 85...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
"French Economy" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"French Economy" by Bert Hardy
14th June 1952: A young French girl holding a large loaf of bread while reading a sign about a possible decrease in bakery prices in the home town of ...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
"Elegant Ankle" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Elegant Ankle" by Bert Hardy
Customers sitting on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951. Original publication: Picture Post - 5...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
Audrey's Funny Face (1956) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Pacific Diver (1950) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
(Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images)
Actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) on the set of the Paramount musical 'Funny Face'. Costumes b...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
"Personality Girl" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Personality Girl" by Bert Hardy
19th June 1954: Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore skiing in Glencoe, Scotland who has been nominated as one of six Picture Post 'Personality Girls'. She plays principal clarinet in the Royal Academy of Music...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
"Audrey's Funny Face" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Audrey's Funny Face" by Bert Hardy
Actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) on the set of the Paramount musical 'Funny Face'. Costumes by Givenchy. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
"Lunch Time" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Lunch Time" by Bert Hardy
Five British models eating lunch in their swimwear on a yacht on the Cote d'Azur. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7850 - Th...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
"Race Order" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Race Order" by Bert Hardy
Maserati racing cars in the pit during a road race at at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, May 1947. Original publication: Pict...
Category
1940s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
Cafe Culture by Bert Hardy Limited Edition Giant Oversize Silver Gelatin Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Cafe Culture" by Bert Hardy
A waiter serving clients on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951.
Original publication: Picture Po...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
"Italian Party" by Bert Hardy
September 1949: A party given by the mayor of Positano for Mercy Haystead (right), an 18-year old London student, on holiday ...
Category
1940s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Black and White
Feather Headdress
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Girls make the finishing touches to one another’s costumes before the night’s performance with one of France’s most famous revue dance-teams, the Ballet Avila, in a show at Alexandra...
Category
1940s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Gorbals Boys' Bert Hardy Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
'Gorbals Boys' (1948)
by Bert Hardy
Limited Edition 44/300
Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Paper size 10 x 12 inches
Printed later
Two boys in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. The Gorbal...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Happy Hepburn
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) relaxing during a break in Paris during the shooting of the Paramount musical ‘Funny Face’. 1956
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Editi...
Category
1950s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Flying High
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
The British actress Valerie Hobson in a Tiger Moth aeroplane during a flying lesson. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4490 – Valerie Hobson Learns to Fl...
Category
1940s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Elephant And Castle
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
8th January 1949: The Elephant and Castle in the London Borough of Southwark, South London.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre dark...
Category
1940s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Palm Trees
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A peasant washes a cow in the pond of Mudichur, a village in south east India. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4325 – Peace Of An Indian Village: How Long Will It Last? – pub. 1...
Category
1940s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Messenger Boy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A young boy employed to carry messages around the council house at New Delhi, seat of the Constituent Assembly, sitting in the sun. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4325 – India:...
Category
1940s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
At The Embassy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A group of people at the Embassy Club in London during World War II 1941.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300) silver gelatin fibre darkroom print made ...
Category
1940s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Lone Skier
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore, one of the twelve Picture Post Personality Girls of 1954, skiing in Glencoe, Scotland. She was the second woman ever to finish the International Inferno race. ...
Category
1950s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cafe Culture
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A waiter serving clients on the terrace of a cafe on the Champs-Elysees, Paris, June 1951. Original publication: Picture Post – 5343 – Sunday Morning In The Champs-Elysees – pub. 23r...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
JCC Jersey Road Race
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Louis Chiron of France sits aboard the #1 Maserati 4CL during the first JCC Jersey Road Race on 8 May 1947 at the St.Helier course in Jersey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom. Origina...
Category
1940s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Parisienne Lovers
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
23rd June 1951: A young couple sharing an intimate moment in one of the pavement cafes on the Champs-Elysees, Paris. Original Publication: Picture Post – 5343 – Sunday Morning In The...
Category
1950s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Goodbye
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Tearful wives waving goodbye as a troop train pulls out of a station. Original Publication: Picture Post – 1133 – Wartime Terminus – pub. 1942
(Photo Be...
Category
1940s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Hepburn At Paris
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Belgian-born US actress Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) in a street at Paris during the filming of ‘Funny Face’ Original Publication: Picture Post – 8540 – Audrey Dances With Astaire – ...
Category
1950s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
London Dancing
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
Soldiers and civilians having dinner and dancing in a night club in London during World War II, 1st November 1941. Original Publication: Picture Post – PP 917 – The Night Life of London – pub...
Category
1940s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bluebell Girls
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
1955: The famous Bluebell Girls of Paris. Original Publication: Picture Post – 7873 – Blue Girls In Paris – unpub.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful Limited Edition (ed size 300)...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Blackpool Railings - Bert Hardy
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
July 14, 1951. Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box camera. The women are former Tiller Girls Pat Wilson...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Coup De Trique
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A waitress serves coffee to a couple outside the Cafe De Coup De Trique near Le Mans, France, July 1955. In the foreground is an MG TF sports car. Original p...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Oxted Showroom
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
The grille of a Triumph TR4A at a car showroom in Oxted, Surrey, August 1965.
(Photo Bert Hardy)
A beautiful HUGE Oversize Limited Edition (ed size 3...
Category
1960s Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gravestone Leap-Frog
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
A young boy from the Gorbals area of Glasgow playing leap-frog over gravestones. Children play in the graveyard because they have no gardens or playgrounds. Original Publication: Pic...
Category
1940s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
'Gorbals Boys' Silver Gelatin Print (Limited Edition)
By Bert Hardy
Located in London, GB
'Blackpool Railings' Oversize Silver Gelatin Print (Limited Edition)
Now widely recognised as a Master of Photography - this is considered to be o...
Category
1950s Modern Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Bert Hardy 'Mountain Stage' Tour de France Limited Edition Photograph 20x24
By Bert Hardy
Located in San Rafael, CA
August 18, 1951: Cyclists competing in the Tour de France riding through the French Alps. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5381 - The Greatest Show On Earth...
Category
1950s Contemporary Bert Hardy Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
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