The work of photographer Bert Hardy is celebrated in a new show at The Photographers’ Gallery in London.
‘The ideal picture tells something of the essence of life. It sums up emotion, it holds the feeling of movement thereby implying the continuity of life.’
These are the words — the philosophy, really — of renowned photojournalist Bert Hardy, who catalogued life at home and abroad in a career that spanned four decades.
Hardy’s work is the subject of a