The Andor Kraszna-Krausz Collection of over 6000 books and photographs

Made:
1920-1979

The Andor Kraszna-Krausz Collection of over 6000 books, an archive of photographic images and several items of photographic equipment from the Focal Press and other specialist publishers, 1920-1979

Photographic Exchange Club album, belonging to Mansell of Jersey, 1855.

Photographic Exchange Club album

1855
Bromide print entitled 'Hands of Cocteau', by Berenice Abbott, about 1925.

Hands of Cocteau

circa 1925
Silver gelatin print by Richard Avedon, dated 30 September 1963. Image shows a father balancing a baby on his outstretched arm at Santa Monica Beach in Southern California. The lights from the famous Santa Monica Pier are visible in the background.

Santa Monica, California

30 September 1963
Vintage silver gelatin photograph Kurt Kutton, titled "Battersea, London". Image shows two boys leaning against a folded mattress in a cart loaded with goods at a market in Battersea.

Battersea, London

circa 1947
Vintage silver gelatin photograph Kurt Kutton, titled "Two at the Fair". The image shows two young women (actually 'Southend types' recommended by a film agency) on the caterpillar ride at a Southend-on-Sea fair.

Two at the Fair

circa 1947
Vintage silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy. Iconic photograph of two boys playing in The Gorbals slums of Glasgow, in 1948. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Boys of The Gorbals

31 January 1948
Vintage silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, titled "Liverpool's coloured quarter". Image shows black British residents of Liverpool. Taken for a 1949 Picture Post story titled "Is there a British colour bar?"

Liverpool's coloured quarter

1949
Silver gelatin print entitled 'Park Avenue Murder', self portrait by Weegee (Arthur Felig), about 1940.

Park Avenue Murder

circa 1940
Silver gelatin print entitled 'Gloria Swanson', by Edward Steichen, 1924.

Gloria Swanson

1924
Silver gelatin print by Albert Renger-Patzsch, titled "Timber Yard", from 1929.

Timber Yard

1929
Silver gelatin print by Man Ray, titled "SS Otranto", taken ca. 1930s. Image shows passengers, sailors, and soldiers in uniform crowding the deck of the Orient Line's RMS Otranto. An Aerial shot, the photograph captured the masts of the ship in Man Ray's signature surrealist style. Photographer's stamp (8 Rue du Val-de-Grace, Paris), and title written in pencil, on verso.

SS Otranto

circa 1930s
After the Theatre

After the Theatre

1930s
Park Crescent

Park Crescent

1930s
Vintage gelatin silver print by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Preparations for Baris Dance, Bali, Indonesia. Photographer's stamp and Focal Press editorial markup on verso.

Preparations for Baris Dance

1949
The double bench

The double bench

circa 1932
Family dinner

Family dinner

1930s
Late supper

Late supper

1930s
London Suburb

London Suburb

1940
West End Crowds

West End Crowds

1930s
Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus

1930s
Cabaret

Cabaret

1930s
Silver gelatin print entitled 'A Dead North Vietnamese Soldier and his Plundered Belongings, Hue', by Don McCullin, 1968.

Dead North Vietnamese Soldier and his Plundered Belongings, Hue

1968
Gelatin silver photograph of a group of heat resistant laboratory flasks, by Albert Renger-Patzsch, 1936.

Heat Resistant Laboratory Flasks

1936
Silver gelatin print portrait of Miss Dorothy Dickson, by Angus McBean, 1938.

Miss Dorothy Dickson

1938
Vintage silver gelatin photograph by George Hurrell. Triple exposure portrait of actress Geraldine Fitzgerald, published in Esquire magazine, October 1939. Print has Hurrell's stamp on verso. Mounted on cardboard backing containing Focal Press editorial markup.

Geraldine Fitzgerald

1939

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Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Andor Kraszna Krausz Collection
Object Number:
1990-5131
type:
collections
credit:
The Andor Kraszna-Krausz Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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Giant glass lens made by Pilkington Special Glass Limited, 1989