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Vintage silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, showing Hardy sitting on the side of a dirt road in South Korea while assigned by Picture Post to cover the Korean War. Hardy travelled to Korea with Jimmy Cameron in August 1950. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Bert Hardy in Korea

Photographs

1950

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Self-portrait of Hardy wearing a trilby hat and tweed coat. He is holding a Contax camera. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Photograph of Bert Hardy

Photographs

ca. 1930s

Poster, entitled 'Bert Hardy: Photojournalist for Picture Post', from Impressions Gallery Exhibition 4th-26th October 1975. Part of Impressions Gallery Archive Collection.

Bert Hardy: Photojournalist for Picture Post

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1975

Contact sheet by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image shows how Hardy produced the panoramic photo of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Paris Opera in 1957. Hardy had no wide-angle lens, so he took consecutive photographs of different sections of the scene. These separate shots were joined up in a jigsaw to create the picture below. Originally published in Picture Post, April 20, 1957. Photographer's stamp on verso.

How Bert Hardy Photographed the Queen's Visit to Paris

Photographs

20 April 1957

Zeiss Ikon Contax II Camera, formerly belonging to Bert Hardy (Picture Post photojournalist). Serial No.G7588. Sonar lens 1:1.5 f=5cm no 1982636. Overall: 80 mm x 146 mm x 70 mm.

Zeiss Ikon Contax II Camera, formerly belonging to Bert Hardy

Photographic Technology

1936

A collection of contact sheets and prints, 1938-1956, incorporated in the exhibition `Bert Hardy at Work: The Picture Post Years', NMPFT, 1985.

Images made for 'Bert Hardy at Work: The Picture Post Years'

Photographs

1938-1956

Vintage silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, titled "The Bishop of Birmingham in his study". Photographer's stamp on verso.

The Bishop of Birmingham in his study

Photographs

13 December 1947

Vintage silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, titled "Piccadilly Roundabout". Caption on verso reads: "The steps of Eros are his sitting room. The newspapers left on the steps are his library and bedclothes. From the winning sequence by bert Hardy of Picture Post in the Fifth Annual Competition organised by Encyclopaedia Britannica Ltd." British press Pictures of 1952. Picture Post/Bert Hardy stamp on verso.

Piccadilly Roundabout

Photographs

1952

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, showing Hardy's grandchildren in 1978. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Bert Hardy's Grandchildren

Photographs

1978

Vintage silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, titled "The Tour de France passes by". Photographer's stamp on verso.

The Tour de France passes by

Photographs

1951

Vintage silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, titled "Reg Harris takes the lead in Paris". Photographer's stamp and editorial markup on verso.

Reg Harris takes the lead in Paris

Photographs

1947

Contact sheet by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image taken for the "Is There a British Colour Bar?" Picture Post, July 2, 1949. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Is There a British Colour Bar - Contact sheet

Photographs

1949

Contact sheet by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image taken for the "Is There a British Colour Bar?" Picture Post, July 2, 1949. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Is There a British Colour Bar - Contact sheet

Photographs

1949

Vintage silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy. Image shows members of the Sudanese pro-Egypt ASHIGGA Party during an anti-Britain demonstration in Khartoum, Sudan, autumn 1951. Taken using a Rolleiflex camera with Peanut flash bulb synchronised at 25th sec. f/11. Photographer's stamp on verso. Picture Post/Bert Hardy stamp on verso.

Members of Sudanese Pro-Egypt ASHIGGA Party

Photographs

1951

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image from the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Published in Picture Post, November 29, 1947. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Wedding of Princess Elizabeth

Photographs

1947

Vintage silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, titled "Atlantic transfer". Photographer's stamp and editorial markup on verso. Published in the March 21 1942 issue of Picture Post, story titled "A trawler in war-time. Hardy was sent to Fleetwood, Lancashire, along with fellow photographer Bert Lloyd, to take photographs aboard a fishing trawler. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Atlantic transfer

Photographs

1941

Contact sheet by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image shows Queen Elizabeth II visiting the Paris Opera. Originally published in Picture Post, April 20, 1957. Photographer's stamp on verso.

The Queen's Visit to Paris

Photographs

20 April 1957

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image from the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Published in Picture Post, November 29, 1947. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Wedding of Princess Elizabeth

Photographs

1947

Contact sheet by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image taken for the "Is There a British Colour Bar?" Picture Post, July 2, 1949. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Is There a British Colour Bar - Contact sheet

Photographs

1949

Silver gelatin contact sheet by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985.Photos taken with a Box Brownie camera in Blackpool. Originally published in Picture Post, July 7, 1951. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Blackpool - Taken on a Box Brownie

Photographs

1951

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image shows two young boys in the Gorbals slums in Glasgow. Published in Picture Post, January 31, 1948. Photographer's stamp on verso.

The Gorbals

Photographs

31 January 1948

Contact sheet cut into three strips, by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image taken for the "Fire-Fighters!" story in Picture Post, February 1, 1941. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Contact sheet showing firemen during the Blitz

Photographs

1941

Contact sheet cut into three strips, by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image taken for the "Fire-Fighters!" story in Picture Post, February 1, 1941. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Contact sheet showing firemen during the Blitz

Photographs

1941

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

Photographs

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?" Photographer's stamp on verso

Liverpool's coloured quarter

Photographs

1949

Contact sheet cut into two strips, by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image taken for the "Fire-Fighters!" story in Picture Post, February 1, 1941. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Contact sheet showing firemen during the Blitz

Photographs

1941

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "A Foothold in Hades." An alternate shot was published in Picture Post, Vol. 49 No. 1, October 7, 1950, in a Korean War story titled "Inchon". Photographer's stamp on verso.

A Foothold in Hades 2

Photographs

1950

Vintage silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, titled "North Korean prisoners receive medical attention at South Korean prison camp". Image taken during the Korean War. Photographer's stamp on verso.

North Korean prisoners receive medical attention at South Korean prison camp

Photographs

1950

Contact sheet cut into three strips, by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image taken for the "Fire-Fighters!" story in Picture Post, February 1, 1941. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Contact sheet showing firemen during the Blitz

Photographs

1941

Contact sheet cut into two strips, by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image taken for the "Fire-Fighters!" story in Picture Post, February 1, 1941. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Contact sheet showing firemen during the Blitz

Photographs

1941

Silver gelatin contact sheet by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Photos of Princess Elizabeth's wedding to Prince Philip. Printed in Picture Post, November 29, 1947. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Wedding of Princess Elizabeth

Photographs

1947

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image shows two young boys in the Gorbals slums in Glasgow. Published in Picture Post, January 31, 1948. Photographer's stamp on verso.

The Gorbals

Photographs

31 January 1948

Contact sheet cut into three strips, by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image taken for the "Fire-Fighters!" story in Picture Post, February 1, 1941. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Contact sheet showing firemen during the Blitz

Photographs

1941

Contact sheet cut into three strips, by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image taken for the "Fire-Fighters!" story in Picture Post, February 1, 1941. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Contact sheet showing firemen during the Blitz

Photographs

1941

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "Millions Like Her." Originally published in Picture Post, January 13, 1951. Story titled "Millions Like Her". Image shows Birmingham shop girl Betty Burden, speaking to a neighbourhood boy from the window of the family home. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Millions Like Her

Photographs

1951

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "And No-one's Taking a Chance." Image shows civilians coming out of a house with their hands up, following the liberation of Incheon during the Korean War. Originally published in Picture Post, October 7, 1950. Photographer's stamp on verso.

South Korean Civilians After Liberation of Incheon

Photographs

1950

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image shows two women wearing dresses and sitting on a promenade railing at Blackpool Beach. Photo taken with a Box Brownie camera and originally published in Picture Post, July 7, 1951. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Blackpool - Taken on a Box Brownie

Photographs

1951

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "The Paper-Baler." Originally published in Picture Post, July 2, 1949. Story titled "Is There a British Colour Bar?", about racism in Britain. Caption in magazine reads: "It's fairly easy to get unskilled work, except in Liverpool. Paper-baler Benson has worked happily for a London Council for two years." Photographer's stamp on verso.

The Paper-Baler

Photographs

1949

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "The Rocket-launching Ships Go in to the Kill." Originally published in Picture Post, October 7, 1950. Story titled "Inchon", about the Korean War. Caption in magazine reads: "Slavoes of five-inch projectiles tear into the beaches about to be stormed, and into the town about to be liberated." Photographer's stamp on verso.

The Rocket-launching Ships Go in to the Kill

Photographs

1950

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "Social Segregation That Can Lead to Trouble." Originally published in Picture Post, July 2, 1949. Story titled "Is There a British Colour Bar?", about racism in Britain. Caption in magazine reads: "In most towns coloured people live together in close communities. In such communities grievances are brooded on more bitterly." Photographer's stamp on verso.

Social Segregation That Can Lead to Trouble

Photographs

1949

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "The Old-Age Pensioner". Originally published in Picture Post Vol. 42, No. 2, January 8, 1949. Story titled "Life in the Elephant", about everyday life in London's Elephant and Castle neighbourhood. Caption in magazine reads: "Rustic among Cockneys is Charles Hobson (82), former gamekeeper and artist's model." Photographer's stamp on verso.

The Old-Age Pensioner

Photographs

1949

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "A Foothold in Hades: Over the Sea-wall and Into the Night Go the Leading Men of the United States First Marine Division." Originally published in Picture Post, Vol. 49 No. 1, October 7, 1950, in a Korean War story titled "Inchon". Photographer's stamp on verso.

A Foothold in Hades

Photographs

1950

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985. Image shows a group of people standing outside a house in London's East End. For a Picture Post story titled "The East End at War", September 28, 1940. Photographer's stamp on verso.

The East End at War

Photographs

1940

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "A Drop." Originally published in Picture Post, August 1, 1953. Story titled "Picture Post Takes a River Trip to Southend". Image shows a group of four men enjoying beer during a pleasure boat cruise along the Thames to Southend. Caption in magazine reads: "A drop or two of what you fancy, you can keep all your concert party artistes." Photographer's stamp on verso.

A Drop

Photographs

1953

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "Firemen Rush Down to Man the Engines." Originally published in Picture Post, February 1, 194. Story titled "Fire-Fighters!", about fire fighters during the London Blitz. Caption in magazine reads: "The bells ring. The indicators light up. In a few seconds the firemen are in the Appliance Room and manning their engines." Photographer's stamp on verso.

Firemen Rush Down to Man the Engines

Photographs

1941

Chromogenic print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "School in the Open-Air on the Siwunula Native Reserve". Originally published in Picture Post, July 7, 1956. Story titled "The Birth of a New Nation", about Rhodesia. Image shows a mother and baby on a native reserve in what is now Zimbabwe. Caption in magazine reads: "School is compulsory for children between six and fourteen." Photographer's stamp on verso. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Open-Air School on the Siwunula Native Reserve

Photographs

1956

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "The One Who Takes It All to Heart". Originally published in Picture Post Vol. 42, No. 2, January 8, 1949. Story titled "Life in the Elephant", about everyday life in London's Elephant and Castle neighbourhood. Caption in magazine reads: "Sunday the lay-in, the divorce news in bed, the sobering brass of the Salvation Army, and a discreet harangue in streets deserted of all but the chastened children." Photographer's stamp on verso.

The One Who Takes It All to Heart

Photographs

1949

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "The Emblem of the Cockney World". Originally published in Picture Post Vol. 42, No. 2, January 8, 1949. Story titled "Life in the Elephant", about everyday life in London's Elephant and Castle neighbourhood. Caption in magazine reads: "Seven bridges point straight to it. Six traffic arteries meet at its heart, From the top of the pub, the elephant with its castle dominates London's liveliest domain." Photographer's stamp on verso.

The Emblem of the Cockney World

Photographs

1949

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "The Elephant's Rich Variety: Its Country Past". Originally published in Picture Post Vol. 42, No. 2, January 8, 1949. Story titled "Life in the Elephant", about everyday life in London's Elephant and Castle neighbourhood. Caption in magazine reads: "Few know the rusty-looking smithy in Burman Street. Yet 80-year-old William Surridge has been blacksmith here for half his life." Photographer's stamp on verso.

The Elephant's Rich Variety

Photographs

1949

Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "One Who Prefers Them to Stick Around". Originally published in Picture Post Vol. 42, No. 2, January 8, 1949. Story titled "Life in the Elephant", about everyday life in London's Elephant and Castle neighbourhood. Caption in magazine reads: "King of street-traders is Jim Rumble. His art: a genial compound of oaths and insult. His science: to sell £100-worth of stuff in a morning." Photographer's stamp on verso.

One Who Prefers Them to Stick Around

Photographs

1949