Event Date: 20 May 2015
Room G04
Birkbeck University of London
43 Gordon Square
London WC1H 0PD

The Birkbeck School of Arts presents:

Birkbeck Arts Week 2015

Photographs of London

A panel discussion between photographers and historians of the medium. Speakers include: Tom Allbeson (Nottingham) on Herbert Mason, ‘St Paul’s’, 29 December 1940; Lynda Nead (Birkbeck) on Bert Hardy, ‘Life in the Elephant’, Picture Post, January 1949; Ian Walker (Newport) on Thomas Struth, ‘Clinton Road’ 1977; Responding: Mike Seaborne (Freelance, formerly Museum of London).

Introduction by Dr Patrizia diBello (Birkbeck):

Tom Allbeson (Nottingham) on Herbert Mason, ‘St Paul’s’, 29 December 1940:

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Lynda Nead (Birkbeck) on Bert Hardy, ‘Life in the Elephant’, Picture Post, January 1949:

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Ian Walker (Newport) on Thomas Struth, ‘Clinton Road’ 1977:

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Response by Mike Seaborne (Freelance, formerly Museum of London) and discussion: