Humphrey Spender British 1910-2005
Destroyer (from Picture Post), 1940

£2,750

Silver print (printed later)
Titled and dated (lower left), and signed in pen and with blind stamp (lower right)
27cm × 36cm (42cm × 51cm framed)

Spender was a photographer, painter and designer. In 30s, from his studio in the Strand, London, he became renowned for his commercial photography, working for publications such as Harper's Bazaar. By the late 30s. he was part of the Mass Observation movement, taking pictures of daily life in working class communities. He also worked for the hugely successful Picture Post during this period. With the coming of World War II, Spender was appointed an official war photographer. Around 1955 he abandoned photography for painting and textile design, and taught at the Royal College of Art from 1953 until he retired in 1975.