Grace Robertson - A Sympathetic Eye

An exhibition of the work of the pioneering British photojournalist Grace Robertson who began working in the 1940s and in 1998 was awarded an OBE for her services to photography. Her work is in national and private collections worldwide. 

Among the images in this wide-ranging exhibition will be her highly regarded documentation of a London women's pub outing, which she photographed first for Picture Post and then for Life Magazine. Some of her classic pictures will be on show such as the timeless world of the Welsh hill farmer and his sheep taken in 1951. Recent work includes photographs of younger women who have grown up with very different expectations form those most women faced in the 50s. Grace Robertson's attention to, and sympathy with, extremes of age are also a constant in her work. Images of childhood remind us that innocence still exists and portraits of those who have lived through a large part of this century are intense and powerful studies of old age.

 

Grace Robertson's A Sympathetic Eye is one of the books available from the Faculty of Arts online shop.