{"title":"Humphrey Spender","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHumphrey Spender (b.1910 - d.2005) initially studied architecture in London, but, following his qualification in 1933, he set up a photographic studio. After two years working at the Daily Mirror under the name Lensman, he photographed in Bolton for the Mass Observation movement (an independent body aiming to record the reality of daily life in Britain). In 1938 he joined the newly-founded, illustrated magazine 'Picture Post', where he took similar documentary photographs. Following a brief period of conscription in 1941, he spent the rest of the war as an official photographer and interpreter of photo-reconnaissance pictures. He abandoned photography after the war and went on to become a successful textile designer and tutor at the Royal College of Art, from 1953 to 1975. He was also a successful painter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"worktown-people","title":"Worktown People","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorktown People, Photographs from Northern England 1937-38, by Humphrey Spender.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(1982)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium format softback in fine condtion. Some age toning to the cover and page block. Some reading wear to the spine. Previous owner inscription in the corner of the inside of the cover. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned by the artist on the inside cover page.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorktown People provides a unique view of life in the thirties – from childhood to old age, from the pub to the market-stall, from Blackpool Pier to the backstreets of Bolton. The hundred pages of photographs show why Spender is now widely recognised as one of the finest British photographers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Humphrey Spender","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57196750111102,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/cover-worktown-people-humphrey-spender.heic?v=1775050406"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/collections\/humphrey-spnder.oembed","provider":"Setanta Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}