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Two women chatting on the railings in Blackpool. The picture was taken by Bert Hardy using a single-focus box camera. The women are former Tiller Girls Pat Wilson (right) of Bridgend, mid Glamorgan, and Wendy Clarke of Southall in London. Blackpool Railings, 1951. Images provided by Getty Images Archive, home of the Picture Post collection, in support of Bert Hardy: Photojournalism in War and Peace. Credit: Bert Hardy via Getty

Bert Hardy: The photographer who chronicled mid-century Britain, from the Blitz to Blackpool

The work of photographer Bert Hardy is celebrated in a new show at The Photographers’ Gallery in London.

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