Audio Described Tour: Bert Hardy

06:30pm - 07:30pm, Thu 09 May 2024

An audio-described tour of five works in the exhibition

Black and white photo of two womenchatting on the railings by a beach.

Audio Described Tour: Bert Hardy

6:30pm, Thu 09 May 2024

An audio-described tour of five works in the exhibition

London-born Bert Hardy (1913-1995, UK) was an influential English press and documentary photographer known for his work for Picture Post magazine. Born into a working-class family in Blackfriars, Hardy was self-taught and worked as both a combat photographer and an advertising photographer during his illustrious career.

Join an informal session spending time with five photographs in the Bert Hardy: Photojournalism in War & Peace exhibition. Eleanor Margolies will read an audio description of each photograph, followed by an informal discussion.

Please note: This event is open to all, and particularly programmed for visitors with sight loss and their companions.

Eleanor Margolies is a writer and audio describer. She has a background in puppetry and theatre design, with interests in ecology and the role of the senses in performance. She audio describes in museum, theatre and dance contexts.

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