Humphrey Spender

Derek Smith, 1978, Humphrey Spender at his 1978 Mass Observation Exhibition, Sussex University [UK], Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Derek Smith, LL/52692

Humphrey Spender

Born: John Humphrey Spender
Other: Lensman

Born: 1910, 19 April - UK, London, Hampstead
Died: 2005, 11 March
Gender: Male
Active: UK
 
British photographer and painter who photographed for ‘Picture Post‘ using the nickname ‘Lensman‘. In the 1930s he was involved in the ‘Mass Observation‘ project and took photographs for the ‘Worktown‘ project an early sociological experiment on working class life in Great Britain. During the Second World War he was an Official War Photographer.
 
In 1978 an exhibition on "Mass Observation" was held at Sussex University, UK.

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