Comments on: The East London Group & Photography

By: Norman Cumming

Norman Cumming — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:58:17 +0000

Sorry to come at you from out of the blue, but I’ve just completely accidentally come across your address.
Having retired from a career in graphic design I am disposing of a Halco Copiscanner projector, and wondered if it might be of interest to anybody within your group.
The machine, taking up roughly the space of a small upright fridge/freezer when the hood is raised, offers the facility to trace images from original drawings, photographs etc., onto thin paper, enlarged or reduced up to about four-and-a-half times linear.
I’d prefer it to go to somebody who would use it, rather than the local tip, so it’s available for free to anybody willing to collect it from Dollis Hill, London NW2.
If anyone is interested, send me an email or telephone 020 8452 5669 and I’ll supply full details.
If not, please just ignore this and accept my apologies for bothering you.
Sincerely,
Norman Cumming

By: Pauline Taylor

Pauline Taylor — Sun, 11 May 2014 15:10:05 +0000

Interesting, we, as students, were taught photography and painting as two distinct and separate subjects, and I still subscribe to this view, but I guess that photography can be used to effect in urban landscapes, although I doubt if the same applies to rural scenes. Clouds, in my view, should always be sketched. But, individual artists should always be encouraged to break the rules as I am pleased to see this group of artists did. My father’s cousin, Ernest Greenwood, a Kent artist, broke all the rules of watercolour painting and produced the most beautiful luminous paintings which were regularly exhibited at the Bankside Gallery.

By: Achim

Achim — Sun, 11 May 2014 08:43:45 +0000

A special and interesting briefing in Art History.

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Sun, 11 May 2014 08:43:33 +0000

Very interesting to see the photos with the paintings. Valerie

By: Herry Lawford

Herry Lawford — Sun, 11 May 2014 08:42:51 +0000

Fascinating, thanks

By: Vicky

Vicky — Sun, 11 May 2014 08:17:38 +0000

I thoroughly enjoyed the show which is beautifully hung in a lovely gallery, with a bonus of delightful small garden alongside and park behind. There are some corking pictures amongst them, a sell out show if they were for sale.

By: justine osborne

justine osborne — Sun, 11 May 2014 08:14:10 +0000

Interesting article, my grandfather Cecil Osborne was also a prominent member of the East London Group and we found many glass plate negatives he had taken, and many b/w prints made by himself. His early painting work featured unusual viewpoints and perspectives – candid elements that perhaps reflect the interest in photography.

By: Greg Tingey

Greg Tingey — Sun, 11 May 2014 07:35:06 +0000

Shows the murk air & the dirt that was so prevalent, even during my early childhood ( I was born in 1946) – all swept away by the clean Air Acts & the improvements n industrial/workplace safety.