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Thurston Hopkins
Alfred Hitchcock by Thurston Hopkins
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- Artwork Info
- About the Artist
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1955
Silver gelatin print
Signed, in ink, au recto
Signed, titled, dated, and editioned, in pencil, au verso
Edition of 50 (#2/50)
Image Credit: © Estate of Thurston Hopkins / Getty Images Gallery -
Thurston Hopkins was born in South London in 1913. Trained as an illustrator at Brighton College of Art, he began work as a commercial illustrator upon graduation. He found the work sporadic, and as newspapers transitioned from illustration to photographs in the 1930s, he soon discovered, “the camera paid better than the brush.” In 1936 he began full time work as a Fleet Street photographer but soon found the clichéd imagery and ruthless tactics required of press photographers tiresome. Picture Post,a new weekly illustrated magazine based on a European editorial formula, launched in 1938 and soon became a creative base for Hopkins. The magazine’s pioneering practice of partnering photographers with writers was particularly inspiring and fit with his progressive ideals.