Philip Jones Griffiths, b. 1936

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Description

Philip Jones Griffiths
Three Studies, including 'South Wales', 'Moscow - Gorki Park' and 'London', mid-1950s-1963
304 by 254mm ('South Wales'), approx. 365 by 245mm ('Moscow' and 'London')

Silver Prints, each with the photographer's 'Copyright/Philip Jones Griffiths/Photographer' wetstamp on the reverse, each titled and with various other annotations in pencil on the reverse, 'South Wales' and 'Moscow' ruled for reproduction,

Literature

Photography Yearbook, London: Photography Magazine, 1959, 'South Wales' reproduced p. 127 (this print).

Catalogue Note

The studies by Jones Griffiths in this lot are from early in his career. The pictures taken in London and Moscow are both dated 1963. The study taken in London is further annotated (in pencil on the reverse) 'The anti-segregation meeting in London to coincide with the big march in Washington'.