Catch up

It's been a lean time for photographic exhibitions around this part of Dorset and East Devon for the past few of months but I've found one or two that could be very interesting.

The first one, on February 7th 2017, is a presentation about a Dorset photographer, Helen Muspratt (1907-2001).  Helen was born in India in 1907 and travelled to England to settle in Swanage, Dorset.  The family were frequently photographed by Constance Ellis in Guildford who inspired Helen to take up photography as a career. The artistic community in Purbeck, who included the retired head of the Glasgow School of Art, Fra Newbery encouraged Helen to study photography at the Regent’s Street Polytechnic.  She based herself mainly in Oxford and was well known for her portrait photography.

Triple self portrait, solarised c 1932 (Helen Muspratt)

This illustrated talk is given by her daughter, Jessica Sutcliffe who has just published a book about her mother's work - Face: Shape and Angle.