Win a copy of Face: Shape and Angle, Helen Muspratt Photographer

This article originally appeared on Culture24.

As Pallant House Gallery shows the photographs of pioneering photographer Helen Muspratt we have copies of her monograph to give away to lucky winners

Book cover with a solarized portrait of a woman on the coverFace: Shape and Angle - Helen Muspratt, Photographer
Born into a civil service family in India in 1907, Helen Muspratt was a pioneering photographer, creating an extraordinary body of work in many different styles and genres.

In partnership with Lettice Ramsey she made portraits of many notable figures of the 1930s in the fields of science and culture. Her experimental photography, using techniques such as solarisation and multiple exposure, bears comparison with the innovations of Man Ray and Lee Miller.

a photo of a group of Eastern European women with hand farming implements and headscarvesHelen Muspratt, Women in the Fields, 1936© The Estate of the Artist
A lifelong communist, Muspratt was a member of the Cambridge intellectual milieu of the 1930s, and a working mother at a time when such a role was unusual for women of her class.

The Pallant exhibition and book published by Manchester University Press reproduces some of her most important photographic images, including documentary records of the Soviet Union and the Welsh valleys.

The accompanying text by Jessica Sutcliffe is an intimate and revealing memoir of her mother that offers a fascinating insight into her life, work and politics.

To win it just email competitions@culture24.org.uk with Muspratt in the subject line. Don't forget to include your name and address so we can send the book out if you win!

Helen Muspratt: Photographer is on show at Pallant House Gallery until May 8 2016.

a black and white portrait of a woman casting her eyes downwardsHelen Muspratt, Tess Mayor, solarized portrait, 1933. © The Estate of the Artist
a photo in side profile of a young woman with a fringeHelen Muspratt, Young Woman, date unknown.© The Estate of the Artist
a solarized double portrait of two women in exotic costumeHelen Muspratt, Hilda and Mary Spencer Watson perfroming Jacob and Esau, solarized c.1932© The Estate of the Artist
a black and white photo of a man in side profileHelen Muspratt, Paul Nash, 1935© The Estate of the Artist
a black and white photo of a man with short hair playing a violinHelen Muspratt, Busking Miner, December 1930© The Estate of the Artist
Terms and conditions:
  • This competition is not open to employees of Culture24, Pallant House Gallery or their families.
  • Entrants must be over 16 years of age and resident in the UK.
  • All entrants must include contact details or their entry will be discarded.  All contact details will be deleted after the competition.
  • Winners will be informed on May 12 2015.
  • Winners will be drawn at random, decisions are final and correspondence will not be entered into.
  • Culture24 and Pallant House Gallery do not take responsibility for any lost or late entries.
  • This competition is free to enter, no purchase is necessary.
  • The prize must be taken as stated, cannot be deferred, and there is no cash alternative.


Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/photography-and-film/art551867-Win-a-copy-of-Face-Shape-and-Angle-Helen-Muspratt-Photographer

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