Photograph of the Month - April 2009

Blake graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1956 and had his first solo exhibition at the Portal Gallery, London in 1962. Blake's work engaged with portraiture and mass culture and he became chronicler of the Pop Art scene, with work including the album cover for The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), with his then wife Jann Haworth. He is photographed here with the 1960s fashion model Marie-Lise Gres (1939-83) and his collage construction 'Love Wall' (1961, Gulbenkian Foundation).

Archival digital print from an original negative held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1961

German born, Elsbeth Juda, moved to London with her husband, Hans Juda, in 1933. She studied photography under Lucia Moholy, becoming a fashion and advertising photographer known as ‘Jay’. She also worked for her husband’s export magazine, The Ambassador and in 1963 became associate editor. An exhibition of her work is on view at L’Equipement des Arts, 19 New Quebec Street, London W1 (16 April – 8 May 2009).

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