The life and legacy of Picture Post: film screening and Q+A

Picture Post was the best-selling weekly magazine in Britain between 1938 and 1957 when it was overtaken by television and, later, the Sunday colour supplements. It defined its age and set new standards in design and how photography was used in illustrated magazines.

During the Second World War it brought the war to up to 5 million people each week while looking ahead at what a postwar Britain might be like. Picture Post  revolutionised the way photographers portrayed the lives of ordinary British people: at home, on the street, unposed. It helped to transform post-war Britain and changed the face of British photography. Its editors and photographers became household names and continued working after PP's demise. 

This new documentary tells the story of Picture Post through the eyes of some of Britain’s leading modern-day photographers, and through archive interviews with Picture Post photographers, writers and editors. Many of its photographers were members of the RPS. 

Following this exclusive screening of the documentary its director Rob West, and Melanie Llewellyn, curator at the Getty Archive, which now owns the Picture Post collection, will discuss its legacy and take questions from the audience. 

The documentary which runs for 73 minutes will be shown from 1830-1945, and the Q+A will continue until 2015. 

Copies of the documentary on DVD will also be available to purchase.