(Manchester, England, 1930 - )
1954 (printed 1998)
Gelatin silver print
12 1/4 x 9 in. (31.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Purchased with funds donated in memory of Gladys E. McVicker
1998.1
Roberston worked as a photojournalist for Picture Post, the British equivalent of Life magazine. Her photo essay "Mother's Day Off" chronicled an excursion taken by a group of homemakers from Battersea, an industrial suburb of London. They made a day of visiting pubs and then adjourned to a park for singing and dancing. Robertson's ability to put her subjects at ease made it possible for her to capture the appealing, candid images that Picture Post's editors preferred.