Figure 1
‘How Picture Post is Produced,’ Picture Post, December 24, 1938; first double-page spread of a nine-page article on the commissioning, editing and printing process; left: photographs of Stefan Lorant and Tom Hopkinson; right: photographs depicting conversation between Lorant and Edward Hulton and an editorial meeting including Tom Hopkinson, as well as two photographs of ideas and possible layouts for photo-stories from the editor’s notebook; photographer: Kurt Hutton; picture credit: Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
Figure 2
‘This is the Problem,’ Picture Post, January 4, 1941; photographer: Bert Hardy; picture credit: Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
Figure 3
Two photographs of A woman in hospital during childbirth (1956); photographer: Grace Robertson; picture credit: Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
Figure 4
Front cover of Picture Post, January 1, 1944; photographer unknown; picture credit: Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
Figure 5
A miner collects his prescription from a pharmacy in Wales; ‘Where Bevan Got His National Health Plan,’ Picture Post, April 27, 1946; photographer: Kurt Hutton; picture credit: Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.