Laelia Goehr: Photographer

Nationwide arts festival celebrating refugees from Nazi Europe and their contribution to British cultureMarch 2020 marked the official end of the festival, but also the beginning of a longer-term commitment to celebrating the impact of this remarkable generation of émigrés under the Insiders/Outsiders umbrella

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 Julia Crockatt will be in conversation with photographic researcher John March about her remarkable grandmother Laelia Goehr 

Cellist and photographer Julia Crockatt will be in conversation with independent researcher John March about her remarkable grandmother Laelia Goehr (1908-2002). Born into a well-to-do Jewish family in Kiev, she showed a talent for music from an early age. Soon after the Russian Revolution, the family moved to Berlin (via Warsaw), where Laelia in due course became part of a successful cabaret duo called The Stone Sisters. In 1930 she married the conductor and composer Walter Goehr, and in 1933 the couple fled to the safety of England, where, having worked as Bill Brandt’s assistant, she established herself as a serious photographer. This talk coincides with the launch of a <a href="https://www.laeliagoehr.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">website</a>, which for the first time reveals the true extent of her photographic output, which ranged from images of dancers and eminent musicians such as Stravinsky and Rostropovich through street photography to nudes, flowers and animals. This event is held in partnership with Four Corners, London, where earlier this year, Goehr’s work featured in the exhibition <a href="https://www.fourcornersfilm.co.uk/whats-on/another-eye-women-refugee-photographers-in-britain-after-1933" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Another Eye</a>.This event is organized by <a href="https://insidersoutsidersfestival.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Insiders/Outsiders</a>.As will be evident from the three programmes of free online events we’ve already organized, we are determined that the Insiders/Outsiders Festival should have a rich afterlife. But we need your help. So please consider <a href="https://insidersoutsidersfestival.org/support-us/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">making a donation</a> to the Insiders/Outsiders Arts Foundation (registered charity number 1182867) to enable us to continue with our - entirely not-for-profit - activities. Please note that we are registered for Gift Aid.Image: Children from the Gorbals, Glasgow 1940’s (detail)

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Laelia Goehr: Photographer

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