STREETS/ NIGEL HENDERSON'S EAST END

Henderson was a British artist and founding member of the Independent Group, but he was also a photographer whose work has been comp ared to that of Cartier-Bresson and Brassai. Introduced to the art world by his mother Wyn Henderson who managed the famous Guggenhe im Jeune gallery, he became acquainted with leading figures in modern art, including M. Ernst and M.l Duchamp. In 1943, recovering f rom the trauma of his experiences as a pilot in the Second World War, Henderson began experimenting with photography.