Crawley New Town seen through the lens of Wolf Suschitzky
A new exhibition at Crawley Museum featuring photographs by the renowned photographer Wolf Suschitzky (1912-2016) of the early development of Crawley are returning to the town and being shown to the public for the first time since they were taken six decades ago.
The photographs were commissioned to capture life in the New Town ten years after construction had begun. Along with images made in the other emerging New Towns around the country, a small selection of images was featured in an exhibition held at the Royal Academy in 1959 to highlight the progress of the first wave of home building and new town development following World War 2.
The exhibition runs from Thursday 6 February until Saturday 29 March along with a series of talks, community events, gallery tours, school visits, half-term activities and workshops.
