Eve Arnold was born in 1912 to Russian immigrant parents in Philadelphia.

With experience in photography processing and little formal training, she

joined Magnum Photos in New York in the 1950s as one of the first female

photographers at the agency. From there she began a long and diverse career,

during which she photographed life in the US, Britain, USSR, Afghanistan

and China, and people from children and manual labourers to heads of state

and film stars such as Marilyn Monroe. She produced picture assignments

for magazines internationally, published books and exhibited worldwide.

A blend of curiosity, discipline and moral courage would characterise her

career which never settled for clichés or stereotypes. Guided in her own

words, this retrospective of Arnold's work marks her 100 birthday and

features some of her iconic photographs alongside many never-before

published images.