The work of the Austrian-British exile photographer Edith Tudor-Hart (1908–1973) is presented in a new and extensive retrospective in the photo book “A steady eye in turbulent times”. Her life is traced in detail in the authors' texts. As a central protagonist of social documentary photography between 1930 and 1955, Edith Tudor-Hart drew attention to social grievances and dealt with topics such as poverty, integration and women's rights and portrayed the living conditions of the working class. Her work is also characterized by avant-garde elements of “New Vision” and made an important contribution to the depiction of progressive educational methods, modernist architecture and modern dance.