Astonishing Photos of Life in London’s Slums in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s
Nick Hedges was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, in 1943. He studied photography at Birmingham College of Art from 1965 to 1968, and as a final project he worked with Birmingham Housing Trust on an exhibition about the city’s badly housed….
Extraordinary Color Photographs Capture Street Scenes of Carnaby Street and King’s Road, London in 1966
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier (1921–2004) was born in Paris in an artistic family. In 1939, his father gave him his first camera, and his neighbor, the cinema photographer Sam Lévin became his teacher and mentor. In the Second World War, he trained…
Candid Snaps of a Group of Women Spent Time Together in a Pub in Bermondsey, on a Day Trip to Margate, ca. 1950s
Mother’s Day Off was a photostory by British photographer Grace Robertson about a group of women from Bermondsey in South London enjoying a day-trip to the coast. It was one of a series of articles in which Picture Post looked at the ways…
Vibrant and Multicultural: 31 Colorful Photos of Portobello Road, One of London’s Most Famous Streets in the Eighties
Portobello Road is a street in the Notting Hill district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. It runs almost the length of Notting Hill from south to north, roughly parallel with Ladbroke Grove. On Saturdays…
56 Amazing Vintage Photos of Everyday Life in London in the 1920s
Most of the pictures here come from the triple volume Wonderful London, with many of them by photographer Donald McLeish. Published in the 1920s and long out of print, this huge work is an astonishing feat and a valuable addition…
35 Amazing Photos Capture Street Scenes of London in the Early 20th Century
London entered the 20th century at the height of its influence as the capital of one of the largest empires in history, but the new century was to bring many challenges. London’s population continued to grow rapidly in the early…
Captivating images of British youth in the 1950s offer a glimpse into the past
Take a look back at the youth, the spivs, the Teddy boys and girls in post-war England in the 1950s through 20 fascinating black-and-white vintage photographs: Four young men at a smart London bar, 1953. (Bert Hardy) A gang member…
27 Black and White Photos That Capture Street Scenes of York, England in 1960
York is a historic walled city at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The municipality is the traditional county town of the historic county of Yorkshire to which it gives its name. The city…
Découvrez la France des années 1950 avec 27 photos Kodachrome vibrantes.sn
Ces diapositives Kodachrome ont été prises par M (« Meredith ») Frank Rush (1924 – 2013) et Renee Carol Rush (1927 – 2016) lors de leur voyage en France en 1958. La même année, ils se sont également rendus en…
Revivez l’Exposition universelle de 1900 avec des images incroyables du trottoir.sn
En 1900, si vous aviez la chance d’avoir un billet comme celui-ci – et près de cinquante millions de personnes l’avaient – vous alliez vous régaler. Paris et la France ont tout mis en œuvre pour faire de l’Exposition universelle de…