Roger Mayne Photographs - Hardcover

Mayne, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224060546 ISBN 13: 9780224060547

Publisher: Random House UK, 2001

Synopsis

In the space of three days in 1956, Roger Mayne photographed children at play in a street in North Kensington. The photographs of Southam Street became evidence of a community and way of life that vanished under the eyes of developers and politicians. These pictures capture the essence of the age.

About this title

From the Publisher:

In a space of three days in 1956, a young photographer named Roger Mayne photographed the children and the street life of Southam Street, North Kensington. This London back street, which was declared unfit for habitation in 1963, was to become his stalking ground for five years. The resulting collection of photographs is one of the great social documents of the era.

From the Inside Flap:

ys in 1956, Roger Mayne photographed the children and the street life of Southam Street in North Kensington, London. This became his stalking ground for five years, resulting in one of the great social documents of a vanished age. This book is the first presentation of the whole range of Mayne’s work.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House UK
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0224060546
• ISBN 13: 9780224060547
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160