Roger Mayne Photographs - Hardcover

Mayne, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224060546 ISBN 13: 9780224060547

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 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 the evidence of a community and a way of life which vanished under the eyes of developers and politicians; the street itself was demolished.

Mayne's work is the evidence of a vanished age, yet works as more than a social document. His pictures capture the essence of the age. He is much admired by contemporary magazines because he shows so much style. The book follows the development of his work from the children in Southam Street to his own family in Lyme.

About this title

Review:

"An evocative portrayal...one of the most enduring and sustained in British photography." -"Independent"

From the Publisher:

Roger Mayne is a neglected and yet highly regarded photographer of street culture of Britain in the Fifties. This book is the first in-depth presentation of the whole range of his work. He is simply one of the finest British photographers of the twentieth

About this edition

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