Synopsis
For the first time evocative and dramatic images of twentieth-century British architecture and design, taken by John Maltby, and including previously unseen images from the RIBA Photographic Collection, are brought together in this stylish photo-book.
His rich photographic archive presents more than a passing snapshot of British architecture, rather a social document spanning over 5 decades, allowing a unique insight into the changing face of Britain at a time of rapid technological and industrial change.
A short essay, as an introduction to this book, outlines the life of the photographer and helps paint an intriguing picture of some of the most seminal moments in modern architecture.
John Maltby is the first in the new Architecture in Camera series, which aims to exploit the superb archive of the Royal Institute of British Architects' Photographs Collection. By concentrating on the oeuvre of significant photographers, the series not only highlights some of the most enduring and iconic architectural images of the twentieth-century but also affords us a rich appreciation of rare and unpublished work.
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From the Back Cover
John Maltby (1910-80) rose to prominence during the thirties, when the camera was influencing architectural practice and criticism more than ever before and when the International Style was gaining a tentative foothold. In the same way as Claude Gravot was the favoured photographer of Le Corbusier, so Maltby was closely allied to Lubetkin, one of the great modernist imigri architects working in Britain at the time. Maltby also recorded fashionable Art Deco style with a lucrative commission for Odeon Cinemas. After World War II and in stark contrast to the opulence of the Art Deco cinemas, his photographs of Alison and Peter Smithson's Hunstanton school were admired and reproduced around the world, while his commercial work helped to spread the popularity of the Contemporary look.
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