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Southam Street, W10

Photograph
1956-1961 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Mayne, Roger (photographer)

Photographic image of children playing on the streeet mounted on an album page.

Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleSoutham Street, W10 (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print
Brief description
Photograph of 'Southam Street' by Roger Mayne, 1956-61.
Physical description
Photographic image of children playing on the streeet mounted on an album page.
Gallery label
(19/03/2012)
Mayne is known for his reportage photographs of urban Britain, which are often close-up and graphic in style. He discovered Southam Street in west London in 1956 when he moved nearby. Mayne was impressed by the local people and returned to photograph the area many times over the next five years. As well as documenting the life of a community, the images address questions about post-war architecture and town planning.
Credit line
Copyright Roger Mayne
Subjects depicted
Play
Children (People by Age Group)
Bibliographic reference
Val Williams and Susan Bright, How we are: photographing Britain, from the 1840s to the present London: Tate Publishing, 2007. ISBN: 9781854377142.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.286-1978

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Record createdApril 10, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O133759/southam-street-w10-photograph-mayne-roger/
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