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The Horror of the Holocaust in Colour

Jan 27, 2020

The Horror of the Holocaust in Colour

"Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky" - Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor. Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz by the Soviets, and to mark this anniversary I have colourised a selection of photos taken throughout the first few months of 1945, as the wider world became fully aware of the horrors of the Nazi holocaust. This is the most harrowing p

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Street Life: Victorian London in Colour

Sep 12, 2019

Street Life: Victorian London in Colour

In the mid 1870s, Edinburgh born photographer John Thomson captured the daily toil and struggle of the 'street folks' of London, in a series of photos that laid the foundations for modern photojournalism. Working with a radical journalist called Adolphe Smith, Thomson produced a monthly magazine 'Street Life in London' from 1876 to 1877. The photographs Thomson took depict real life in London, showing the poorest of the poor and how they managed to survive, in scenes that co

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Hidden Children: American Child Labour in Colour

Jan 25, 2018

Hidden Children: American Child Labour in Colour

"There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work" - Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940) Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and photographer, whose work was instrumental in changing child labour laws in the United States. Hine is my favourite photographer. Aside from being technically excellent, his black and white photographs are s

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'Hard Labour' Child Criminals in Colour

Apr 25, 2017

'Hard Labour' Child Criminals in Colour

These remarkable photographs from the Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection give a glimpse into the lives of Victorian child criminals, convicted between 1871 and 1873, in the Newcastle area. I always love working with photos from police archives as they have a realness to them that's often missing from other 'staged' portraits of the time. My 'Bad Characters' project focused on adult criminals from the 1930s, and these photos give an insight into people from similar liv

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