Comments on: Israel Bidermanas’ London

By: Nicky Webb

Nicky Webb — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:55:55 +0000

Wonderful, evocative photos. But oh, I’d love to see Prevert’s words too!

By: Valerie-Jael

Valerie-Jael — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 20:55:51 +0000

Wonderful, inspired photos, each one a masterpiece in its own right. Valerie

By: Valerie Paynter

Valerie Paynter — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:29:29 +0000

Right up until the 1980’s we used to have slow and gorgeous b&w film that gave creamy, grainy, hard contrast, soft contrast, fine grain, whatever quality you wanted – AGFA did a 25 ASA. I preferred Kodak 32 – now we have photoshop and quick-fire photography. All those gorgeous films are gone. I’m glad photos from the heyday of photography as a fine craft with fine materials and lenses exist to shame the present. Maybe I am too cynical about that.

These photos are so evocative of London at its moodiest and most secretive. Right up to my 1969 arrival in London you could see traces of all this, rent unmodernised and seriously shabby huge flats in SW5 (flatshare social life was great). But on the train through the outskirts going to Sussex I used to feel there was a lot of filthy, scary stuff lining the suburban streets the line out of Victoria would pass, visible from windows as we clackety clacked along – the smell of those old trains unforgettable….but everyone seated….always.

By: John Campbell

John Campbell — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:25:43 +0000

Wonderful photos. The picture of Hampden Crescent W2 is very evocative of Roger Mayne,s photographs in nearby Southam St W10.

By: pauline taylor

pauline taylor — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:00:22 +0000

Black and white photography at its best !! True no doubt, as there is so much that falls into that category in your posts. These are truly brilliant and capture London at that time so well.

By: Jude

Jude — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:09:51 +0000

I can see why he was a professional photographer and i’m not!! Such amazing, provocative images. Thank you.

By: Achim

Achim — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:49:04 +0000

Wonderful, impressive photos!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:37:37 +0000

This post starts off with an irresistible image (the couple on the carousel) and then EACH additional photo is a show stopper. An incredible suite of images, provoking rampant stories.
What an incredible gritty eternal city!? He’s captured it.
Many thanks.

By: Annette k

Annette k — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:35:27 +0000

Great short article, better yet are the photographs of old areas, which in my mind’s way of comparing old photos parts of a city, the wharf, along waterways, these remind me of St. Louis MO. USA old wharf on the MS 1970- before the old historical area was torn down. Joke, amusement for the visitors, The St. Louis Arch???

By: Joan B

Joan B — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 09:38:10 +0000

I do not have an artistic vocabulary to explain why but there is a European sensibility here. Composition? Lenses? Filters? Whatever, they have a very stylish dramatic quality. A very charming addition to the wide range of photographs you keep bringing to the attention of you readers.