Comments on: Phil Maxwell’s Kids on The Street https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/27/phil-maxwells-kids-on-the-street-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 07 May 2020 13:19:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: David Green https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/27/phil-maxwells-kids-on-the-street-x/#comment-1337722 Thu, 07 May 2020 13:19:26 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181058#comment-1337722 This photographer has a remarkable talent. While I like a lot of the images you have on your blog, as a photographer myself I think his are ‘next level’ in terms of composition and content. He distills the scene in front of him perfectly.

]]> By: Betsy Brewer https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/27/phil-maxwells-kids-on-the-street-x/#comment-1337048 Tue, 28 Apr 2020 06:55:08 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181058#comment-1337048 Very few girls on the street, very much a boy’s world.

Line of police near swings-about to protect an NF march down Brick Lane perhaps?

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/27/phil-maxwells-kids-on-the-street-x/#comment-1337001 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:52:32 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181058#comment-1337001 Beautiful photographs, and every one of them telling its own story. Thank you.

]]> By: Grace Caruso https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/27/phil-maxwells-kids-on-the-street-x/#comment-1336996 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:54:27 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181058#comment-1336996 The pictures are as usual wonderful and evocative… but what strikes me first its the difference between the way the children are dressed in these pictures and the way the are dressed in older pictures. Very much a change.

]]> By: Lynne Perrella https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/27/phil-maxwells-kids-on-the-street-x/#comment-1336995 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:43:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181058#comment-1336995 I had an instantaneous reaction to this wonderful series, and it came with a soundtrack:

“FAME! I’m gonna live forever. I’m gonna learn how to fly. …….. Ba-by remember my
name. Remember. Remember.”

Thank you for this joyous, buoyant, jubilant series of photos. Really lifted my spirits today.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/27/phil-maxwells-kids-on-the-street-x/#comment-1336993 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:24:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181058#comment-1336993 Wonderful and fine observations as allways!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Chris https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/27/phil-maxwells-kids-on-the-street-x/#comment-1336983 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:40:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181058#comment-1336983 Great photos Phil

]]> By: Pamela Traves https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/27/phil-maxwells-kids-on-the-street-x/#comment-1336979 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:03:52 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181058#comment-1336979 Thank You for These Lovely, Pictures of these Sweet Children. I do Enjoy Them So Much!!????????

]]> By: Chris Webb https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/27/phil-maxwells-kids-on-the-street-x/#comment-1336971 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:28:30 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181058#comment-1336971 Are we breeding agoraphobics these days?

Photo 7: Parkers or snorkel jackets, came in blue or green with a bright orange lining. Everyone had one, usually accompanied by an Adidas sports bag the size of a Transit van.

I really hope someone pops along to say “That’s me”.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/27/phil-maxwells-kids-on-the-street-x/#comment-1336970 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:24:23 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=181058#comment-1336970 Great photos as always from Phil.

I’d love to know what is happening in the picture of the boys on the swings with a mass of the Old Bill in the background…? Preparing for a Poll Tax riot perhaps??

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