Comments on: John Claridge’s Spent Moments

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 16:29:13 +0000

A lost world, although thankfully immortalised in stunning photography. I grew up in London, and recall the knife grinder coming round to where we lived, and also a man mending the cane seating of a chair, sat on the kerb along Sloane Street SW3, with his feet in the road.

By: Bailey Jones

Bailey Jones — Mon, 23 May 2022 17:17:24 +0000

Great photos. Full of a whistful emotions.

By: Cherub

Cherub — Sun, 22 May 2022 23:01:53 +0000

These are such fantastic images – there is something about black and white photography, it often has a greater depth than colour.

I particularly like the “cool dudes” photo from 1961, it’s the year I was born.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Sun, 22 May 2022 13:44:58 +0000

Very difficult to express……….but I will make an attempt.
John Claridge’s photos of HIS surroundings and well-loved environs have given ME a much
deeper/layered insight into the gritty city I grew up in. Pittsburgh in the 1950s was a place of
grime, coal dust, earnest workers, loving neighbors, impish kids, glittering moments of culture,
grinding decades of labor, ethnic flavors and voices, aspirations, equivocations. And so much more. Need I add — I would not change an instant of my upbringing in that city of stark contradictions. Hushed libraires/raucous saloons. Sports mania/a symphony playing on a river barge. White sheets drying on a line/”granular” air quality and red dust.
Thank you John Claridge and GA.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 22 May 2022 10:33:51 +0000

Moving and beautiful.
Mr Scanlon bears more than a passing resemblance to Eric Blair (George Orwell.)
John Claridge is perhaps the finest photographer that ever existed on these septic Isles.
Made my Sunday morning, thanks!

By: Richard Smith

Richard Smith — Sun, 22 May 2022 10:08:07 +0000

Claridges’s pictures are very evocative and underline the idea that everyone has their tale to tell. I enjoyed looking at them and thinking about them. Thanks.

By: achim

achim — Sun, 22 May 2022 09:27:46 +0000

John Claridge’s photographs remind me of a discovery I made myself when I was taking photographs: at the moment they are taken, human faces are transient in time — it is only when you look at the finished photographs at a distance in time that you recognise their strong characters.

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Di Corry

Di Corry — Sun, 22 May 2022 07:55:51 +0000

As always, John’s photos take me right back to the East End I lived in.
The faces and the powerful images resonate and reignite so many memories……thank you.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 22 May 2022 07:45:41 +0000

It is these kind of photos that make me glad I vame from the East End.