Comments on: Tony Hall, Photographer

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 21:36:35 +0000

What a fabulous set of photographs, especially the corner shops. How I mourn the loss of them. Even in the London suburbs there were plenty and nothing was thought of sending a twelve year old round the corner for “Half an ounce of Old Holborn please”.

By: Cherub

Cherub — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 17:40:08 +0000

I see poverty here, especially amongst the elderly, yet people look happy. I suspect it’s because there was more of a sense of community and people looked out for their neighbours. The elderly lady standing outside the entrance to the old flats, the backdrop makes me think of the film Vera Drake.

By: Ros

Ros — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 14:26:40 +0000

Yet another superb photographer whose work I love to be reminded of. His pictures are so rich and thoughtful. You have built up the most wonderful collection and I never tire of it.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 14:11:57 +0000

I absolutely savor every one of these — but may I say how MUCH I enjoy seeing Tony and Libby
together, enjoying each other’s company and shared manias? The perfect image to follow the
written narrative. I imagined the “rest” of the day — how they might have continued on, after the photography session, strolling, adventuring, doing the banal things that couples do on their weekend rounds, and also those affectionate moments when they tuck close.

Tony had “the eye”, there is no doubt. And, lucky man, he had Libby.

By: Bernie

Bernie — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 13:23:44 +0000

Ah Ridley Road market! While her strength lasted my mother shopped there on Fridays to prepare for the Shabbas. I clearly remember her buying Plaice and having it cut across into steaks which she would then coat in oatmeal and fry in oil. Delicious! And before the war I recall Moseley and his tribe parading along the High St near Ridley Road.

By: Mathilde Grange

Mathilde Grange — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 09:27:03 +0000

Incredible pictures, but the one of the huge logs on the boat on Regent’s Canal that, in turn, reflects on the water and the man surveying it all from above is a one in a million photograph.