Hi, Abano wrote: > I din't knew him. Gorgeous work, I like the style. It > reminds me a bit to Doisneau.
He's not at all famous and probably never will be. But what he's done, for me, eclipses the works of "greater" photographers. He lived in the community, the community funded his photography by buying his pictures and he has documented in great detail a tiny part of British culture that has now disappeared. I suspect that there are many others who have done this but only a few, like Frank Sutcliffe as well as Doisneau, gain any recognition and that is often by accident. Much of the work done by these people ends up lost, destroyed or dispersed. I also suspect that applying the word "style" to his work would amuse him. He was never anything but extremely poor (during his active photographic life) and his work looks the way it does due to his use of whatever was available at the time. Paradoxically, he is probably now (still alive, last I heard) richer than he has ever been, although I think he has had to give up working due to failing eyesight. mike
