Walter Joseph
dal 29/6/2011 al 30/7/2011
Segnalato da
29/6/2011
Walter Joseph
British Library, London
Street Markets of London in the 1940s. Walter Felix Abraham Joseph (1922-2003) was born in Darmstadt to an Orthodox Jewish couple. Joseph fled Germany as a young man in 1939 and came to England. As a German national he was interned in the Isle of Man during the Second World War. After the war he was employed in newspaper photographic laboratories, but remained a dedicated amateur and semi-professional photographer for the rest of his life. These fascinating views of London markets, street traders and entertainers were taken between 1947-48.
Walter Felix Abraham Joseph (1922-2003) was born in Darmstadt to an Orthodox Jewish couple. Joseph fled Germany as a young man in 1939 (his twin brothers following shortly after) and came to England. As a German national he was interned in the Isle of Man during the Second World War. After the war he was employed in newspaper photographic laboratories, but remained a dedicated amateur and semi-professional photographer for the rest of his life. These fascinating views of London markets, street traders and entertainers were taken between 1947-48.
Joseph doubted his photographic skills but his family always loved his images. Now, having been recently aquired by the British Library they will become a valued public record of the post war period and the hardships and pleasures Londoners faced. There is a striking similarity between the story of Walter Joseph and that of Vivian Maier, who's work is on display just around the corner at the German Gymnasium.
The exhibition is located in the Upper Ground Floor Cafe and on Level 2 (above cafe)
http://www.londonstreetphotographyfestival.org/
For more information/to rsvp please contact:
Hannah Ainsworth : Hannah.ainsworth@ideageneration.co.uk / 020 7749 6853
Images © Sonia Lichtenstein, Walter Joseph Collection, courtesy of British Library
Opening 30 June 2011
British Library
Address: 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
Opening Times: Mon Wed, Thur, Fri 9.30am to 6pm, Tue 9.30am to 8pm
Sat 9.30am to 5pm, Sun 11am to 5pm
Admission free