{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Urban Exploration"],"cover":{"alt":"City Portrait: London 1940s to 1980","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/historical-london-photos1.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-09-25T11:35:27Z","description":"Today I found about 1400 photos of the historical London, which create an unique insight into London’s street life between 1940 and 1980...","html":"\u003cp\u003eAs you know, I’m currently in London and therefore still on the search for some great impressions of that interesting city, I could show you to complete something like \u003ca href=\"/london/\"\u003ean unusual city portrait of London\u003c/a\u003e\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday I found round about \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/recoveringscot/collections/72157611478813825/\"\u003e1400 scanned diapositive-photos\u003c/a\u003e in doveson2008’s “London, England 1940s to 1980” photo-collection on Flickr, which is a massive historically photo-portrait of the UK’s capital!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are mostly undated red-bordered Kodachrome slides (although some have handwritten dates on which are given when present). I’ve always found these to be very colour faithful, despite the odd cyan shadow here and there. They are my favourite type of any slide, with the best having a richness of detail and quality that’s unbeatable, even despite some darkening over fifty-odd years on some of them. (doveson2008)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s quite interesting to slide through these old photos with their interesting style and to see these old cars, vintage clothings and so forth\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1600\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1600\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1600\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/historical-london-photos_hu_695725e4c9ff1a75.avif 480w, /city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/historical-london-photos_hu_4853e9b1940792f1.avif 960w, /city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/historical-london-photos_hu_545319cdf5703d61.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/historical-london-photos_hu_77fd93678ee8c5d.webp 480w, /city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/historical-london-photos_hu_97a0a76eae373275.webp 960w, /city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/historical-london-photos_hu_c90c4aae68c83168.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/historical-london-photos_hu_e87f5f7d94f38acb.jpg\" srcset=\"/city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/historical-london-photos_hu_e0d2a2005783dd0c.jpg 480w, /city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/historical-london-photos_hu_20c49f536978d4c0.jpg 960w, /city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/historical-london-photos_hu_e87f5f7d94f38acb.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"886\" alt=\"historical london photos\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ehistorical london photos\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://www.spreeblick.com/2010/09/24/london-in-den-funfzigern-und-mehr/\"\u003espreeblick.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nAs you know, I’m currently in London and therefore still on the search for some great impressions of that interesting city, I could show you to complete something like [an unusual city portrait of London](/london/)...\n\nToday I found round about [1400 scanned diapositive-photos](http://www.flickr.com/photos/recoveringscot/collections/72157611478813825/) in doveson2008’s “London, England 1940s to 1980” photo-collection on Flickr, which is a massive historically photo-portrait of the UK’s capital!\n\n\u003e These are mostly undated red-bordered Kodachrome slides (although some have handwritten dates on which are given when present). I’ve always found these to be very colour faithful, despite the odd cyan shadow here and there. They are my favourite type of any slide, with the best having a richness of detail and quality that’s unbeatable, even despite some darkening over fifty-odd years on some of them. (doveson2008)\n\nIt’s quite interesting to slide through these old photos with their interesting style and to see these old cars, vintage clothings and so forth...\n\n![historical london photos](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/historical-london-photos.jpg\u003e)\n\nhistorical london photos \nVia [spreeblick.com](http://www.spreeblick.com/2010/09/24/london-in-den-funfzigern-und-mehr/)\n","tags":["Portraiture","Street Art London","Urban Exploration Photography"],"title":"City Portrait: London 1940s to 1980","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/city-portrait-london-1940s-to-1980/"}