Frank Habicht

A brilliant collection of black & white photographs from the German photographer, who was famous for his era-defining images of the 1960s. These are all taken in London and cover the rich and famous, alongside ordinary people. There are pictures of the Rolling Stones' Hyde Park concert, Sandie Shaw, Vanessa Redgrave, but my favourites are of the unnamed people. There is also a nice juxtaposition between the idea of Swinging London and more traditional images of the Salvation Army, the Royal Guards and a typical city gent.

One tiny criticism - the captions for the images are all at the back of the book, which keeps the pages looking great, but is a little annoying when you want to know what it is you are looking at, to have to keep flicking back.… (mehr)