Edwin Smith (1912 – 1971) was an English photographer. He is best known for his distinctive vignettes of English gardens, landscapes, and architecture. But some of his finest work is portraiture.
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Workers sitting on steps outside the Guildhall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
St. James Street Station, Walthamstow, London |
A miner's home, Scotswood on Tyne |
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Mannequin on a street barrow, London |
Herring girls gutting fish on the quayside, North Shields |
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Six clowns (Pinder in the centre) from Hagenbeck's Circus, Olympia, London |
Circus riders |
Fairground workers constructing Gray's roundabout, Hampstead, London |
Children playing in the street outside a shop, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear |
People on the beach at South Shields, Tyne and Wear |
Workers at the National Aircraft Factory, Croydon, London |
Boys at Church Farm School, East Barnet, London |
Helter skelter and roundabout at a London fairground |
Clowns performing at Bertram Mills Circus, Olympia, London |
Portrait of an immigrant |
Portrait of a rural worker |
Shepherd Poole, shepherd to Mr. S Holloway of Norton-sub-Hambdon, Somerset |
Portrait of seated woman |
Coco the Clown at Olympia, London |
Circus horses and trainer |
Fishermen and their boats on a beach |
Quayside market on Sunday morning, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Fashion shot |
Fairground, Mitcham, London |
Fan dancer, Mitcham Fair, London |
Fashion shot taken at 72 Brook Street, London |
(Photos © Edwin Smith / RIBA Library Photographs Collection, via Mashable/ Retronaut)