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Roger Mayne was an English photographer born in 1929. He photographed the streets of North Kensington, London in the latter part of the 1950s. His work documents what the street life was like at this time, focusing on taking photographs of children playing in the streets. This relates to the project quite well.

According to these photographs the community life years ago seemed so relaxed and laidback. No-one seems to think about safety and it portrays such a happy lifestyle. The children are allowed to smoke at such a young age and play on large vehicles which would not be accepted well in todays society. Nowadays, our children of this generation are tied up in a different world of video games and social networking. The growth of technology seems to be taking over our society and community life.

Mayne's work stands out to me because he has managed to get quite close to these children, which I think makes the images work. These photographs inspire me to have the confidence to photograph people closely. This could show confidence and quality of the photographer through the image. The children seem to be completely oblivious to having their photograph taken in the above images, which could also illustrate that Mayne was quite shy and blended himself into the background.

Source: (Book) Photography by John Ingledew, Published 2005 by Laurence King Publishing

http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/mayne-roger http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/10/12_exhibitions_-_2009_twenty_five_years_of_photography.htm http://www.rogermayne.com/sstreet/sstreet11.html http://www.rogermayne.com/

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