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.
(Photos © Edwin Smith / RIBA Library Photographs Collection, via Mashable/ Retronaut)
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| Workers sitting on steps outside the Guildhall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
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| St. James Street Station, Walthamstow, London |
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| A miner's home, Scotswood on Tyne |
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| Mannequin on a street barrow, London |
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| 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 |
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| Circus riders |
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| Fairground workers constructing Gray's roundabout, Hampstead, London |
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| Children playing in the street outside a shop, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear |
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| People on the beach at South Shields, Tyne and Wear |
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| Workers at the National Aircraft Factory, Croydon, London |
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| Boys at Church Farm School, East Barnet, London |
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| Helter skelter and roundabout at a London fairground |
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| Clowns performing at Bertram Mills Circus, Olympia, London |
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| Portrait of an immigrant |
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| Portrait of a rural worker |
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| Shepherd Poole, shepherd to Mr. S Holloway of Norton-sub-Hambdon, Somerset |
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| Portrait of seated woman |
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| Coco the Clown at Olympia, London |
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| Circus horses and trainer |
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| Fishermen and their boats on a beach |
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| Quayside market on Sunday morning, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
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| Fashion shot |
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| Fairground, Mitcham, London |
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| Fan dancer, Mitcham Fair, London |
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| Fashion shot taken at 72 Brook Street, London |
(Photos © Edwin Smith / RIBA Library Photographs Collection, via Mashable/ Retronaut)