Paul Barkshire

[Musicman]

Picked up his name on the profile of a Flickr contact who, like me, is also a fan of Eugene Atget. Thought I'd check him out and I love his work.

Being a Londoner, his photographs of the city since the early 1980s are fascinating.

Well worth taking a few minutes to look...

http://www.paulbarkshire.com/

http://www.tweakerzine.com/paulbarkshire

Documentary Stills Specialist: Monuments, National Trust Buildings, London Images

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In the forward to Unexplored London, here is an excerpt of how David Bailey describes Paul Barkshire

"I see him in the romantic light of a craftsman, who through this craft transcends the normal"
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Paul used a c.1920 Eastman Camera up until 1985 with 8x10 Black & White negatives to produce images with a sharpness, contrast and richness that few photographers achieve without colour. Since 1985 he has been using a 8x10 Wista.