Blue collar

Thursday, 15th May 2008


One of George Plemper's portraits of 1970s working-class life in south London. The former teacher's photos were hidden away in carrier bags until the advent of Flickr gave him the chance to put them on-line. Michael Collins, author of that fine book, "The Likes of Us",  has the full story.

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