Photography
Immerse yourself in London’s living history through our photographic archive, capturing the city's evolving landscape, diverse communities and social fabric.
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Hailing the history of London’s black cabs
The must-have knowledge on the city’s iconic taxis
John Davies’ photos of major London roads
John Davies’ photos of the city remind us how roads divide, define and dominate its landscape
Fun at the Hampstead Heath fairs
Photographs of candyfloss and carousels in post-war London
Preserving a London Fields squat in the 1990s
Tom Hunter’s detailed model of his Hackney neighbourhood helped save it from demolition
London’s pie & mash shops
In the 1990s, Chris Clunn photographed a unique yet fading London food tradition
Portraits of City of London workers, 1974
John Eastcott looked beyond the bankers to document the many trades of the Square Mile
Ready Steady Go!: The Swinging Sixties music show
On set at the short-lived show that captured 1960s mod mania
London’s lidos are swimming in history
Packed days at the lido have been a London summer staple for nearly 100 years
Office life in the 1980s
Anna Fox’s photographs pick out the mundane and the sinister in the aspirational 1980s workplace
A thousand years of Billingsgate Market
The prize catch of London’s fish trade, home to a unique culture and generations of working history
Picture Post believed in the power of photography
This London-based magazine pioneered photojournalism in the mid-20th century
London through the eyes of Wolfgang Suschitzky
The grit and glamour of life in the mid-20th century, captured by one of the era’s key photographers
Portraits of Londoners at home in the 1970s
An intimate look at life behind closed doors
Finding beauty in 1930s working-class London
Humphrey Spender’s photos were born from an appreciation of ordinary life
Penny for the Guy?: A lost Bonfire Night tradition
Before 5 November, children would wheel a handmade ‘Guy’ around town and ask adults for money
