Half a century ago, the British portrait photographer captured some of the regulars at a game in Northumberland as part of his celebrated 14-month tour of England In 1973, aged 21, Daniel Meadows refitted a 1948 doubledecker as the "Free Photographic Omnibus" and set out on a 14-month journey around England offering portraits, gratis, to all-comers. In the back window of the bus was a Letraset sign to give punters an idea of the project: Meadows was in the business, it proclaimed, of captu...
The big picture: eyes down for Daniel Meadows's vision of a 1970s bingo hall
The Guardian - 8 Oct 2023 08:00
Half a century ago, the British portrait photographer captured some of the regulars at a game in Northumberland as part of his celebrated 14-month tour of England In 1973, aged 21, Daniel Meadows refitted a 1948 doubledecker as the "Free Photographic Omnibus" and set out on a 14-month journey around England offering portraits, gratis, to all-comers. In the back window of the bus was a Letraset sign to give punters an idea of the project: Meadows was in the business, it proclaimed, of captu...
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