There is an excellent photographic exhibition on currently in the Museum of London near the Barbican, entitled "Street Photography London". The exhibitions has photographs taken over the years - 1860 to 2010. The pictures on show are good examples of the genre - Street Photography - in that there is a narrative, or story told in each, not just photographs taken in a street.
The older photographs tend to be smaller in size and in monochrome, getting larger and moving into colour as they get up to date, reflecting, the changing photographic technology. They are also very people oriented - rather than scenes of London - and the changing fashions of the residents are obvious, as are the changing cards and buses.
Think I preferred the selection of photographs in the sections labelled 1930 - 1945 and 1946 - 1979. Monchrome - which the photographs are in these sections - lends itself to the genre in mood and atmosphere, which, for all its other advantages, colour rarely does.
The exhibition runs until September 4th, 2011. Better yet it is free to get in. And it is well worth visiting.
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