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< Back to Past Projects >   Playground London - Photographs by John Drysdale

Playground London: Children at Play 1953 to 1970 by Award-Winning Photographer John Drysdale 13th February to 31st July 2009 at Age Exchange Reminiscence Centre, 11 Blackheath Village, London SE3 9LA Tel: 020 8318 9105 John Drysdale studied photography in the late 1940s at Guildford School of Art. His early work appeared in magazines such as Vogue and Picture Post and he assisted Cecil Beaton taking the Coronation photographs in 1953. In a long freelance career in photography and photojournalism he has won numerous awards and developed an international reputation. The exhibition features photographs of London children at play in the streets and in early "adventure playgrounds", some of which won First Prize in the 1955 “British Press Pictures of the Year”. More > about John Drysdale (49k PDF file)* More > about the exhibition (18k PDF file)* Exhibition poster (96k PDF file)* * For PDF format , you will need Adobe Reader - available free

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© Age ExchangeTheatre Trust Ltd. 2008 (a company limited by guarantee) Registered in England No. 1929724. Registered Office 11 Blackheath Village, London SE3 9LA Registered as Charity No: 326899 Patrons: Roy Hudd OBE Glenda Jackson MP Rt. Hon. Nick Raynsford MP Sir Sigmund Sternberg KCSG JP