{"id":135035,"date":"2020-02-25T15:15:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=135035"},"modified":"2020-02-25T15:15:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:15:45","slug":"london-underground-1970-1980-by-mike-goldwater-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/london-underground-1970-1980-by-mike-goldwater-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"London Underground 1970-1980 by Mike Goldwater | Book review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s something about underground transport networks that seem to create little microcosms of human activity. It\u2019s true of London, but I\u2019ve also witnessed it in Paris, Tokyo, Toronto and New York \u2013 a whole world underneath the rest of civilisation, with no natural light and people in a hurry. All of life\u2019s characters are at once different yet equal.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m always pleased to see pictures and projects shot in these spaces. The latest book from Hoxton Mini Press, the sixth in its Vintage Britain series, contains pictures from 1970-1980 by the photographer Mike Goldwater.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_135040&quot;  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 650px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135040\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/London-Underground-Oxford-Circus-1978.jpg\" alt=\"London Underground Oxford Circus 1978\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/02\/London-Underground-Oxford-Circus-1978.jpg 630w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/02\/London-Underground-Oxford-Circus-1978.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/02\/London-Underground-Oxford-Circus-1978.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/02\/London-Underground-Oxford-Circus-1978.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Oxford Circus, 1978. Credit: Mike Goldwater<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>Back in the 1970s, it was still acceptable to talk, kiss and even smoke on the London Underground. I\u2019m not entirely sure you\u2019d get the same kind of imagery if you were to embark on the project today, and it\u2019s for that reason that the images are wonderfully dated and nostalgic (even for somebody who wasn\u2019t even born when these photographs were shot).<\/p>\n<p>An essay at the start of the book by Lucy Davies explains more about the genesis of the project. Mike grew up in a north London suburb, he would catch the Northern line to school in Hampstead. He began taking his photographs for this series in 1970. With some stations lit only by individual hanging bulbs, the images were hard to capture, with the film pushed to its absolute limits.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_135041&quot;  class=\"c-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 650px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135041\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/London-Underground-Oxford-Circus-1979.jpg\" alt=\"London Underground Oxford Circus 1979\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/02\/London-Underground-Oxford-Circus-1979.jpg 630w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/02\/London-Underground-Oxford-Circus-1979.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/02\/London-Underground-Oxford-Circus-1979.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/02\/London-Underground-Oxford-Circus-1979.jpg?resize=562,375 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">Oxford Circus, 1979. Credit: Mike Goldwater<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>The result, albeit out of necessity, is sometimes brooding and mysterious, alluding again to the otherworldliness of the underground. It\u2019s amusing to note that he had to hide his camera from underground staff, who would stop him from taking photos if caught.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>More book reviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[collection name=&#8221;small&#8221;]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank goodness he was never stopped completely \u2013 in fact he now has the privilege of travelling on the network for free, a fitting reward for his beautiful work. This is a wonderful set of images and a fine example for documentary and social photographers, as well as a lesson in how to tightly edit a cohesive set of shots that work together well.<\/p>\n<p>Hoxton Mini Press is on a roll with this collection, which are always beautifully presented and available at a reasonable price. London natives or otherwise would do well to add this one to their shelves \u2013 I love it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-135039\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/London-Underground-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"London Underground Cover\" width=\"250\" height=\"208\" \/>London Underground 1970-1980 by Mike Goldwater<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoxtonminipress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hoxton Mini Press<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Cover:<\/strong> hardback<br \/>\n<strong>Price:<\/strong> \u00a316.95<br \/>\n<strong>ISBN<\/strong> 978-1-910566-61-9<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nostalgia abounds in the latest Vintage Britain book from the inimitable Hoxton Mini Press, says Amy Davies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1384,"featured_media":135042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[337,663],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-135035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-book_reviews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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