Ben Wilhelmi

London, street photography in the 80's

 

street photography is a good way to learn photography.

I swear she was not posing for me.

 

aaahh…the 80’s haircuts….

Hyde park Corner, anybody with something to say out loud is allowed to…

 

street photography in London, 80's

 

As heard in “Desperate Housewives” from Karen, this guy could grate cheese on his abs.

 

 

Those punkettes...I kept on seeing them near Trafalgar...for people supposedly against the system, they seemed to enjoy the touristic establishment.

 

London in the eighties, street photography

 

the 2 classics.

 

if these 2 had had a child, it would have been an interesting one…

 

Hyde park, anybody can jump on a box and harangue the crowd.

London in the 80's, street pictures

 

My old Minolta X700, no autofocus. I still do pictures nowadays with that kind of cameras. Still fun to do so…

London, street pictures in the eighties

 

Peep Tom.

 

London, street life in the 80’s

 

1989 to be precise.

England…it has produced the Rolling Stones, invented the punk movement and at the same time is still stuck with medieval attitudes such as its love for the monarchy! But it slowly discovers that food doesn’t have to be poorly cooked.

 

 

Hyde Park, fee collector and activist.

 

 

 

 

 

Endangered species by now…

 

all shot with my first and excellent camera, a Minolta X700. I brought it in Tanzania and used extensively for some times and still do once in a while.

London, street pictures in the 80's

 

if that guy slept like that, his hand might be numb… but his headache won’t be numb, unfortunately for him.

 

Pretty girl falling back into childhood? Suckling thumb next to Mickey Mouse…

…then a straw. Coincidence I spotted her again OK? No stalking!

 

Jesus Jones….?

 

London, street photography 20+ years ago

 

1989 to be precise… I had been mostly learning photography in the street by then. London…only 5 days unfortunately. 

Agfa films and a Minolta X700 camera.

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Yep that’s me, experimenting with mirrors…

 

chatting up girls…