This blog is to remind you not to throw out old photographs you may have lying around. About a year ago I was sorting through my old Kodachromes, especially those I took when backpacking in Europe in 1957/58.
They were taken on the original 35mm, 10 ASA (ISO) Kodachrome that was not only slow but also a bit contrasty.
The attached photograph is of the first Aldermaston Rally in Trafalgar Square on Easter Sunday 1958. The rally preceded the march to Aldermaston. I had no particular reason to go to the rally and just happened to be there at the time.
I contacted the Museum of London who were interested in the image and asked me if I would send them an ink-jet print of it, which I did.
The Museum’s curator of photographs (Jilke Golbach) later said
"While our collection holds a substantial number of photographs depicting political gatherings and protests in the 1950s and 1960s they are without exception black-and-white. It is unusual to see a colour photograph of this event, and this striking image — taken by a then 19-year-old Australian backpacker — will undoubtedly have an impact on contemporary museum visitors."
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