Cockney Life at the Elephant and Castle, London, January 8, 1949 Robert Adamson wildly idiosyncratic yet always interested

wildly idiosyncratic yet always interested in telling us about the culture in which we live and the alternatives

But where others generally embrace the romance of the struggle against the harsh climate

each with a strong personality

along with images by the photographer

The photographs are also a reflection of Wei’s Chinese identity

Cockney Life at the Elephant and Castle, London, January 8, 1949 Robert Adamson wildly idiosyncratic yet always interestedGelatin Silver print by Bert Hardy (1913 1990), titled Cockney Life at the Elephant and Castle, London, January 8, 1949 Cockney Life at the Elephant and Castle, London. There are thousands of similar basement rooms where tens of thousands of people live yet each one is different. Picture Post Magazine, January 8, 1949. There is a spot to the border on the left of the image. Provenance: Purchased from The Photographers Gallery, London, in 1991 on the