London

<p>Samuel Johnson famously said that: “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” London’s remarkable history, architecture, landmarks, streets, style, cool, swagger, and stalwart residents are pictured in <strong>hundreds of compelling photographs</strong> sourced from a wide array of archives around the world. London is a vast sprawling metropolis, constantly evolving and growing, yet throughout its complex past and shifting present, <strong>the humor, unique character, and bulldog spirit of the people have stayed constant</strong>. This book salutes all those Londoners, their city, and its history. In addition to the wealth of images included in this book, <strong>many previously unpublished</strong>, London’s history is told through hundreds of <strong>quotations, lively essays, and references from key movies, books, and records</strong>.<br /><br /> From Victorian London to the Swinging ’60s; from the Battle of Britain to Punk; from the Festival of Britain to the 2012 Olympics; from the foggy cobbled streets to the architectural masterpieces of the millennium; from rough pubs to private drinking clubs; from royal weddings to raves, from the charm of the East End to the wonders of Westminster; from Chelsea girls to Hoxton hipsters; from the power to glory: in page after page of stunning photographs, <strong>reproduced big and bold like the city itself, London at last gets the photographic tribute it deserves</strong>.<br /><br /> Photographs by: <strong>Slim Aarons, Eve Arnold, David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Bill Brandt, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Anton Corbijn, Terence Donovan, Roger Fenton, Bert Hardy, Evelyn Hofer, Frank Horvat, Tony Ray-Jones, Nadav Kander, Roger Mayne, Linda McCartney, Don McCullin, Norman Parkinson, Martin Parr, Rankin, Lord Snowdon, William Henry Fox Talbot, Juergen Teller, Mario Testino, Wolfgang Tillmans</strong>, and many, many others.</p>