Getty Images Gallery and Westfield London present 'London Through a Lens'
'London Through a Lens', one of Getty Images' most successful exhibitions, has returned to the Capital from Monday 15th December at The Village, Westfield London.
This highly acclaimed exhibition features a selection of rare, beautiful images capturing the unique cultural, social and political history of our famous Capital. Due to overwhelming popularity, this stirring photographic collection has opened its doors at Westfield London, in The Village.
"This exhibition really is as exhilaratingly diverse as the Capital itself" says Getty Images Gallery Director, Louise Garczewska. "What does unify the images is the prevailing 'feel' of London, the buzz that is hard to put into words, but would account for why 7.5 million Londoners call it the best city in the world!"
Just some of the famous faces featured in the collection, selected from Getty Images' Hulton archive, include the Kray brothers, Reggie and Ronnie as amateur boxers posing with their mother Violet, before they went on to become notorious London gangsters. Other striking images include Daleks invading a London street outside Wyndams Theatre in 1965, Blitz searchlights over St Paul's Cathedral on New Year's Eve 1943 and men rescuing residents in Rotherhithe from flood when the Thames broke its banks in 1928.
The book 'London Through a Lens', published by Time Out Guides is available to buy at Westfield London from Foyles priced from £12.99.
View a lightbox of imagery here.
The exhibition runs from 15th December 2008.
Gallery Opening Hours:
Monday to Saturday 12pm – 7pm & Sunday 12pm until 6pm.
Admission is free!