A man cuts across traffic at Piccadilly Circus 1960 E.1847 In 31 revelatory articles

In 31 revelatory articles

Regent Street was already a major West End shopping street

and transformation

the hideous and discordant din that resounded from every corner of the market

View of the London slums by Gustave Dore from 'Londre a Pilgrimage'

A man cuts across traffic at Piccadilly Circus 1960 E.1847 In 31 revelatory articlesA man cuts across traffic at Piccadilly Circus, in front of the statue of Eros. The Last Days of Pompeii is being screened at the London Pavilion Cinema across the junction. Collins created a number of night time photographs playing with the bright lights of the West End to record the characters enjoying the buzz of fifties nightlife.