Photo Gallery: Ken Russell - A Retrospective

An exhibition of Ken Russell's photographs, taken in the 1950s, spirits you back to a London still in recovery from the trauma of war. And yet seen through the prism of Russell's lively eye, always on the look-out for mischief and absurdity, an era we now view as both innocent and slightly dull appears anything but. He took a series of pictures in Hyde Park designed to lampoon ridiculous local by-laws. He had fun with stilts and penny farthings and assorted props. Above all, he celebrated the great British penchant for dressing up. Enjoy a selection of photographs from Ken Russell: A Retrospective.

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1. With a smile and a shine
2. A wedding has been arranged
3. Priest and deacon
4. Bride and groom break bread
5. Chauffeur and master
6. Pistols at dawn
7. A question of honour
8. A policeman on a pogo stick chases a criminal who is carrying a bag of loot (Russell is the copper)
9. Coffee bar girls
10. Troubadour: the penny farthing bicycle

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