A United Kingdom: Bruce Davidson’s Portrait Of 1960s Britain • Discoverology

A United Kingdom: Bruce Davidson’s Portrait Of 1960s Britain

History, Photos

Photographer Bruce Davidson crossed the nation, visiting London, the south coast and Scotland to create a portrait of Britain as it was finally beginning to recover from the traumas of war and decades of austerity.

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