Iconic British photographer Daniel Meadows has been documenting the world around him for almost half a century. He calls it celebrating “the felt life of the great ordinary.” Throughout this time, Daniel has encountered and captured strangers all over England.
Fiercely independent, Meadows has had a unique artistic journey. He first ran a free portrait studio in Manchester’s Moss Side in 1972. Then he traveled 10,000 miles in a converted double-decker bus, the Free Photographic Omnibus, setting up impromptu portrait sessions in towns and cities across the country’s heartland. 25 years later, he decided to reunite with some of the people he met during the 1970s.
The title Now and Then is a perfect reflection of Meadows’ work which involved him photographing his subjects across long intervals in their lives. These photographs — children, adults, couples captured in the 1970s and again in the 1990s have made a very important contribution to documentary journalism as a whole.
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#1 May (1919-1995) And Melody “Molly” Gower, 1974 And 1997
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#2 Florence Alma Snoad 1974 And 1999
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#3 David (Left) And Mary (Right) Ingram, 1974 And 1998
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#4 Michael Mcparland (Left) And Peter Mcparland (Right), 1974 And 1995
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#5 Christine Stauton (Left) And Christine Laughran (Right), 1974 And 1995
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#6 Left To Right, Dave, Maggie And Steve Summerton 1974 And 1999
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#7 Lyn (Left) And Stella Brashher (Righ), 1974 And 1999
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#8 Peter (Left) And Susie Gatesy (Right), 1974 And 2000
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#9 Karen Cubin (Left) Barbara Taylor (Right), 1974 And 1995
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#10 David (Left) And Maureen Wade (Right), 1974 And 1995
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#11 Martin (Left) And Debbie Pout (Right), 1974 And 1999
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#12 Ken Emery (Left) Ed Murphy (Right), 1974 And 2000
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#13 Mary Clarke, 1974 And 1998
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#14 Angela Hendley, Dot Rooney And Kim Hillman, 1974 And 1995
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#15 Robin Jones, 1974 And 1998
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#16 Left To Right: Brian Morgan, Martin Tebay, Paul Mcmillan, Phil Tickle, Mike Comish, 1974 And 1995
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#17 Phil Thompson, 1974 And 2000
Image source: Daniel Meadows, oxfile.ox.ac.uk
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