Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, 1970
In 1962 when the first of these photos were taken the photographer was just 13 and took photos using a Halina PET camera and Ektachrome film. He lived in Byfleet, 20 miles from the centre of London and rom 1971 to 1987 made frequent journeys by train to London.
Regent St looking north, 1967
Lion and Bus Stop, Westminster Bridge, 1967
County Hall, 1968
Hilton Hotel, Park Lane, 1967
Parliament Square, 1967
Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, 1967
View from Hyde Park to Hilton Hotel, 1967 Through the cafe looking down the Serpentine….
Restaurant in Hyde Park, 1967 – designed by Patrick Gwynne and demolished in 1990
Kings Weighhouse Church, Duke Street, 1967
St.George’s, Hanover Square,1967
Victoria Embankment from Westminster Bridge,1962
Bond St looking north, 1967
Tate Gallery, 1966
British Museum, Bloomsbury, 1966
River Thames from Westminster Bridge,1966
New Scotland Yard and Embankment, 1966
Trafalgar Square. St Martin-in-the-Fields, 1965
Piccadilly Circus, North side, 1962
Piccadilly Circus at night, 1962
Piccadilly Circus,West side, 1962
Big Ben across Westminster Bridge, 1962
Ektachrome film was initially developed in the early 1940s and it enabled professional and amateur photographers to process their own colour films. Kodachrome had always been too complicated for amateurs and even smaller photographic laboratories to cope with. The characteristic appearance of Ektachrome became familiar to National Geographic readers who used the film for their colour photographs for decades. The traditional Kodachrome was too slow for many uses.
All Ektachrome products were discontinued in 2013 but as of September 2018 Kodak announced that they have made Ektachrome available again.
Ektachrome ad c.1960
Photos used with permission and available at Koenigsmark : London Retro on Flickr.
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