Well-known East End photographer dies
A well-known photographer who captured the changing landscape of London s East End and its people has died aged 85. Harry Diamond who was born in the East End died from a brain hemorrhage at Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone last Wednesday. He starte
A well-known photographer who captured the changing landscape of London's East End and its people has died aged 85.
Harry Diamond who was born in the East End died from a brain hemorrhage at Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone last Wednesday.
He started photographing East End buildings in the 1960s before they were torn down after becoming upset about the many disappearing buildings.
He then began taking pictures of East End people and artists, and became well known in the West End where he mingled with jazz musicians and other artists.
You may also want to watch:
But he chose to continue to stay in the East End where he lived on Stepney's Exmouth Estate.
His close friend, landlady at the George Tavern, Pauline Forster, said: "He was a very interesting and extremely bright man with a good sense of humour. He was a gifted photographer, and although he was a fiercely independent man and a bit of a loner he had a lot of good friends in the pub and was well liked by customers.
Most Read
- 1 The Queen lends her name to Royal London’s emergency Covid wards
- 2 Death of woman, 75, in Mile End fire could have been avoided
- 3 That's so raven: Everything you need to know about the guardians of the Tower
- 4 Airbnb house party violence leaves police officer with broken finger
- 5 Tribute to 7th Barts Health Trust worker to die of Covid-19
- 6 Teenager found dead in Victoria Park
- 7 Driver arrested after police 'drugs patrol' stops car in Whitechapel
- 8 'We need laptops for lockdown children to learn from home’ Tower Hamlets mayor urges
- 9 Two in five people in Tower Hamlets may have had Covid-19
- 10 'Laptop bonanza' for schoolchildren in Poplar to help survive lockdown gloom
He was a 'people person' even though he was a private man."
All his photographs have been donated to the National Portrait Gallery.