Libby Hall obituary

My friend Libby Hall, who has died aged 81, was a talented street and press photographer, writer and collector.Her collection of thousands of vintage dog photographs was published as four books by Bloomsbury between 2000 and 2007, then acquired by the Bishopsgate Institute, which called it “possibly the largest number of canine pictures ever gathered by any single person”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2023-09-07 16:19:38 UTC ]

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