Slums of Glasgow

"Around this time, photographer Thomas Annan (1829-1887) was commissioned by Glasgow’s authorities to document the last of the city’s slums, which were considered to be the worst in Europe. He published his work in The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow."

"Annan began his career as a commercial photographer and although successful in his trade, he considered photography to be an artistic endeavor which could be used to highlight the inequalities and deprivations caused by the industrial age."

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Street Walker Photographer Atget (1857-1927) wandered the streets of Paris dressed in a large black cloak and floppy hat, his camera slung on its tripod over his shoulder. He drifted until something triggered a response which he stopped to photograph. 

source   flashbak.com