Horace Warner Photography
Previously only a handful of warner s sympathetic portraits of the children who lived in the courtyards off quaker st known as the spitalfields.
Horace warner photography. He later became the sunday school superintent of the bedford institute one of nine quaker missions in the east end fighting alcoholism and prostitution. Photographer horace warner took these portraits to highlight the conditions. A self taught photographer in his personal life and a wallpaper printer for william morris. These pictures taken by horace warner 100 years ago in spitalfields in london s east end were used to illustrate the plight of the poorest children in london.
For 100 years they stayed hidden in family albums. Horace warner 1871 1939 this is a self portrait by horace warner taken when he was around thirty years old at the time he was photographing the spitalfields nippers the pictures by which he is remembered and that establish his posthumous reputation as a photographer. Tracy walker pug decorations old photography street photography national photography old pictures old photos fotografia social victorian london london history slums. Andrew horace andy warner 64 resident of 1518 highway 221 south passed away tuesday july 14 2020 at self regional medical center.
In 1901 2 horace warner took photos of east end street kids who he called spitalfields nippers. Around 1900 photographer horace warner took a series of portraits of some of the poorest people in london creating relaxed intimate images that gave dignity to his subjects and producing great photography that is without parallel in his era. If you look closely you can just see the bulb in his left hand to control the shutter permitting him to capture this image. Born january 19 1956 in greenwood he was a son of the late andrew elbert boo and barbara ann morris warner.
Horace warner and his portraits series of east end street kids the spitalfields nippers. Self taught photographer horace warner 1871 1939 was born into a family of quakers. Around 1900 photographer horace warner took a series of portraits of some of the poorest people in london creating relaxed intimate images that gave dignity to his subjects and producing great photography that is without comparison in his era.