London Life: Beatniks And Barefoot Girls In Trafalgar Square
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This is the audio version of the blog post 'London Life: Beatniks And Barefoot Girls In Trafalgar Square'. The post was written by Lorraine Stoker, who is a volunteer with the Courtauld Connects Conway Library digitisation project. It was first published on 11 December 2020. This audio version is read by Celia Cockburn, who is also a digitisation volunteer.
One of thousands of photographs by Anthony Kersting is labelled "Beatniks and barefoot girls in Trafalgar Square". Lorraine is transported by the photograph back to the 1960s, and brings together research and personal memories to imagine the conversations being had in the picture. The printed photograph was without a date, however, Lorraine discovers an exact date for the photo, and proposes how the image captures the spirit of the decade.
You can find the written version with the photograph by Kersting on our blog https://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2020/12/11/lorraine-stoker-london-life-beatniks-and-barefoot-girls-in-trafalgar-square/
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