Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Categories: History | Photo project

On a warm May morning in 1986, London photographer Chris Dorley-Brown took his camera and went to the Rolls Royce car sale to take a couple of pictures. But when he went outside, he saw huge traffic jams on the roads and began photographing drivers languishing in cars.

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

The photographer spent five reels of film shooting, and a year later he continued working on the project he had started. As a result, the most colorful pictures were included in the collection Drivers in the 1980s and were published by the publishing house Hoxton Mini Press.

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Summer traffic: photos of drivers in traffic jams on London roads of the 80s

Post News Article

Recent articles

Retro erotica from Portuguese photographer Igor Makovsky
Retro erotica from Portuguese photographer Igor Makovsky

There is something hard to explain that draws us to old photos. Oddly enough, this effect also works with new, retro-styled photos. ...

Fun and scary: what life with children really looks like
Fun and scary: what life with children really looks like

Parenting looks flawless and attractive only in advertising diapers or on posters in a women's clinic. Experienced parents know ...

Not a sandwich, but a masterpiece! Twitter recreated famous pictures of food
Not a sandwich, but a masterpiece! Twitter recreated famous ...

I want to somehow distract myself from the news about the pandemic and plunge into the beautiful. Here, for example, is a story ...