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03-27-2016, 01:42 PM
Summer traffic: Photos of frustrated London drivers in the 1980s
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Image: Chris Dorley-Brown
On a warm May morning in 1986, Chris Dorley-Brown (http://www.modrex.com/) brought his camera to East London, looking to make a photo or two to capture the sell-off of Rolls Royce, one of the Tory government’s privatization initiatives which had been in the news lately.
He soon encountered numerous traffic jams and snarls, and became fixated on capturing the frustrated expressions of the imprisoned drivers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/27/1980s-drivers/)
It was the first warm day of the year and the drivers and passengers were trapped: impatient, sweaty, wanting to be enjoying the sunshine, **t stuck in a traffic jam. As far as me and the Rolleiflex were concerned, they were asking for it.
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Image: Chris Dorley-Brown
On a warm May morning in 1986, Chris Dorley-Brown (http://www.modrex.com/) brought his camera to East London, looking to make a photo or two to capture the sell-off of Rolls Royce, one of the Tory government’s privatization initiatives which had been in the news lately.
He soon encountered numerous traffic jams and snarls, and became fixated on capturing the frustrated expressions of the imprisoned drivers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/27/1980s-drivers/)
It was the first warm day of the year and the drivers and passengers were trapped: impatient, sweaty, wanting to be enjoying the sunshine, **t stuck in a traffic jam. As far as me and the Rolleiflex were concerned, they were asking for it.
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