Charlie Phillips never planned to become a photographer. Photograph: Charlie Phillips/Getty ImagesThis was an era marked by regular racist assaults on the African-Caribbean community, and the 1958 Notting Hill “race riots”. Photograph: Charlie Phillips/Getty ImagesTo pass the evenings in his family’s one-bedroom flat, Phillips began to take an interest in the camera. Photograph: Charlie Phillips/Getty ImagesIn 1972 Phillips held his first solo exhibition – on Notting Hill life – in Milan. Photograph: Charlie Phillips/Getty ImagesThat led to the Notting Hill in the Sixties book, and a steady career rehabilitation.

Source: The Guardian March 25, 2021 06:00 UTC