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The pulse of the London Underground through four decades and the lens of a photographer

The London Underground has existed for the past 150 years - and for the past 40 years, English photographer Bob Mazzer has captured its dynamic pulse through a photographic lens, capturing everyone from passionate lovers to repentant artists and uncouth punks.

Bob Mazzer he got his first camera at the age of 13, and the pulse of the subway began to be caught in the lens only in the 1970s, when he started working as a cinematographer in a pornographic cinema. People and society have always fascinated him, so he traveled from home to the station every day King's Cross and on the way photographed everyone who attracted him with their appearance or behavior.

Bob Mazzer captured everything from passionate lovers to repentant artists and uncouth punks.
Bob Mazzer captured everything from passionate lovers to repentant artists and uncouth punks.

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Photos of lovers in passionate embraces, grinning punks, uncouth friends, repentant old men and dreamy artists are currently on view in the gallery Howard Griffin in London, and see some of them in our selection.

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