Iain McKell looks back on his photographs of Weymouth’s seafront in 1976

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During the summer of 1976, Iain McKell, a budding photographer and art student at Exeter Art college acquired a job on Weymouth’s seafront photographing the passers-by. “It was the hottest summer since records began,” recalls Iain, “only beaten by last year’s heatwave.” Along with thoughts of “girls girls girls”, he remembers that summer for its fun-filled characters along Weymouth beach which provided the young photographer with a wealth of subjects for his emerging practice.

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February 28, 2019 at 01:00PM Posted by Its That Nice https://ift.tt/2IQzLvQ