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Another London: photos of London from 1930-1980

A picture of Piccadilly Circus at night, taken in 1955 by German photojournalist Hannes Kilian.

Hannes Kilian; Piccadilly, London 1955

Kilian worked as a freelance photojournalist in Germany and was conscripted as a war reporter in 1941. Throughout the 1950s Kilian travelled internationally and his work was published in magazines such as Time, Picture Post, Stern and Vogue. Later, Killian shifted his attention to capturing movement and established himself as a ballet and theatrical photographer. He came to London in 1955 for a performance of the Stuttgart State Opera at the Royal Festival Hall, a major musical event 10 years after the war. While in the city, Kilian produced this atmospheric image of Piccadilly Circus at night.

Picture: Hannes Kilian