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Edwin Smith

1912–1971

Lindfield Old Hall c.1950s
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Biography

Edwin George Herbert Smith (15 May 1912 – 29 December 1971) was an English photographer. He is best known for his distinctive vignettes of English gardens, landscapes, and architecture. On his own or in partnership with his wife, the artist and writer Olive Cook, he authored or contributed to numerous books during his lifetime and his photographs are still regularly used today.

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East Street, Walworth

Edwin Smith
unknown
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In a Bermondsey pub, London; Jubilee Day

Edwin Smith
1935
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Bookstall

Edwin Smith
date not known
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Shadwell Street, East End, London

Edwin Smith
unknown
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Two Miners, Ashington Colliery

Edwin Smith
1936
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Levens Hall, Northumberland

Edwin Smith
c.1950s
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Biddenden, Kent

Edwin Smith
c.1951
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Lindfield Old Hall

Edwin Smith
c.1950s
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