Title - Brighton & Hove - Brilliant and Beautiful.
Artist - Joseph McKeown (Photo) (1925-2007).
Description - A Joseph McKeown photographic poster of a woman who has presumably just been for a swim and is enjoying her visit to Brighton. McKeown was a well-known British photojournalist at the time.
Year Published - 1961
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by the Southern Region of British Railways AD8669/A2/61-62
Printed in Great Britain at The Baynard Press
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: A-, un-conserved.
Folds and the odd fox spot. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Jospeh McKeown was a British photojournalist whose work documented the changes in Great Britain following the Second World War as well as embracing celebrity and fashion photography. He left school at the age of 14 and went to work in the darkroom of the Daily Herald, joined the Navy in 1943 and served with the Fleet Air Arm in the Far East on board HMS Ameer as a photographer. At the end of the war, he returned to London, joining the Illustrated London News in 1946 and he staying until 1952. He then moved to Picture Post in 1953 until 1957, where he produced some of his most memorable work. After leaving Picture Post, he worked as a freelance, with photographs appearing frequently in Life and Paris Match. He also did a considerable amount of advertising work, probably the best remembered campaign he worked on was "Go to work on an egg".
Artist - Joseph McKeown (Photo) (1925-2007).
Description - A Joseph McKeown photographic poster of a woman who has presumably just been for a swim and is enjoying her visit to Brighton. McKeown was a well-known British photojournalist at the time.
Year Published - 1961
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by the Southern Region of British Railways AD8669/A2/61-62
Printed in Great Britain at The Baynard Press
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: A-, un-conserved.
Folds and the odd fox spot. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Jospeh McKeown was a British photojournalist whose work documented the changes in Great Britain following the Second World War as well as embracing celebrity and fashion photography. He left school at the age of 14 and went to work in the darkroom of the Daily Herald, joined the Navy in 1943 and served with the Fleet Air Arm in the Far East on board HMS Ameer as a photographer. At the end of the war, he returned to London, joining the Illustrated London News in 1946 and he staying until 1952. He then moved to Picture Post in 1953 until 1957, where he produced some of his most memorable work. After leaving Picture Post, he worked as a freelance, with photographs appearing frequently in Life and Paris Match. He also did a considerable amount of advertising work, probably the best remembered campaign he worked on was "Go to work on an egg".
Product Code: 341
Product Condition: New