John H. White (born 1945 in Lexington, North Carolina) is an American photojournalist, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize in 1982. After working for the Chicago Daily News, White joined the staff of the Chicago Sun Times in 1978 and worked there until May 2013.[2] White also teaches photojournalism at Columbia College Chicago,...
Streets of City of London in 1976
The 1970s was a traumatic decade for London. Changes in global trade disrupted all sectors of the economy. As docks and factories closed, so inner city London developed a landscape of dereliction and decay. The IRA bombing campaign brought fear to the capital's streets. The population was shrinking and unemployment...
Vintage color: City Life of Hong Kong in 1976
Collection of rare Kodachrome slides taken by an unknown US Navy Commander in Hong Kong in 1976. via m20wc51
Dark side of New York City (1970s)
By 1970, the city gained notoriety for high rates of crime and other social disorders. A popular song by Cashman & West in the autumn of 1972, "American City Suite", chronicled, in allegorical fashion, the decline in the city's quality of life. The city's subway system was regarded as unsafe...
Streets of City of London (1976)
The 1970s was a traumatic decade for London. Changes in global trade disrupted all sectors of the economy. As docks and factories closed, so inner city London developed a landscape of dereliction and decay. The IRA bombing campaign brought fear to the capital's streets. The population was shrinking and unemployment...
Colourful Life of London in the 1970s
The 1970s were a period of intense political and cultural change, particularly when the three day week was introduced to tackle energy shortages caused by industrial action in the coal industry. The collection shows how iconic parts of the capital such as Soho's Carnaby Street - shown lined with independent...
Dark side of New York City (1970s)
By 1970, the city gained notoriety for high rates of crime and other social disorders. A popular song by Cashman & West in the autumn of 1972, "American City Suite", chronicled, in allegorical fashion, the decline in the city's quality of life. The city's subway system was regarded as unsafe...
Behind the scenes: Jodie Foster on the set of “Taxi Driver” (1976)
Taxi Driver is a 1976 American vigilante film with neo-noir and psychological thriller elements, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. Set in New York City soon after the end of the Vietnam War, the film stars Robert De Niro and features Jodie Foster as a 12-year-old prostitute.
Hollywood Streets (1979-1983)
In the late 1970s, Matt Sweeney dropped out of high school with dreams of becoming a movie maker. While working in gas stations and restaurants in San Jose, California, he found out about Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope education/training/intern program, and moved to Hollywood to pursue that. Matt wanted to work...
San Francisco in the late 1970s
In the late 1970s, in the face of then expanding dereliction and as part of efforts to remake the neighborhood, city authorities condemned many of the residential hotels that had become a hallmark of the area, displacing many residents and small businesses. It was at this time that photographer Janet...