Michael Peto (photographer)
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Observer picture archive: on a kibbutz, 26 May 1958Photographer Michael Peto visited Israel and his work illustrated an article by Nora Beloff on the young state’s growing pains.
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Observer picture archive: a bummaree, 22 January 1956Photographer Michael Peto captures the porter at rest in Smithfield meat market, London
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Observer picture archive: Lost and found, part 2Jane Bown’s beautiful study of texture is one of the many gems from the Observer picture library that will never make it into this archive photography series
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Observer picture archive: a dustman in Brixton, 4 January 1953Guardian Print Shop
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Observer picture archive: Rock Around the Clock, 16 September 1956Photographer Michael Peto and writer Anthony Samson visited the cinemas of south London to see what the rock‘n’roll fuss was all about.
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Observer picture archive: The standalone photographJane Bown captured the Amalfi Grocer when on holiday in Italy. It was published on page 8 of the Observer on 29 August 1954, and is a classic example of a standalone photograph, published during the heyday of the genre
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Observer picture archive: In Franco's Spain, 15 July 1959Twenty years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, photographer Michael Peto travelled around Spain with writer Nora Beloff for a three part series in the Observer looking at different aspects of life under General Franco and the future for the country.
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Observer picture archive: Marlene Dietrich, 24 June 1955Photographer Michael Peto went backstage at the Palladium to capture the star.
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Observer picture archive: Teddy boys and teddy girls, 19 June 1955Michael Peto photographed some of the stylish members of the original British teenage subculture.
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Observer picture archive: Jobless in Dundee, 15 February 1959Photographer Michael Peto documented life on the east coast of Scotland for the first in a series of reports titled People without Jobs
The Observer at 225
Seven decades of classic photography from the ObserverAs the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper celebrates its 225th birthday, we bring you a selection of its award-winning photojournalism – from the 1950s to the present
Observer picture archiveObserver picture archive: In Franco's Spain, 15 July 1959Twenty years after the end of the Spanish Civil War, photographer Michael Peto travelled around Spain with writer Nora Beloff for a three part series in the Observer looking at different aspects of life under General Franco and the future for the country.
