Photographs of Peter Johns 1963-2004

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Photographs of Peter Johns 1963-2004

104 sets of negatives and contact prints, 7 vintage prints

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Guardian News & Media Limited ( 1967-ongoing)

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Staff memoirs have been collected to record the memories of people who have worked for either the Guardian or the Observer. This project began in 2001. From the guide to the Guardian & Observer staff memoirs, 1997-2002, (Guardian News & Media Archive) ...

The Guardian, newspaper ( 1821-ongoing)

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Johns, Peter Norman., 1930-

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Staff photographer for the Guardian, 1965-1981. Born in Swansea, Peter Johns trained as an art teacher and illustrator at the city's art college. He started work in the 1950s as illustrator, and later photographer, for the South Wales Evening Post and Herald of Wales. A series of photographs of Welsh miners brought his work the attention of both The Observer and The Guardian newspapers. He relocated to London as a full-time freelance photographer in 1961 and ...