Jimmy Forsyth, photographer

[Maurice]

Jimmy Forsyth, acclaimed photographer of working-class Newcastle, has died aged 95.



He appeared as a newspaper seller in STORMY MONDAY (1987) dir. Mike Figgis, and lived long enough to see his best work published:



"Jimmy Forsyth: Photographs from the 1950s and 1960s" (2009).



http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...cle6718267.ece

[faginsgirl]

Thanks for letting us know Maurice, I have one of his books with photographs from the 50s, he was a very talented man.



Thanks Jimmy!



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[faginsgirl]

Here are a couple of his:







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[faginsgirl]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yOGPh9LnOo]YouTube - The Ballad of Jimmy Forsyth - Steve Daggett[/ame]



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[Maurice]

name='faginsgirl']I have one of his books with photographs from the

50s, he was a very talented man.

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Thanks, faginsgirl, for letting us see these evocative photos....enthusiasts can't get enough of them!

[Sgt Sunshine]

Yes I'd like to thank you again faginsgirl, for tipping me off about this thread....

I'm a big fan of photos from "Picture Post".....and love those old Black & White working class/cobbled streets/dirty smoky scenes..........

Cheers

Sgt S

[faginsgirl]

Your welcome.



And thanks again to Maurice for starting the thread, otherwise I wouldn`t have even known Jimmy had died!



95 is a canny inings, and look what he has left us as a legacy!



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