Henry Hayler
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Ashbee tells us of an English photographer named Henry Hayler, "whose photographic studies from life enjoy an European reputation."
From the publisher of 61 Pimlico: the secret journal of Henry Hayler.
- In April 1874, police entered the studio of Henry Hayler, a London photographer, and confiscated 130,248 obscene photographs. Having been alerted in advance of the raid, Hayler was already en route to New York. A court order was issued, and the photographs destroyed. So much for the truth: a chance-find now gives a glimpse of what was lost in the largest police raid of its kind. Bill Jay recently came upon Hayler’s journal at a car-boot sale in Maidenhead. The journal provides a first-hand report of Hayler’s activities (photographic and otherwise), but is not only of biographical interest: hidden in its cover are nine albumen prints bearing Hayler’s signature. 61 Pimlico comprises the entries of the journal and tipped-in duotone reproductions of the only photographs believed to exist today by this controversial Victorian.
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- 61 Pimlico: the secret journal of Henry Hayler by Henry Hayler and Bill Jay.
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