Collector Martin Snelling shares these 1950s and 1960s Kodachrome photographs of the British at home and on holiday. These images have been chosen for their oddness. We’ve looked at unsettling photos of people looking away from the camera before, and images where the framing, lighting and pretty much everything is what you’re not supposed to do. The wrongness often works, turning the otherwise ordinary into something beguiling, sinister, dramatic and stuffed with expectation. Each photograph suggests a story – not all or any of which of which would have a happy ending. Are these lovely snapshots or potential crime scenes? Time for a Snapshot Short Story contest perhaps – to see what stories can be spun from these suggestive snapshots..?
Honeymoon – Torquay Harbour – March 1958
Luncheon – 27 Mar 1963
Huddersfield, UK – 15 Jan 1970
Rock Garden Chairlift, Whakapapa – New Zealand – Kodachrome Slide – 1962
Rhodes – date unknown
On a wall on New Zealand – 1963 – Kodachrome photo slide
Relaxing – Kodachrome Slide – 1968
Kodachrome Slide – 1972
Petrified Forest – Kodachrome Slide – 1950s
Just Chillin – Kodak Slide – 1960
Kodachrome slide 1950s
Come Dancing – Kodachrome Slide – 1950s
Blue Dress – Kodachrome Slide – 1950s
Broken bridge – Kodachrome Slide – Aug. 1965
Looking Back to Andermatt – Kodachrome Slide – Aug. 1967
September 1970
Stop Me If You’ve Heard It Before – Ferraniacolor Slide – Late 1950s.
Portable Music Player – Ferraniacolor Slide – Late 1950s
Bournemouth – 1950s
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