Missing Buildings

First edition of Missing Buildings by Thom and Beth Atkinson. First impression. Medium Format hardback in fine condition with a signed card including a personalized inscription. Please see photographs for reference.

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Now 75 years after the first German ordnance fell on London, the first photobook from London-based photographers Thom and Beth Atkinson, ‘Missing Buildings’, documents the silent spaces left behind by the indiscriminate violence of the Blitz during the Second World War. Taken amongst the heart of the British capital over a period of 6 years, their photographs are reminiscent of scenes of an abandoned war-torn city, devoid of its human populace. Where buildings once stood between the architecture of the old and new, a violent past remains obscured. But the project is also a testament to the regeneration and urban redevelopment that would follow in the post-war years. These empty mythological sites lend themselves to our imagination and remind us that perhaps the legacy of war and its aftermath are more profound than the event itself. ‘Missing Buildings’ explores the physical legacy of the London Blitz during the Second World War.