La Dolce Vita, Knightsbridge, 1953
Born in London, 1913
Died Seaford, 2014
Attended St Joseph's Salesian School at Burwash, the Montpelier College and the Brighton College of Art, Sussex
Late 1960s
Retired as an active photographer
Circa 1960
Set up his own studio and worked as an advertising photographer
1950-1957
Worked for Picture Post
1947
Joined Camera Press in London
WWII
Worked for the RAF Photographic Unit
1936
Joined the PhotoPress Agency.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2011
Thurston Hopkins, Getty Images Gallery, London
2009
Thurston Hopkins: Memories of Happiness, Photoworks, Brighton
1977
Thurston Hopkins: Photojournalist, Impressions Gallery, York
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2012
Another London, Tate Britain, London
2010
Unpopular Culture, The Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
2003
The Golden Age of Reportage, Getty Image Gallery, London
2001
Knock down ginger: Seventy years of street kids, The Photographers' Gallery, London
Died Seaford, 2014
Attended St Joseph's Salesian School at Burwash, the Montpelier College and the Brighton College of Art, Sussex
Late 1960s
Retired as an active photographer
Circa 1960
Set up his own studio and worked as an advertising photographer
1950-1957
Worked for Picture Post
1947
Joined Camera Press in London
WWII
Worked for the RAF Photographic Unit
1936
Joined the PhotoPress Agency.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2011
Thurston Hopkins, Getty Images Gallery, London
2009
Thurston Hopkins: Memories of Happiness, Photoworks, Brighton
1977
Thurston Hopkins: Photojournalist, Impressions Gallery, York
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2012
Another London, Tate Britain, London
2010
Unpopular Culture, The Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
2003
The Golden Age of Reportage, Getty Image Gallery, London
2001
Knock down ginger: Seventy years of street kids, The Photographers' Gallery, London