Emil Otto Hoppé: ‘Little Charwoman’ and ‘London Amusements’

Two vintage gelatin silver photographic prints, Girl Sweeping, ‘Little Charwoman’, London 1934 and London Amusements c.1935 made by Emil Otto Hoppé (1878–1972) capture undoctored views of life in the British capital between the wars. In the early decades of the twentieth century, EO Hoppé was one of the most successful and widely recognised photographers working…