Childhood Through the Lens. 20th Century. Part 2 (26 photos)

Reflection of childhood in brilliant photographs by masters of the last century

These photographs are a look at an irretrievably gone era through the prism of childhood, visual anthropology, presented with a rare combination of historical and artistic value

Montmartre, February 1958. Photographer Robert Doisneau





Boy with a cat, New York, 1954. Photographer Vivian Maier



Girls in front of a Christmas shop window, Paris, 1947. Photographer Robert Duano

Favorite pet. London, 1952. Photographer Charles Hewitt



Swings, Kostroma, 1981. Photographer Mikhail Golosovsky



Children, Edinburgh, 1966. Photographer Robert Blomfield



Edinburgh, 1966. Photographer Robert Blomfield



Levushka Polenov is being photographed by a friend. Polenovo, 1965. Photographer Irina Stin



Sparrows. Paris, 1951. Photographer Sabina Weiss



On plywood from the hill. Wales, UK, 1977. Photographer David Hurn



Street Kings, Manchester, 1963. Photographer Shirley Baker



Father and daughter, France, ca. 1960. Photographer Robert Doisneau



Wedding. Photographer Eduard Buba



Children sing I love you, California. San Francisco, 1917. Photographer unknown



Slow dancing at a school dance, 1980s. Photographer unknown



Street dancing, New York City, ca. 1940. Photographer Ellen Levitt



Comic Book Readers, 1947. Photographer Ruth Orkin



Cinema in Naples, Italy, 1956. Photographer Thomas Hoepker



Little Marilyn, Paris, 1975. Photographer Edouard Bouba



Carousel, New Orleans, 1952. Photographer Frank Pauline



The Card Players, New York, 1947. Photographer Ruth Orkin



One spectator is all that is needed for a concert. Brooklyn, New York, 1955. Photographer William Gedney



From the photo book Irish Travelers. Photographer Alain McWeeney



Ice Cream in Danger. Yonkers, NY. Photographer William Milnaric



Football at Brindley, 1956. Photographer Roger Main



At the Fire Hydrant, 1948. Photographer Fritz Neugass