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THE FOLLOWING LOTS ARE ALL FROM THE ESTATE OF ERIC CHARLES TALL (LOCAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER, HERALD EXPRESS)
ERICS LIFE WAS COMMITTED TO PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, COVERING MAJOR LOCAL EVENTS, WW2, PLUS 1000S OF OTHER STORIES)
HIS WORK BEGAN AS AN RAF PHOTOGRAPHER, SENT TO CANADA ON THE QUEEN ELIZABETH FOR FLIGHT TRAINING, ON HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND HE SERVED WITH THE LANCASTER BOMBER COMMAND AT WIKENBY AS A FLIGHT PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PART IN MANY RAIDS OVER GERMANY AND CAPTURED TERRITORY, INCLUDING OPERATION ASTONIA. LATER SERVING IN THE FAR EAST WITH THE FLYING BOATS SQUADRON IN HONG KONG, HE FLEW OVER HIROSHIMA POST BOMBING WHICH IS A SIGHT HE WILL NEVER FORGET.
POST WW2 ERIC WORKEDIN VARIOUS NEWS OUTLETS INCLUDING, THE SALISBURY JOURNAL, BRISTOL, EVENING POST, DEVON NEWS SERVICE AND FINALLY THE HERALD EXPRESS. HE COVERED WORLDWIDE AND LOCAL STORIES.
THE WORKS THAT WE ARE OFFERING ARE HIS ORIGINAL WORKS OVE THE COURSE OF THOSE YEARS. COVERING COUNTLESS STORIES, NOTABLE EVENTS AND MUCH MORE!
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