Puppeteer at Portobello Road, London 1980
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This 1980 photograph captures a street puppeteer performing on Portobello Road outside the Earl of Lonsdale, with a tiny travelling marionette theatre set up against the pub frontage. The performer, dressed in a red beret, gloves and winter scarf, works the figures from beneath a red cloth while a line of brightly coloured puppets hangs below two balloon-like ornaments. Behind her, the pub windows and doorway provide a distinctly local backdrop, turning what might have been a simple street scene into a vivid record of the sort of informal entertainment once found on Portobello Road alongside the market trade. It is a wonderfully characterful image of everyday street performance in London, with the puppeteer’s concentration and the handmade charm of the little figures giving the scene real life and personality.
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