words of the century (i)
Here I use my photographs to illustrate words, phrases and new usages added to English dictionaries in each year of the twentieth century. Published as a set of photographic postcards by the University of Southampton in 2000, and as a photo essay in the summer 2013 edition of Poetry Review. Herein a selection from the first half of the century.
Locations;
1900 – Songhkla, Thailand
1901 – Williamsburg, Brooklyn
1902 – Istanbul
1903 – nr.Guildford
1904 – Ardleigh, Essex
1905 – Queens, New York
1909 – Bangkok
1910 – Brno
1911 – Vietnam
1912 – Eye, Suffolk
1913 – Bangkok
1916 – Iasi, Romania
1918 – Ramsholt, Suffolk
1919 – Kensington Gardens
1920 – Coopersale, Essex
1921 – Varna, Bulgaria
1923 – Shinglestreet, Suffolk
1924 – Rothesay, Isle of Bute
1927 – Queens, New York
1929 – Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
1930 – Brighton Beach, New York
1934 – Asbury Park, New Jersey
1938 – Whitehall
1946 – Florence