Charlie Phillips called this 1982 photograph 'Black Funeral at Kensal
Green Cemetery'. In the background you can see one of the gasholders of
the Kensal Green Gasworks.
Kensal Green Cemetery
The Cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green, is London's oldest public
cemetery. The first burial took place there in 1833. Kensal Green was one
of a number of commercial cemeteries opened in London in the early 19th
century to deal with the capital's expanding population. Many famous
people are buried there, including the engineers Marc Isambard Brunel and
Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the novelists Wilkie Collins, Anthony Trollope
and William Makepeace Thackeray.
Charlie Phillips
Charlie Phillips was born in Jamaica. He came to London in 1956. He worked
as a freelance photographer for various magazines, but became known for
his photographs documenting the highs and lows of London life during the
1960s and 1970s.
