John Hinde

Hinde was born in Somerset and travelled to Ireland, initially in a circus, but set up a photography studio there. Hinde is known for his vibrantly coloured images of the British at leisure from the 1960s onwards. Initially photographing in Ireland his most famous images are probably the Butlin’s holiday camps, taken by his assistants Elmer Ludwig, Edmund Nagale and David Noble and sold as postcards. The images were actually staged for the best pictorial effect. Although highly collectable, they were never viewed by Hinde as having much artistic value, and in 1972 he sold the company to focus on landscape painting. They are nevertheless a vivid and loved British period-piece.

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