first, let's meet david hurn.was in the heart of london in the ‘60s and captured the glamour and grit of britain in an era of liberation and at the height of beatlemania. for the first time in history, of let's say communication, everybody loves one medium. suddenly, everybody loves photography. my approach has always been that — i really don't like set up pictures or anything. i see myselfjust as an observer of the eccentricities of life. what i call the exotic of the mundane, you know? so i spend most of my time trying to get some kind of relationship between the extraordinary following of fans they had and the beatles themselves, and ijust think this is charming. i mean, there's paul on the train and this delightful lady. it is obvious that she is talking to somebody saying, "look who this is!" she has suddenly seen this megastar and my guess is that it's a major thing in her life. i'm sure with great tenderness she would talk about this moment to her friends for ages and ages. when she met paul, probably, you

david hurn, who observed the eccentricities of britain in the ‘60s.e 1960s was dominated by the issue of race. bruce davidson chronicled the civil rights movement and accompanied black protesters on the 50 mile walk between selma and montgomery, in alabama. in orderfor me to make meaningful photographs, i had to be close, and that's what i did. i was doing high fashion pictures for vogue magazine. i come to feel that i can no longer do fashion. that was not where the world was for me at that time. it was important for someone to document what was happening in the south and step into that world. whenever i heard there was a march happening in birmingham i wouldjump on a plane and be down there. i wasn't sponsored by anybody. i didn't have a motor scooter or anything. when i lifted my camera to take a picture, i lost maybe 15 or 20 feet, maybe more, and i have to run to catch up, but i was in good shape in those days. this is an important picture. it shows two hefty cops from birmingham arresting a young woman. you can see that they're twisting her arm.