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Deakin wanted to be a painter rather than a photographer and neglected his photographs: the majority have been destroyed or damaged. In part, his attitude reflected the general status of photography in Britain in the 1950's, as an undervalued artistic medium. After his dismissal from Vogue he photographed street scenes in Paris and Rome. 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A contemporary review in The Times said: ‘Mr Deakin has an astonishing eye for the peculiar hidden in the ordinary: where the casual observer sees only a shop-front or the façade of a house, Mr Deakin sees one side of Alice’s looking glass, and the infinite mysteries that lie behind it’. ","date":{"text":"20/11/2012","earliest":"2012-11-20","latest":"2012-11-20"}},{"text":"Gallery 100, ‘History of photography’, 2012-2013, label texts :\r\n\r\nJohn Deakin (1912 – 72)\r\n‘Paris, Flea Market Bistro’\r\n1954\r\n\r\nDeakin received critical acclaim for his photographs\r\nof Parisian street life. A contemporary review in\r\nThe Times said: ‘Mr Deakin has an astonishing eye\r\nfor the peculiar hidden in the ordinary: where the\r\ncasual observer sees only a shop-front or the façade\r\nof a house, Mr Deakin sees one side of Alice’s looking\r\nglass, and the infinite mysteries that lie behind it’.\r\n\r\nGelatin silver print\r\nMuseum no. 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