Posh.
The Serpentine Gallery in London’s Kensington Gardens opened in 1970 and by August, 1975, when these snaps were taken, was in full swing. The order of the day on a sunny weekend was for ‘happenings’, displays of thorough silliness enacted by art students.
This one focused on Victorian sports dressing and cricket, though the inclusion of women batsmen in the ensemble remains anathema, for this cricket fan, to this day. Women in cricket is just not …. cricket.
I had finally upgraded from the modest 50mm Leitz f/2.8 Elmar with its poor ergonomics (the collapsible lens mount was a useless nuisance) to what was then the ultimate 50mm lens, the early chrome 7 element Summicron, designed by that genius among optical engineers, Walter Mandler. Later versions tend to an acid-etched rendering in contrast (sorry!) to the far gentler results to be had with this wonderful piece of optical engineering.
Leica M3, 50mm 7 element Summicron with the coupled MR meter fitted.
Dressed for the Henley regatta.
Early flight.
Staring contest.
Dead. Comprehensively so.
An idyllic break from all the nuttiness.
Not cricket.
Gender bender.
At its best cricket rivals ballet.
Leica M3, 50mm Summicron, TriX, ‘scanned’ with the Nikon D800.