XX century in the lens of the famous writer Jack London

No, neither you nor we mixed up anything: Jack London was and remains one of the greatest English writers. Simply, in addition to writing, the author of wonderful books was a very active and talented photographer. Wherever his fate throws him - to the front of the Russo-Japanese War, exotic islands in the Pacific Ocean or to the distant San Francisco, which has just survived a monstrous earthquake - Jack London documented the most vivid moments and images of each event. We get acquainted with his work as a photographer.

Whitechapel quarter, where Jack the Ripper operated.

Men sleep on the Thames embankment, London, 1902.

Homeless women sleep in Spitalfields Gardens, London, 1902.

London low-income men are waiting for the distribution of free breakfasts.

A policeman checks a man asleep at the editorial office of the Truth newspaper, London, 1902.

Jack London detained by the Japanese military in Korea, 1904.

The aftermath of the Santa Rosa earthquake in California, 1906.

Earthquake destroyed Kearney Street, San Francisco, 1906.

After the earthquake, San Francisco, 1906.

San Francisco, 1906

Aboriginals of Nuku Hiva, the largest island in the archipelago of the Marquesas Islands, 1907.

A small family of Korean refugees hiding from the Japanese army, Korea, 1904.

Passengers of the ship S.S. Siberia sail to Japan. 1904 year.

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