Phaidon - Passport Photo Service

Closed, opens Wed 11amIndependent shop in GreenwoodDirections

Available from Yoshi when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

For decades Philip Sharkey modestly ruled the London roost of passport and visa photography: the greatest, most trusted and admired practitioner in the field. Those lucky enough to have come before Philip’s lens always left feeling that we had participated in a ritual that elevated us to a special kind of club. This wonderfully produced memoir vividly brings back to life a vanished time in the capital. Delicious.’ – Stephen Fry A never-before-seen archive of 300 celebrity portraits from London’s