A vital insight

When Thomas Joshua Cooper and Paul Hill set out in 1974 to meet and interview the ‘movers and shakers’ of 20th-century photography (see Dialogue with Legends, AP 1 April) they had no idea that the project would take four years and become a unique archive that is still in print. Paul Hill describes the first interview – American photographer Paul Strand in Paris – that kicked it off, followed by extracts from the recorded encounter

PEARL Maskell drew the lace curtain aside. “The new neighbours opposite at number ninety-two look all right,” she said, directing the comment back to her mother, who was knitting. “Two ladies – mother

I appeared in the Follies end of the pier show along with other artists. The show was produced by Herman and Constance Wells. I was the song and dance man. Mario Lanza was in The Great Caruso at the c

American photographer Dudley Edmondson grew up with a shortage of prominent black role models in photography, natural history and conservation – something he’s worked to rectify for future generations in his work. He spoke to Graeme Green

The UK AIDS Memorial Quilt, featuring 42 quilts and 23 individual panels, honours 384 individuals affected by HIV and AIDS. Part of the world’s largest community art project, it has been shown globall

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