Image of Paul Martin posing alongside camera. He has a beard and moustache and is wearing a jacket with his hand on his hip

Wandsworth Green Plaque unveiling: Paul Martin

Name: Wandsworth Green Plaque unveiling: Paul Martin
Start: 2025-11-07T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-07T15:00:00+00:00

Date

Fri 7 Nov 2025

No Booking Required

Martin was referred to in his time as 'the Dickens of the lens' thanks to the way in which he captured the lives of the streets of London and their inhabitants. He and his family were refugees who fled France in the wake of the Franco-Prussian war.

This plaque celebrating his life and work will be placed on the former studio he shared with Harry Dorrett and from which they ran their business, Dorrett & Martin.

This Wandsworth Council Green Plaque is generously funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of Wandsworth's year as London Borough of Culture.