'STREET FOOTBALL, BRINDLEY RD, PADDINGTON' CIRCA 1956-57

IN 1954 MAYNE CAME TO LONDON AND BEGAN TO PHOTOGRAPH THE STREET MARKETS AND SLUM STREETS. HE USED PHOTOGRAPHY TO A LARGE EXTENT AS A MEANS OF MAKING CONTACT WITH OTHERS AND TO ENTER INTO THE LIFE OF THE STREETS FROM WHICH HE HAD ALWAYS FELT AN OUTSIDER. FROM 1956-61 HE CONCENTRATED ON SOUTHAM STREET IN NOTTING HILL. HIS WORK IS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, LONDON; THE BIBLIOTHèQUE NATIONALE, PARIS; THE MUSUEM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK; AND THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO AMONG OTHERS.