29 August

Born in 1912 – Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English photographer and cinematographer.

Above: Charing Cross Road, c. 1936

Also, born in 1922, American writer John Edward Williams.

You must remember what you are and what you have chosen to become, and the significance of what you are doing. There are wars and defeats and victories of the human race that are not military and that are not recorded in the annals of history. Remember that while you're trying to decide what to do.

—from Williams’ 1965 novel, Stoner.

Previously on August 29, William Friedkin and John Locke.