41969

1932 - c 1990

Collection

Jim Facey (1905-1977) was a World Press Award winning local photographer, working as chief photographer and picture editor for the Bristol Evening Post from 1932, before leaving journalism in 1945 to set up a commercial photography business. He rose to fame for his photographs of unemployment riots in Old Market Street in 1932, for which he won several awards. Facey kept just one album of his work, which contained his collection of World War Two pictures recording the devastation caused to Bristol by air raids. Some of the photographs were not published at the time because they were considered to be too sensitive by the authorities who were worried about Bristolians' morale during the heavy bombing. He retired aged 64 after 48 years of photographic work and died in 1977. The album was donated to Bristol Record Office by his son, David.

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The copyright owner in this collection is David Facey, the son of Jim Facey. If permission is granted for any image to be reproduced, it must include his name as copyright holder, as well as 'Facey collection' and the Bristol Archives reference number.

See also later deposit 44460 for further photographs