Suschitzky has never been one to make brash political statements; his comments have always been subtle, with a keen eye for the documentation of historical events. If the picture of St Paul’s Cathedral taken through the window frame of a bombed-out building already seems exemplary of the damage of war, it is the “reverse shot” that reveals the full extent of the destruction wrought by German air raids. “I had climbed to the top of St Paul’s to film the devastation. You can see a large part of the City of London, or what was left of it. In the distance you can see the Monument, Tower Bridge, and Cannon Street Station. The picture can tell generations born since what London went through.”On VE Day, Suschitzky photographed people celebrating the end of the War, a few years later a march of peace activists on Trafalgar Square. “Bertrand Russell had formed the Committee of Hundred with writers, scientists, artists and other prominent people advocating the abolition of nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, nuclear weapons are still with us, and more and more countries have acquired them, threatening all life on earth.”