John and Charles Watkins

These brothers had one trick: they followed London’s actors from backstage to dressing room and shot them in full costume, mid-blink or mid-curse, before the wig had settled. Their prints read like candid postcards from a world that never sleeps—corsets half-laced, hems dragged through rain, one finger still hooked in a script. Hunt their “Guy Little” folder for the one where a comedian’s mouth is caught between a laugh and a sneeze; it’s the closest thing to backstage gossip that still fits in your pocket.