Childhood Streets
This book, reminiscent of early Bill Brandt and with a touch of Helen Levitt and Ruth Orkin, is a touching study of the children of post-war London's street. Ovenden later became a noted photo historian while also continuing to take his own pictures. The work is more edgy reportage than sentimental kitsch, though he remains eminently sympathetic to his subject matter. --Photo Metro, Volume 17, Issue 155With candor, uncanny timing and a great eye for spontaneous composition, Ovenden documented a moment when children were not little adults--they had their own identity and their own world.  --Photo Metro, Vol 17, Issue 156, pp. 34-35.