E Hamilton West (1933-2011) – photographs for the Guardian

The actor Sir Ralph Richardson on his way to a tree-planting event in Hyde Park, central London, 1976.
Photograph: E Hamilton West/The Guardian

The politician Willie Whitelaw visiting the creche at the Conservative young women's conference, 1978.
Photograph: E Hamilton West/The Guardian

A skinhead on Brighton beach in 1971.
Photograph: E Hamilton West/The Guardian

An Asian family with immigration officials at Heathrow Airport, 1986.
Photograph: E Hamilton West/The Guardian

HMS Hermes leaving Portsmouth as part of the Falkland islands taskforce, April 1982.
Photograph: E Hamilton West/The Guardian

The broadcaster Johnny Morris launching an RSPCA fundraising campaign, 1987.
Photograph: E Hamilton West/The Guardian

Shire horses at Paddock Wood, near Maidstone, Kent.
Photograph: E Hamilton West/The Guardian

The Labour politician Mo Mowlam.
Photograph: E Hamilton West/The Guardian

Charles Clarke, later a Labour home secretary, addressing students at the London School of Economics while president of the National Union of Students.
Photograph: E Hamilton West/The Guardian

Conrad Black, former owner of the Daily Telegraph, in 1993.
Photograph: E Hamilton West/The Guardian

The Labour politicians Tony Benn and Jack Straw with Straw's son William in Blackheath, south-east London, at a rally in 1981 to mark the 600th anniversary of the Peasants' revolt.
Photograph: E Hamilton West/The Guardian

Abba, left to right, Benny Andersson, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus, in London, 1978.
Photograph: E Hamilton West/The Guardian

Ted West, the Guardian photographer who went by the name of E Hamilton West. Photograph: The Guardian