What to look out for at the art fair in the capital.

MR PORTER has teamed up with Photo London to ask some experts from the world of photography (as well as some enthusiasts from our own team) to select their favourite image from the fair. Read about the photograph chosen by Mr Ben Palmer, Creative Director of MR PORTER, below.

Mr Palmer has chosen an image by the 84-year-old photographer Mr Bruce Davidson. For two years in the late 1960s, the Magnum photographer took shots of a single block in East Harlem, New York. He would travel to the block day in, day out, building relationships with the many families that lived there, and photographing life as it spilled out onto the street.

Mr Davidson’s narration of real lives, capturing people with a sensitivity and regard that transcended a magazine's page layout or the demands of a newspaper looking for a splash, marked him out as one of the great social photographers of his time, and a singular conveyor of New York life.

“The intensity of these two young guys really demands your attention, but there’s still a feeling of youthfulness,” says Mr Palmer. “I love that this picture looks so timeless.”