Francis William Sargant is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Francis Sargant carried a camera like a notebook, snapping pictures wherever he went, streets, markets, faces you’d forget five minutes later. He had a knack for catching light before it turned boring: a cat’s tail mid-swish, someone’s shadow stretching long at noon. He didn’t chase fame; he just kept the shutter open and let life do the posing.

You’ll find him in the quiet corners of early 1900s London streets if you look for his untitled photographs, small windows into days that already feel gone.