[2] Forbes-Robertson and Capa were commissioned by Random House to make a book about how an English family was enduring the Blitz, and arrived in London in May 1941.

The book focus on several residents of Waterloo Road, mainly four figures, Tom Gibbs, a policeman, Mrs. Gardner, a charwoman of the Air Ministry, Father Hutchinson, the retired Anglican vicar of the Church of St. John, in Waterloo Road, and Frank Hibbs, a superintendent at a Lambeth tenement and a lieutenant of the Home Guard.

[4] Nicolaus Mills wrote: "Capa's photos aren't compelling in their use of light or background, but significantly, time and again, he made sure that his camera lens was positioned below his subjects.

He also stated that "Capa's photos are worthy companion pieces to the moving shelter drawings that the sculptor Henry Moore did of Londoners spending their nights in underground subway stations in order to keep safe during German bombing raids.

At the heart of Capa's war photos of London's citizens is the same mix of camaraderie and vulnerability that Moore depicted.