Now John has marked the move by spending eight months painting and drawing the River Aln from its source near Alnham in the foothills of the Cheviots to the Alnmouth estuary where it meets the sea.

Nearly 90 years later, a Toms River artist has used Vishniac's famous photographs as a template for oil and charcoal paintings that capture the humanity of the people whose lives would soon be upended ...