 He is particularly noted for his photographs taken during the World War II era - with some appearing in Life magazine and one currently on display in the Imperial War Museum He amassed 121,228 negatives including 20,000 glass negatives of his earliest work.The TopFoto collection in Edenbridge holds about 122,000 of his pictures, including 20,000 glass negatives.Topham worked closely with a Kentish Times photographer, Tom Fassam.