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May 9, 2013
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London 1927

Everybody has been sharing this video today – and once you watch it, you’ll know why. It shows London circa 1927 through the eyes of one Claude Friese-Greene. As the description that came with the video explains, this is “incredible colour footage of 1920s London shot by an early British pioneer of film named Claude Frisse-Greene, who made a series of travelogues using the colour process his father William – a noted cinematographer – was experimenting with. It’s like a beaut

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We are all photographers now

Oct 14, 2012
1 min

We are all photographers now

Taken outside St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Who is photographing whom? #London #streetphotography

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The staircase at Heal’s

Oct 7, 2012
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The staircase at Heal’s

Another week, another nice discovery. Well, rediscovery, if I’m to be honest, as I’ve known about the not-so-secret spiral staircase at Heal’s in Tottenham Court Road in London – only I haven’t visited the shop in years. Yesterday, while looking for a thing or two in that area, I went into Heal’s and my mind was temporarily blown by the gorgeous Art Deco (please correct me, if I got that bit completely wrong) staircase at the back of the store. If you don’t know what I’m ta

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The Crystal Palace Subway

Sep 23, 2012
2 min

The Crystal Palace Subway

I spent this wet Sunday afternoon taking pictures in a gorgeous place, called the Crystal Palace Subway (scroll down for full gallery). I missed out on all the Open House Weekend fun (is it just me, or have they not really advertised the event this year?), but this more than made up for it. Opened in 1865, the Crystal Palace Subway connected a large rail terminus (demolished in the 1960s) with the Crystal Palace grounds. And that – it would seem – was the subway’s high point

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Farewell to the London Olympics

Aug 14, 2012
1 min

Farewell to the London Olympics

I never thought I would miss the Olympics, but I’m already suffering withdrawal symptoms. I enjoyed every single moment of it – whether on TV or in person. I was really lucky and privileged to witness both the Opening and the Closing ceremonies. More images from the latter are on my gallery page – click on the picture below if you’d like to see the full Closing Ceremony set. Thank you athletes, thank you fantastic volunteers. Thank you, London. #London #london2012 #londonolym

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Mo Farah in the 5000m final – my favourite picture

Aug 12, 2012
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Mo Farah in the 5000m final – my favourite picture

I’ve only just got back from the Olympic Stadium where Mo Farah took gold in the 5000m men’s final and Usain Bolt proved again he is the best sprinter on the planet. What an evening. I’ll work on the pictures I took and post more of them tomorrow, but just wanted to share one of my favourite images from today. This was taken during the 5000m race, when Mo Farah was still in the middle of the group, just before he switched to his secret highest gear. I love it. More pics to c

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King’s Cross – London’s newest photo destination

Mar 25, 2012
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King’s Cross – London’s newest photo destination

The new roof at King’s Cross Or, to be more precise, the newly-opened concourse at King’s Cross station with its gorgeous roof reminiscent of the Great Court roof at the British Museum. The new roof is a fantastic structure to photograph. It’s been built in a way which draws light in through a relatively small (compared to the size of the structure) section closest to the main station building, but big enough to provide most of the concourse with enough natural light during t

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All About Eve – the brilliant Eve Arnold exhibition

Mar 20, 2012
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All About Eve – the brilliant Eve Arnold exhibition

And now it’s hosting a brilliant – but with many sad undertones – exhibition of Eve Arnold’s photography, All About Eve. Which you can’t afford to miss as that would be a real shame. So why is it sad? First of all, as you can see on the pictures, there were very few people there when I went. Of course it doesn’t mean anything as there might be other days when the room is packed, but it still struck me that such a brilliant exhibition received so little attention (although it

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The miniature world of London commuters

Jan 22, 2012
1 min

The miniature world of London commuters

It all looks rather eerily empty and Alien-like, although if my commute every day was that comfortable, I really wouldn’t mind. See the whole gallery below (may take a few seconds to load) or on my Google+ profile here. P.S. Here’s the real reason why I visited the Museum in the first place. #London #tinypeople #Londontransportmuseum #street #streetphotography

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Lord Mayor’s Show – behind the scenes

Nov 14, 2011
1 min

Lord Mayor’s Show – behind the scenes

So while the musicians retuned their instruments, kids munched on their crisps, exotic dancers entertained the bystanders, the numerous Worshipful Companies’ members stretched their legs and the Queen’s horses deposited large amounts of manure all over Aldwych, I grabbed a few images of them all. The whole album is available on my Google+ profile, click on any of the images here to be taken straight there. #London #LordMayorsShow

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Nov 4, 2011
1 min

Something for the weekend: London Bus Tour

Currently my favourite London video. Shot on a Sony HD camera with a homemade 35mm adapter. Moritz Oberholzer, the author of this video, spent 30 hours over several days filming the footage from various London buses. The resulting video is very simple, but mesmerising and nicely edited. The whole project reminds me a bit of the From the Upper Deck project Przemek Wajerowicz has been working on for years now. Who knows, maybe one inspired the other? Thanks Natalie for the lin

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This week’s favourite – plus what I’ve learned

May 15, 2011
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This week’s favourite – plus what I’ve learned

Also, today I was reminded that it pays to check you’ve got everything you need before you leave the house. Because carrying a heavy tripod for several hours doesn’t make much sense if you leave the tripod head’s attachment bit on the table at home… #London #streetphotography

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Photographing actors – my mini photo essay

Apr 10, 2011
2 min

Photographing actors – my mini photo essay

My very good friend, Nuala O’Sullivan, who wrote the play, wanted the images to be in B&W. Mostly. That was the brief. The rest was up to me. The biggest challenge was the space. A small rehearsal room painted black, with very harsh fluorescent lighting. Small and therefore very intimate too. Which was good for me, but I wasn’t sure how the actors would react to having a lens in their faces pretty much all the time. Well, I’m glad to report they coped well. The constant click

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London Street Photography at the Museum of London

Mar 2, 2011
2 min

London Street Photography at the Museum of London

And indeed, the first images you see when you visit the superb “London Street Photography” exhibition, which has just opened at the Museum of London in the City, are quite blurry thanks to long exposure times. It’s fascinating to see that, in terms of the subject matter, what London-based photographers and visitors to the city upload to Flickr or capture via Instagram in 2011 doesn’t differ that much – broadly speaking, of course – from what the forefathers of street photogra

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London in 80 gigapixels – meet Jeffrey Martin

Nov 18, 2010
4 min

London in 80 gigapixels – meet Jeffrey Martin

My prayers have been answered. London eventually got its first decent gigapixel image this week. You’ve probably already seen what its creator calls the biggest spherical panoramic image in the world at the moment, the 80-gigapixel picture of London. It’s an amazing achievement. The level of detail is incredible – you can clearly see individual faces in the street, peer into cluttered offices and count the number of tourists in each of the London Eye’s pods. Jeffrey Martin wh

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Weekend at the museum

Nov 3, 2009
1 min

Weekend at the museum

And it was my first visit there with a good camera. We went there with friends to see the newly opened ceramics section and I have to say that taking pictures in low-lighting conditions with a camera that produces great images at ISO 3200 with no visible noise is a real joy. I’ve posted some of them on my Posterous and enjoyed a lot of traffic to the post, which is great. By the way, Posterous creates simple galleries from multiple images, pity they don’t com with an embed c

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