Category Archives: Seen on the Street

Faces at the Window

Posted on Wed, 15 May, 2013 by

Earlier this week I was back in London to see the superb Lichtenstein exhibition at Tate Modern on the Southbank. A huge and impressive show including all his best known work plus some lesser known examples. It closes on 27 … Continue reading →

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Walking by

Posted on Fri, 10 May, 2013 by

Words can add to, or detract from, an image. This is an occasion where words are irrelevant. Except to say: Regent Street, London. April 2013

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Shopping is Bliss

Posted on Fri, 5 April, 2013 by

I’m not entirely sure that everyone would agree with the central tenet of this message. I know there are ladies who are partial to the occasional bout of Retail Therapy. I also know a lot of men who hate going … Continue reading →

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Same Window, Different Poster

Posted on Wed, 3 April, 2013 by

Four weeks ago I posted ‘Looking at you’. Click the link if you missed it, to see the earlier poster. We returned to this same precinct just before Easter and the Man in the poster had gone. To be replaced … Continue reading →

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Dream On…

Posted on Fri, 29 March, 2013 by

Stuck in this seemingly never ending winter, even a few minutes of blue sky can raise one’s spirits. It happened briefly yesterday. Summer will come, eventually. We hang onto our memories. We look forward increasingly desperately to the feel of … Continue reading →

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Looking at You

Posted on Wed, 6 March, 2013 by

A benign, non-threatening, expressionless face looking straight ahead fills a vast floor to ceiling window in a fashion store in this shopping precinct. He’s certainly an eye-catcher. Ladies – you might call him handsome. Reflections of the shop windows opposite … Continue reading →

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Advertising Windows

Posted on Fri, 22 February, 2013 by

Another brief trip to London this week, which also happened to be School Half Term holiday week, so trains were filled with horribly noisy small children who hogged all the seats meaning the older members of society were obliged to … Continue reading →

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Blue Hues

Posted on Wed, 23 January, 2013 by

Colour can be bold, colour can be subtle. Pre-digital, I became increasingly disenchanted with my colour work as a small amount of under or over exposure usually ruined an image. Not so with B&W work where, as the processor, I … Continue reading →

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Seatsticks

Posted on Fri, 7 December, 2012 by

It always pays to wander off the main tourist streets in London, and I expect the same is true of all major cities. Away from the crowds, on corners, in back alleys sometimes, you will find a different London. The … Continue reading →

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Facade

Posted on Fri, 23 November, 2012 by

The speed of development in central London at times seems bewildering. Cranes pock mark the sky and at every turn there is evidence of change. Today’s image is of a very small section of a vast new building nearing completion … Continue reading →

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