A Thinking Street Photography Site
Took this from a London Overground station.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane!
The Hatman at Old Spitafields Market.
The Beltman.
Wonderful-looking shop.
Nice architecture.
What’s there not to like? The area is walking distance from Brick Lane, has a business district, is where the Spitalfields Market is located.
The shop, again.
Nice building façade.
Another time, another life – I would choose to live in the area.
Nice colours too.
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Camera: Canon 600D
Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM
Brick Lane!
This was where I was really inspired.
The arty and grungy environment gets one in the mood for street photography.
Everything seems to fit.
The people and the walls go well together.
A fantastic indie label.
A self-portrait.
He was cutting grass.
Cool dude.
The colours are simply wonderful.
They saw me and waved.
Beautiful people, beautiful wall art.
The kids were enjoying the art too.
Lots of cyclists.
A smile and a frown.
Hard at work.
Another cyclist.
Cool name for a shop.
Taking a break.
Nice juxtaposition.
Another cyclist.
Mischievous dino – I thought the colours went well together.
The street art is gorgeous.
Street art is meant to be seen with and by people.
They had those in Paris too.
Just another day for her.
A reminder that I need to get closer.
At Brick Lane, the street photographs present themselves one after another.
I can’t click fast enough.
This place is a visual cornucopia.
And I saw this – an exhibition of Singaporean art at Brick Lane.
As it turned out, I bumped into Randy Chan, the curator of the exhibition. I recognized him from a photo in a newspaper report on the exhibition.
More on Singapore: Inside Out in another post.
Funny.
I couldn’t resist a final shot at the entrance of this excellent place.
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Camera: Canon 600D
Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM
I was in the tube when I saw him.
Very elegant, I thought.
No one noticed.
My camera’s shutter click was inaudible in the tube.
Do I dare take another shot?
OK – last one.
Outside the British Museum.
Inside the British Museum.
At the Gloucester Road Station… or was it South Kensington?
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Camera: Canon 600D
Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM
Again, in London.
The Hong Kong MTR in London.
Ooh.
Aah.
Kowloon is in London.
Heroic-looking man. There’re 5 people here but the eyes are drawn to a specific person.
The folks at Hamleys.
Along Oxford Street.
Waiting man.
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Camera: Canon 600D
Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM
There’s no method to this madness called street photography.
At Trafalgar Square: a straightforward shot.
We’re all distracted people.
Admiring Cezanne at the National Gallery.
Consuming Monet.
Blurry man against blurry painting.
Around the Bloomsbury area – the lines “made sense” to me.
A busy shot at the Covent Garden Market.
T-shirts!
Time for a sip.
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Camera: Canon 600D
Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM
At London’s South Bank.
Cool dude.
Cool dude.
Life is a tragicomedy, of course.
The cavernous basement at Tate Modern.
A couple admiring Cy Twombly.
Artist at work.
A copy of a copy.
A copy of a copy of many copies.
Again, at the cavernous basement.
Two beer or not two beer … my answer is very clear.
Why is this a question?
Cool dudes.
The obligatory landmark snapshot.
Camera: Canon 600D
Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM
I was in London for a few days for a conference and of course, I brought my cameras along.
This was taken along Exhibition Road.
Here’re some shots in the museums along the road.
At Natural History Museum:
Roar.
Funny juxtaposition.
The above was at the Science Museum.
There’s a line of tension marked by the positions of the people.
At the Victoria and Albert Museum.
I think it looks better in monochome.
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Camera: Canon 600D
Lens: Canon 40mm f/2.8 STM
Sometimes it is the architecture of the city that teaches us how to look.
We look up.
We look again with a slight change of perspective.
We glance from far away.
A coordinated look.
Look up, look down.
We read.
We wait and read and see.
What does the look want?
The look of friendship.
Camera: Contax TVS II
Film: Kodak BW400CN
We need to avoid doing the same thing and look out for or even create the next paradigm shift.
We need to think about how we can add value to our work.
It’s all about win-win.
What’s our ROI on this?
We need to think outside the box here.
This is inevitable – it’s because of creative destruction.
We need to synergize our mission and vision.
Let’s pluck the low-hanging fruit for now and circle back to this discussion later.
Camera: Contax TVS II
Film: Kodak BW400CN
What is the next step on the journey?
Where should one go?
What is your work building up to?
Is it all in vain?
Am I willing to own my mess and work with it?
Perhaps there’s a need to sit down in the midst of things and regroup.
Illumination can only emerge where there is darkness.
You’ll find your own way.
Look for the good stuff.
And wait until it all becomes meaningful.
Camera: Contax TVS II
Film: Kodak BW400CN
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