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28/5/2012

Clapham Junction, London, UK

Passing through Clapham Junction recently, I paused for a few minutes to take some photos. It’s a train station I don’t always enjoy passing through because it is often very busy.

A major junction in South East London, it is one of the busiest train stations in Europe. It’s busy enough when it’s not peak times – rush hour seems frantically overrun. However, it can be an interesting place to photograph as it presents an interesting study of human life.

Clapham Junction, London, UK

The railway lines run like veins through Clapham Junction to places in London and the South East. The lives passing through the station carry their stories to and from London. The pulse of the station ensuring that travellers are drawn in and then pushed onto their destination.

Sometimes it’s hard to see the human face of the steel tracks and the structure of the platforms. The many faces often blurring as they pass. Without the faces, the station wouldn’t be there.

The speed and far reaching nature of travel today is something we take for granted. I enjoy observing train stations, and photographing them – not only for the architecture, but increasingly for the stories passing through.

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En route

18/5/2012

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Monument, London, UK

The City of London is an interesting place to photograph. Like the rest of London, it changes, but somehow holds onto the past.

I don’t walk through the streets and side streets of the City of London often enough for my liking, particularly with my camera. However, I often enjoy it when I do. Recently, I was walking from London Bridge to Bank tube station.

Monument is a reminder of when London was burning in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Burning from the 2nd to the 5th London, 1666, the fire destroyed quite a lot London. It’s almost hidden away, tucked behind office buildings with its top hinting of its presence.

Wandering the meandering streets of the City, I am reminded of organic nature of how London has grown. Unlike Paris or New York grid-like streets, London streets wander in any which direction they fancy.

Passing a clock hanging from a building, it makes sure I am not loosing myself taking pictures and arrive to my destination on time.

City of London, UK

Waiting at the Royal Exchange, I begin to people watch the office workers who are passing, pausing or simply taking a moment before going off somewhere else.

The buildings and statues hint at how London has seen itself, but I am really starting to appreciate the interaction between its buildings and the people working there and passing through it.

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A Quiet Moment

8/5/2012

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Scooterworks Bar & Cafe, London, UK

Sitting in the Scooterworks Bar and Café on the Lower Marsh near Waterloo I was enjoying the company of a couple of friends, and the local cat. The café is one of those slightly hidden and eccentric places where one can retreat to from the hustle and bustle of a metropolis like London.

It is where the locals know, and everyone else stumbles upon if you’re lucky. It’s character and originality draws you in for a coffee or tea or a drink, and a chat with a friend.

The kitsch items aren’t tacky, or even out of place with the old signs and advertising reminiscing of times past. With a couple of cats warming a corner or a chair and the din of conversation and coffee making filling up the background, the afternoon slipped away through our finger tips.

There are a few places in London that seem timeless, and where a good afternoon can be enjoyed with good company and conversation while watching the world pass by the window.

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