These photographs were taken on vintage Olympus cameras, with various black & white films in london, between 2016-2017


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South Bank

This is one of my favourite photographs. The handrails act as leading lines drawing the eye into the area under cover, whilst the left third of the image contains the Thames, and a candid shot of a passer by. This was shot on Bergger Pancro pushed to 1600 asa.


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The Man Who Wasn’t There

Street Art is ever changing around London, and you can go back to a place several times over the space of a year and it will look different. On this cold early morning, the light was hitting the wall, casting the subject into a Silhouette. It reminded me of an old English nursery rhyme.


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Market Girl

Whilst searching through a market for viable subjects, I noticed there was a lady at a vintage clothes stall heavily engrossed on her phone. I raised my camera to take a shot waiting for her to look up. After a while of nothing happening, I stepped closer. Nothing. I stepped closer again. Nothing. Then once more, and after a short pause she looked up, and I captured this image. We then had a lovely discussion about technology and life.


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The Boat That Indie’d

I decided to head out to Camden one day to test out some JCH Street pan 400 (pushed to 1600). I happened to find myself in the middle of a live concert, as the band Hardwick Circus were playing on a riverboat on the lock. As they passed under the bridge I happened to capture the moment before the sax player hi five’d someone near me.


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Systematic Chaos

Further along the canal from Camden, there is a unique metal staircase that leads up to the main road above. Taken from a low angle, you can capture all of the straight lines, and make an interesting B&W composition


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Down The Steps

When the Thames tide is out, you are able to walk along the bank of the river, on a sort of ‘beach’. There are several sets of steps planted along South Bank that allow you to go down onto these beaches. I happened to look down over this one, and say this guy sat on the steps, with a shadow, and the shore of the Thames. I decided the leading lines and shadows would make this a great photograph.