May 30, 2012
THE WEAVER
In crowded areas people adopt many ways of negotiating the busy pavements. There are Marchers, Strollers, Dawdlers and Dodgers to name a few. The woman on the right is a Weaver, one of those who with a quick twist of the hips can make her way through crowds almost as if they are not there.

THE WEAVER

In crowded areas people adopt many ways of negotiating the busy pavements. There are Marchers, Strollers, Dawdlers and Dodgers to name a few. The woman on the right is a Weaver, one of those who with a quick twist of the hips can make her way through crowds almost as if they are not there.

May 28, 2012
STREET ACCORDIONIST
Street Accordionist entertains two women in Dean Street

STREET ACCORDIONIST

Street Accordionist entertains two women in Dean Street

May 28, 2012
SMOKING IN THE SUN

SMOKING IN THE SUN

May 26, 2012
3 WOMEN

3 WOMEN

May 23, 2012
SO FAR AWAY

SO FAR AWAY

May 23, 2012
TIDY WRAPS !
Food, drink and sunglasses, all you need !

TIDY WRAPS !

Food, drink and sunglasses, all you need !

May 22, 2012
DUTTY MOUTH
Hip Hop Producer Alex ‘Dutty Mouth’ doing some self promotion work outside HMV in Oxford Street.

DUTTY MOUTH

Hip Hop Producer Alex ‘Dutty Mouth’ doing some self promotion work outside HMV in Oxford Street.

May 22, 2012
CAFE CULTURE
The Europeon style outdoor pavement Cafe Culture never really took hold in the UK but since the blanket indoor smoking ban was introduced in 2007 things have changed a bit, not that we all stand  around drinking espressos and discussing Satre while looking chic and stylish or anything but we do like to sit outside breathing in some nice exhaust fumes while we smoke a few fags.

CAFE CULTURE

The Europeon style outdoor pavement Cafe Culture never really took hold in the UK but since the blanket indoor smoking ban was introduced in 2007 things have changed a bit, not that we all stand  around drinking espressos and discussing Satre while looking chic and stylish or anything but we do like to sit outside breathing in some nice exhaust fumes while we smoke a few fags.

May 15, 2012
BRUCE GILDEN

BRUCE GILDEN

May 15, 2012
THE DAY I MET BRUCE GILDEN

There I am on a grey December afternoon making my way along Oxford Street looking out for something or someone to catch my eye, something interesting in the sea of blandness.  I’m standing out like a blackhead on a film stars nose with my enormous, indiscreet SLR and even bigger zoom lens that’s fully extended because that’s the way the canon 24-70 works, with the lens sticking fully out at the wide setting.  I’ve got to be honest Bruce, I’ll call him by just his first name now that I know him, me and Bruce, you know how it is, my mate Brucie and all that, well anyway Bruce with his eagle eye has spotted me before I saw him and he sort of made eyes as if to say ‘I’ve spotted you with your great big stoopid camera, why aint ya got a cool little  Leica like me ya sap’

Anyway I’ve grinned like a fool and introduced myself to one of the Holy Gods of Street Photography, prostrating myself at his feet, well shaking his hand at least as  I gushed and fawned about how great he was and how he had been an influence on my own  street photography. Bruce just smiled like he’d heard it all a million times before.

I did think of asking  if I could follow him for a while just to see how he worked but it seemed a bit of a silly idea, like he’d think I was some wierdo nutjob.

Before I went he gave me just one bit of advice he told me to not be enamoured of his work or that of any other photographer and to develop my own style.

Style ? He must have thought I was a real photographer and not just someone who walks around taking random snaps, which is all I ever do.

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