One For The Road

Take It Easy On Yourself

Popcorn And Indecision

Pigs In Blankets

Festive greetings to you all from the Art Of The City blog!

Darker Days

It is 1am, almost 18 hours after I took this. Weirdly, there are birds singing outside my window now. Poor things, it's been so damn dark all day they don't know how late it is...

Dark Days

The Bills Have Eyes

Deathly Cold

Daysleeper

Zurich Express

Twin Peaks

Road To Nowhere

Bus Stop

We Could Be Heroes...

City Of Lights

The Fry Up

Walk This Way

Signing Off

When I first took this, I was annoyed that I'd made the sign out of focus. Now I prefer it that way - as if you are already ignoring the warning and concentrating solely on the delicious jump off at the end.

Brighton Rocks

The Grouch Club

Pimp My Ride

Ain't Misbehavin'

Office Restructuring

"Human beings clearly are not meant to live isolated and alone... Being connected is so fundamental to a fulfilling existence that our very contentment often depends on restructuring the places of business where we spend much of each day. Creating a context for being an appropriate part of an interdependent whole and embracing the need for interconnectedness are the challenges of today's workplace."

from Feng Shui Goes To The Office by Nancilee Wydra, 2000

Blue Sky Thinking

Freezing Over Mornings

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."

- Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

Chinatown Hands

For Eve Arnold and Elliott Erwitt

Soho Breakdown

A picture story of sorts - a neon headache in more than one sense...

On The Corner

All of the photos that I've blogged so far have been taken over the last year, since I moved to London. Once I get in to the swing of things, the ambition is to post shots up as I take them.

This picture was taken at this time last year, which almost counts. I'd stopped on Leathermarket Street to photograph the Morocco Stores; these beautiful Victorian warehouse buildings that were at the centre of the area's booming leather trade.

As the bike swung around the corner, the pigeon got startled and I dipped my lens, hoping for the best. I was pleased with the shot - so much so that I forgot to photograph the Stores after all.

Sleep Comes Down

"Harvey and I sit in the bars... have a drink or two... play the jukebox. 

And soon the faces of all the other people, they turn toward mine and they smile. 

And they're saying, 'We don't know your name, mister, but you're a very nice fella...' 

Harvey and I warm ourselves in all these golden moments."

- Elwood P. Dowd, 1950

Greenwich Buildings

"Maybe I am not very human. What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house."

- Edward Hopper

Lisbon Passageway

Going Blank Again

"Even a stopped clock tells the right time, twice a day..."

- Marwood, 1987