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Zebra Print in Whitehall
The Trans+ Pride filled the streets of central London in July 2025, and after the march we were walking up past Whitehall accompanied by many who took part. There was plenty of glamour and beautiful people around, and I was so happy that this lady allowed me to take a photo of her!
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Boudicca and the Fridge Magnets
The souvenir stall is built right up against the plinth, so the caps and the fridge magnets sit at eye level and Boudicca is above them with her spear raised. She led the revolt that burned Roman London to the ground, and here she is now, the roof over a rack of I ♥ LONDON…
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The Horses of Helios
Four bronze horses rear out of a fountain at the bottom of Haymarket and they’re just the background of a busy day in London.
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Heads Down on the River Lee
Two swans were feeding at the edge of the Lee Fields when I stopped. Both had their necks down in the shallows, working the seeds and crumbs in the same posture a second or two apart. It was exceptionally bright so I exposed for the highlights and everything else went dark.
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Winter Evening at Piccadilly
Piccadilly Circus in February 2009, from the pavement by the Underground entrance. The advertising dates it more than the coats do: TDK and Sanyo across the curve, both long gone from that wall now. The lights were still separate panels then, before the single wraparound screen replaced them in 2017. Nobody in the foreground is…
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A Granite Seat in Piccadilly Circus
The screens above Piccadilly Circus run all day and almost nobody in the crowd looks up at them, apart from tourists gawking at everything. I thought I had photos of Piccadilly Circus from before they upgraded their advertising screens. A quick search for “Piccadilly” in my Immich archive found the photos I took in 2009,…
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I should be free to feel
Two Met officers stood right in front of me, so I had to read the placard over their shoulders. Someone had hand-lettered it in the pink, white and blue of the trans flag, packing the words in tighter as the board ran out, and the last line vanishes behind a head anyway. At Trans+ Pride…
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Ventura Pier at Dusk
Moments after the sun had set, and the sky was filled with a lovely orange glow.
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No need for helmets in Athens
The lights were green for pedestrians to cross the road, but these two lads on a bike had already gone through the junction. The driver looked back and zoomed off down a side road.
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Fixing the fishing line
Sometimes the fishing line gets tangled and you need to stop what you’re doing and fix it.
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The Only One Standing
A woman stopped right in front of me while I was taking some long exposure shots of the passing crowd.