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One step way from virtual reality Young beauty, influencer to be Aspiring climber of the social media ladder Wooing Instagram for a few grams of fame A kingdom where dreams are measured by the pixel We all look for happiness But we call it by its other names… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners […]
Continued from my previous post The Young Designer Models With balaclava wooly On the road again Kings of the street As long as lasts the night Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night Shift Gallery
Wanderers meet at night along the city streets During my nightly ramblings I met a group of young designers Doing what designers do at night shooting fashion on the road Exchanged a few snaps and went our own ways Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night Shift Gallery
The night they broke the news Cataclysmic drama in the falling Roman Empire Panem et Circenses to keep the confined happy And to keep the ball rolling I presume… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates of Emergency Gallery
The premonitory lockdown allegory The window dressing of Poshland The Oracle of Delphi back in 2018 No chained nude necromancer In the Greek grotto of legendary fame But tidy rows of safe boxes so discreet Squeaky clean like a Swiss bank vault To stash the monies we never will have We need no Pythia to […]
Symbolic rise of the shard to the sky A funeral disguised as a birth Human vanity on course to pierce a cloud And if it suddenly tears of blood will rain Who is to blame ? Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
Londoners celebrate the minimalist freedom The pints follow the pints like a carrousel But this momentary elation comes with many ifs and buts The hangover may last longer than the inebriation As Frida Kahlo so justly said in her painful life ”I tried to drown my sorrows in alcohol But the bastards learned how to […]
Girls just wanna have fun The new City of London School Celebrating the end of curfew The spirits are high In all respects Obviously… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
In the ersatz of freedom granted by the grandees Londoners celebrate alfresco with a few pints This allegro ma non troppo may be short lived But at least it was heart-warming in spite of the cold Dancing in the wind I presume… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night Shift Gallery
The moment of ultimate vanity When the heron spreads its wings In a seemingly effortless rise Does he contemplate his image Reflected in the mirror of a muddy river Does he think he is awkward or ugly Or, looking down at the crawling creatures Wants to cry aloud ‘here comes the king!’ If wasn’t for […]