Blog
Alloy well wheeled boy racer Meets beer belly dancer with tattoos Such are the Saturday night car shows in Soho The roaring twenties of this blessed Century SNAFU, I presume… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery SNAFU definition for the dummies “situation normal, all fu**ed-up”
Impromptu shot around the corner Haphazard encounter with a London gentleman Somewhere in Mayfair close to Savile Row My tailor is rich… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
On a drizzly early morning stroll A passing moped in the dew Along the sad wall of Covid Memories Human error remains the most dangerous threat Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Continental breakfast at Chelsea Bridge Morning comes under a sunset disguise Such are plays of words and the twist of history The power station is left without power To house the last London glitterati Tarpeian rock and Capitol meet By the cats and dogs shelter… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
Whatever strikes the eye to arouse our sleepy memory Is the drama of millions of photons irretrievably lost Such is the neverending journey of the infinite light Our holograms lost in space in a quest of a single moment The scientific definition of the merger of heaven and hell In other words, photography… Photo Hugh […]
On an early morning rainy London stroll I came across the austere neo-Gothic House of Parliament Between the squalls there was a sudden rant in the cloudy sky Sowing light on the assembly, but the reps they were asleep When it shed a huge rainbow, they all scrambled to their feet Struggling to grab the […]
In the jungle of Soho nights Little tiger alights from a black limo Dean street on a rainy Saturday night All you get is a cold chill and a wet rump The neons gleam and play with the dreams In a little girl’s wide open eyes… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery
The early morning shift on the bridge at Battersea No early bird story just a bunch of drenched cold dogs Heeding the master’s call the hope for a treat the fear of a whack Every working day crossing the river on the red omnibus What hope is there in a ferryman’s fare ? Photo Hugh […]
London Waterloo bridge at low ebb Venturing on the muddy shores Lovers take selfies at the light show Life is a blank-addressed postcard That never returns to sender You probably wish it was a golden retriever… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
The Guy Fawkes predawn illumination We do save energy and we need a scapegoat Some fall Guy for this new war of religions We all go green but there are always exceptions… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night-Shift Gallery