Camden Town
We walk along the city streets like ants without a Queen Driving our thoughts bumper to bumper in a snailing crowd Tethered to reality the camera will bring its catch at the end of the day What has already been forgotten is now is now caught in its own eternity Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners […]
Sweet temptations come in many shapes and size Sins by the pound, it is only a matter of scale I believe that Saint Anthony would have succumbed But nowadays the Anthony’s are many In the trans-Atlantic professional sinners’ club Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
An effigy of the Ancient Egyptian Goddess Bastet Protector of the King, now lost in Camden Town The beautiful mythological creatures of our own origins When Gods would not care about the human image How long have we been walking on the wrong side of the wrong road ? Photo Hugh Ardoin The Street Level […]
The walls of the dead end streets get anew lease of life Under the nozzle of a spray can and the artist’s skill The rattle of the metal ball and the inebriating smell Light comes to colors opening a window to our dream Special thanks to the artist JXC Designs Photo Hugh Ardoin The Street […]
A cult of wheeled angels to replace the winged ones Rebellion needs knuckleheads and symbols of an inglorious past Lest we forget what the torches and black white red flags parades brought No harm is meant by the many, but ignorance of history is a slippery slope When Ministers of state in Germany hold torch-lit […]
Wandering from Paddington Station to Camden Town A voyage from little Venice to Hong-Kong harbour London offers many opportunities for a staycation The vestiges of the old Empire have become romantic Like Byron honing his verses on the ruins of the Roman Empire Photo Hugh Ardoin The Urban Landscapes Gallery
From rule breaking to establishment Like vulgar billionaires splashing dosh on space Busking gets the rocket promotion The punk movement goes up the social ladder In a London deserted by the tourist crowds Even the forked tongues get parched Beatles gone but the Carnaby spirit lives on Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
The now deserted Camden Town Where tourists once came to dream And plunder the souvenir shops Buying useless eccentric gear Inebriated on the essence of freedom The Disney like gold rush is gone What is left today is a warning on the wall Life Kills ! Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
The walks are all is left in London A world divided in essentials and expendables We push or pull our meek lives aimlessly Listening to the glistening on the telly Watching the web influencers flaunt their botox bodies As bubbles of champagne pop in the background Don’t worry, be happy… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Estates […]