Londoners
Street photography is like angling for the goldfish Throw your line in the maelstrom of the crowd Snap a glimpse, the silvery flash of the catch As it tries to escape, you have to wade into the river Nothing will happen on the comfortable shores of platitude Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Street photography is a reflex of the eye Cruising the streets camera at the ready A smile in the head because humor helps to see You rarely shoot when you are grumpy Then circumstances bring the set together Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Along one busy London street Caught by the eye of the camera A young beauty in her digital ritual Holding to the do-it-all amulet Casting calls and spells pell mell The modern age at the edge of times Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Street photography is like hunting It requires the eye and the action Some days are better than others Oxford Circus, the crying child The looks into the camera… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Panhandling as a performing art on Oxford Street Extorting the zakat with a spineless rose Twists of fashion make the rich wear the rags Brisk business at the change office doors No escape for the meek and the gentile… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Red double-deckers musical electric rickshaws London on Thames in its multicolor guise Billboards and branding, shopping and credit An economic shortcut that ends in a short-circuit Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
In the limelight and yet shunning the show Centre of attention of the crowd by a twist of fate Framed and unable to escape from the wrong track Photography is the capture of time running out of time Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Law-abiding girl waits at the crossing Under the scrutiny of a million guillotines Sash windows and zebra crossings of London fame Discipline and punish, cross the line, be the naughty girl, Drop your knickers down and get drummed out of the brownies… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
Tourists wander from trap to trap on Regent Street Festive Union Jacks hang from the gallows of pleasure The Jolly Roger flies where the pirates of Piccadilly gather In the Kingdom of United, Burgers are Kings Photo Hugh Ardoin The Galleries
Walking the minidogs and window shopping The reflections of a society at the glazed altars The temples of luxury do not sell the silver spoons You have to come and get it with what you have Desires and envy are the twisted soul of publicity The have-nots live on a separate planet… Photo Hugh Ardoin […]