luxury
Blackfriars Bridge by night Going purple with episcopal dreams A red double-decker hurries across the river Taking his load of dazed workers to distant Peckham And London slips into her evening gown To strut the streets in her tireless quest Luring the gawker she calls Milord To the luxury treat of a fish and chips […]
Street photography is the record of what did not happen The seen and the unseen meet in the middle of the road So to speak in a muted tethered world Under the spell of the Big Browser fears Where only the smartphone speaks So to speak… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
The beauty of luxury cannot be left to a silver spoon As for the Bamba it is a matter of grace Pump up the volume, switch on the inner lights And let’s glide away on the wing of a dream Photo Hugh Ardoin The Londoners Gallery
In the deserted London Streets some windows stayed dressed The Fortnum & Mason London tea flagship exhibits its wares A kind of irony owing to the circumstances where many will forgo luxury The shop is closed but if you have the lolly, luxury will lap at your door Breadlines are for the new poor and […]
A taste of the redneck pleasures on the Thames River shores The Brit quaff a few gin-t’s in the luxury atmosphere of a concrete mix plant Fine sands as fine as the finest cement , blue waters and turquoise polystyrene furniture Painted oil drums to match, the brand new brave new world has just arrived […]
The love message on the wall will self-destruct After the breakfast at Tiffany’s the gold turned blue Luxury in spray cans will be delivered by glossy droids Art is safe in the safe box tucked under a huge price tag The visible has been replaced by tacky propaganda posters Paint my life in red again, […]
Two young black fashionistas tote their figures over the Hill Dressed in expensive Moschino outfits and other luxury brands Elegance is a form of disguise of beauty hiding under beauty So let us be bemused and mesmerized by what we see And forget for a moment the tropical dreams of our younger days So spoke […]
Let’s dance to the silent music in the virtual windows of material desires Like dummies rubbing their tummies under a golden rain Reality in the background is just a surrealist reflection To the many, luxury is the Everest, cold, distant and unattainable Soon they will charge the dream by the hour Photo Hugh Ardoin The […]
Two well-endowed young fashionistas, wearing luxury bandanas They have put on their best attire for Carnival It is Monday no paint, chocolate or powder It is the day for elegance and seduction It’s Bank Holiday, everybody is rich until tomorrow Hugh Ardoin The Notting Hill 2018 Carnival Gallery