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Like a hard-boiled detective combing the streets of London, searching for ephemeral elegance in a era of grittiness, captivated by the serendipitous nature of the urban environment; I'm inspired by surreal and dreamlike photography, high contrast black and white, film noir, and vintage New York colour photography. For me street photography is an attempt to describe the space where the frenetic pace of urban life intersects with a meditative surreality, the moment life hangs on an instant and the chaos of the city melts away...
(All these images were created using apple computers and are calibrated for desktop cinema displays and iMacs; they are also developed to look better on today's more common glossy screens)
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- Ridley Road 115 photos, 21 members
- London Street Photography Metro Competition 7,377 photos, 1,129 members
- London Architecture 8,556 photos, 469 members
- King's Cross 1,328 photos, 145 members
- Shop windows,windows 2,347 photos, 123 members
- After Dark - Night Photography 349,136 photos, 25,789 members
- B&W: Dark Side Of The City / N&B: Le Cote Obscur De La Ville 16,174 photos, 833 members
- dark london 106 photos, 19 members
- Paris B&W (rules apply) 44,523 photos, 8,014 members
- Paris 246,168 photos, 26,786 members
- iconic image 5,470 photos, 270 members
- Borough Market 3,785 photos, 672 members
- Hackney 13,045 photos, 938 members
- Dalston 332 photos, 26 members
- Film Noir Mood 6,825 photos, 9,941 members
- La Nouvelle Révolution Surrealiste 22,530 photos, 1,369 members
- Street B&W shots 32,231 photos, 1,881 members
- Camden 12,824 photos, 1,408 members
- London by Londoners 186,262 photos, 7,245 members
- Paris, 18e arrondissement (75018) 5,261 photos, 457 members
- PARIS 18 281 photos, 37 members
- Paris street photography - photos de rues 3,797 photos, 2,143 members
- Decisive Moment 71,577 photos, 16,762 members
- Voigtlander on micro 4/3rds 1,053 photos, 58 members
- Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 50/1.1 8,248 photos, 728 members
- Micro Four Thirds (Micro 4/3) 123,138 photos, 4,934 members
- Micro Four Thirds Community 134,165 photos, 4,659 members
- Micro Four Thirds cameras using alternative & legacy lenses 32,693 photos, 2,008 members
- Total bokeh portrait 11,197 photos, 856 members
- BOKEH creative photography 1,937 photos, 844 members
- Don't Be A Lemming 528 photos, 726 members
- Promenade....{ Street photography } 5,494 photos, 653 members
- "À la sauvette" (street candid photography in motion) 7,041 photos, 1,962 members
- *****Street Photography***** 184,585 photos, 7,024 members
- Cinematic Street Photography [VOTE NOW] 10,474 photos, 941 members
- Night Street Photography 8,923 photos, 1,165 members
- All Street Photography 97,655 photos, 2,684 members
- COLOUR STREET PORTRAITS 39,508 photos, 1,720 members
- RAW Street Photography 513,432 photos, 23,679 members
- Londoners Street Photography 12,601 photos, 1,307 members
- Streetphotography in Colors 11,332 photos, 404 members
- Tough Street Photography 4,279 photos, 597 members
- Extreme Street Photography (ESP) 4,957 photos, 14,800 members
- Chinatown London 139 photos, 31 members
- Covent Garden 2,090 photos, 533 members
- London Independent Photography 4,627 photos, 1,313 members
- London: Soho 653 photos, 218 members
- London-alt 105,980 photos, 9,745 members
- London 582,939 photos, 28,825 members
- London at Night 5,593 photos, 570 members
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- Name:
- Paulie
- Joined:
- April 2010
- Hometown:
- "Upstate London"
- Currently:
- London
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Website:
- http://www.last.fm/user/EchotheSun/