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this photograph made the final 10 in the documentary category in the Tate Britain - How We Are Now exhibition.

It's shot on 35mm black and white film, this image is from a machine scan and looks very similar to the darkroom prints I've made.

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Comments

Emmanuel Smague says:

Yes!
Very good light, perspective and composition.
Congrats.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Jaim Dyer says:

lovely
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

LaFée says:

passenger!! good job!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

doublecappuccino says:

fanfreakingtastic
--utata
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

pwitteprew [deleted] says:

Great compostion, and I like the sunlight that looks like the picture is vignetted. I guess it rained that day.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

@Emmanuel - thanks, it was a good day on a good corner :)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

@Jaim, la fee, doublecappuccino - thanks, glad you like it.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

@pwitteprew - thanks, I actually stood still for a little while and took a few shots with that light. Generally I keep moving, but this time I thought it deserved a few frames.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

rafmad says:

excellent shot
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Dr_Watso says:

Amazing subject composition. Great image.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

a.gusia says:

great scenery
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Carlos Madrigal says:

Love it. Great BW... great story telling....
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

@rafmad, Dr_Watso, a.gusia, Carlos - thanks, glad you like it. I am going to try printing the negative tomorrow - will be interesting to see if I can get the contrast and burning in to work out in the darkroom.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

tamaleshuck says:

Beautiful light and stunning perspective. It is a fave indeed.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Flokey82 says:

Great Stuff
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr.Spell photographer says:

greatest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fuckin' great
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Ramin Hossaini says:

Excellent shot.. sets the 'mood' for travelling
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

@tamaleshuck, flokey82, Mr.Spell, carootje59, Ramin - thanks for the comments.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

harryhutapea says:

need more cropping
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

@harryhutapea - thanks for the comment;
If I agreed, I would have cropped it - but I may yet change my mind ;)
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

T-P2007 says:

amazing b&w
bravo!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

0zzie says:

This really is Good.........

Seen in the
Decisive Moments... Classics in B&W Pool
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

@T-P2007, Ozzie - thanks for the comments, Ozzie - you'll find it in the pool, thanks for the invite.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Tonari no Totoro says:

Excelent!...Photojournalistic feeling...and many stories to imagine!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Nova_Soul says:

Beautiful light! Great image!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

elbud says:

lovin' it
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

'stpiduko' says:

makes me want to give up and start knitting

Seen on your photo stream. (?)
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

@tonari, nova_soul, elbud - thanks, glad you like it. I waited on that corner for a while - and then he comes along :)
@stpiduko - thanks, if your knitting is as good as your photos, may I place an order for a pullover?
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

ashanta says:

Well, I saw this pic in the interestingness and I have to admit that it is so very real life and a superb shot. Therefore:

Your fantastic black and white picture is my winner!
Please add this photo to
flickr.com/groups/bwphotoaward/ Feel free to post this wonderful photo into our weekly competition
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

.Dan.Searle. says:

wow really like this one - love the wet streets.

Your fantastic black and white picture is my winner!
Please add this photo to
flickr.com/groups/bwphotoaward/ Feel free to post this wonderful photo into our weekly competition

--
Seen in Black and White Photo Award (Trophied ONLY). (?)
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

Printed this on on 12x16 RC paper today. It comes out very nicely on grade 2 paper, with an additional stop of burning in for the sky.
In the print, the figure really stands out - it looks as though there is a faint halo of light around him. When I saw that effect in the scan, I assumed it was some scanner artifact, but the wet print is exactly the same.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

margabr says:

Great shot!!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

vittorio82 says:

wow! very beautifull photo.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Bacarrat says:

great contrast!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

@margabr, gringoart, captainAkab - thanks, I'm glad you like it.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

regolare says:

great composition, beautiful b&w, immediatly a fave :)

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Seen in a discussion of Black and White Photo Award (Trophied ONLY).. (?)
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

mr_cramberry says:

Lovely capture!!!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

nikond100 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called light and emotion / luz e emoção, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

just great!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Hina :-) says:

Hello monobaby!

Thanks for entering MonoContest#8, voting session starts now, please kindly take a little time to vote for your favourite 5 images! :-)
Have fun!

MonoContest#8
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

guzi4real says:

Fantastic tones and great composition. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

silvertony45 says:

superb !!!!!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Hina :-) says:

Congratulations David!

You are the WINNER of MonoContest #8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

www.flickr.com/groups/monotoners/discuss/7215 7600040905035/

:-D
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

@Hina - thanks :)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Lito Martin says:

Great shot - I love the light coming off the damp road. Lots of London atmosphere.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Findo says:

I think this is absolutely fantastic!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

zoonabar says:

Congrats on the 'How we are now' selection.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Simone Merli says:

Great shot!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

Thanks guys, I was stoked when I got the news.

I'm very happy that this photograph made the final 10 in the documentary category in the Tate Britain - How We Are Now exhibition.
I've visited the exhibition and I strongly recommend it in case you're considering going. In particular, the stuff from post war through to the 80's appealed to me, and you should make a point to check out the Ipods near the exit.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

slithy-toves says:

awesome. congrats!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

bryanF. says:

nice work! just goes to show you that sometimes we don't shit at HCSP :)
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

@slith-toves - thanks :)
@bryanF - thanks. I love this shot, particularly when it's printed off the negative.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Tate Gallery says:

This photograph was selected as one of forty photographs in the How We Are Now Flickr group which invited members of the public to submit their photographs to the exhibition How We Are: Photographing Britain at Tate Britain in 2007. The Final 40 photographs were shown at Tate Britain for the last month of the exhibition and are archived on Tate Online.

We would like to congratulate travelight and thank all those who took part in the project.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Hughes Léglise-Bataille says:

Nice -and congrats on the Tate :-)

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Seen in a dicussion of How We Are Now. (?)
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Lú_ says:

Gorgeous shot - congratulations!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

@Hugo, Lu - thanks :)
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

'stpiduko' says:

when we met yesterday, I didn't associate this image with the person I was talking to

good thing, cause I don't think I would have been able to say anything if I'd known

Seen in your 20 Most Interesting set. (?)
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

travelight says:

dammit - I keep meaning to get the t-shirt printed... ;)
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Yanice Idir says:

Great Composition
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

haveyouseenthisgirl says:

beautiful
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Kasimir Szekeres says:

nice capture!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

dance2lance says:

did u know that u share the same surname as (me) and Hugh Lee Pattinson,who apart from inventing silver from lead,took the first daguerretype photos of niagara falls and presented them to the Royal Institute in London!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

GraemeNicol says:

i like that its both has the long-term weary feel of a life on the move, perhaps suggested by the rain and the b&w, plus a certain enthusisam and energy in his walk. the ambiguity works well, probably says loads of things about the human condition and more besides...
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Tiago L says:

Great!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

nig4 says:

lovely. congrats on making the cut.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Sailing "Footprints: Real to Reel" (Ronn ashore) says:

very nice
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

cdomdom38 says:

Très belle lumière !
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

psc editor - ashley says:

wow. stunning.

You could sell this photo...I would love for you to add to stock curious .
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Padre Karras says:

bressonesque.. ;-)
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Emmanuel Smague says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called 1000 B&W, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

One of my favorites!!!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Liquid Cool says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Can You picture That? under threat of closure due to lack of int, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Domesticated Ape: Chat Singh says:

Very nice!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

＊mark＊ says:

cool
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

i didn't mean to go to Stoke says:

monumental lighting to this
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Chisin says:

Great work! This is the first photo I notice in your photostream. I really like the lighting and composition.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Miodrag Bogdanovic says:

Wet, elegant...
great nostalgic feel of coming back to London :)

Wonderful London b&w!

This is small step for a man, but big addition to photography ;)
Please add this image to:

1 step (walking people shots)
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

maria clara diniz says:

wondefrful! WOW!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Fragan Geffroy. says:

very good!!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Alex Glickman (Rundadar) says:

super!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

St_Tr_Verkhovensky says:

stunner
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Ade. says:

Great composition - Works superbly in mono & I love the reflection of the light from the wet street.

Ade
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

wheely Judith says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Europe B&W, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

desalinado says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called storytelling, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Guido Steenkamp says:

Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe SECONDS2REAL street photography, und wir würden uns freuen, wenn Du dies zu unserer Gruppe hinzufügen würdest.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

oohp says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Momente, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Sibad says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Commuting WITHOUT a car, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Paulete Matos says:

Oi! Sou administrador de um grupo chamado Black is Black - Invite only e nós adoraríamos ter isto adicionado ao grupo!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

. barek . says:

excelent shot
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Tom Kondrat says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called London Street Photography, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

fexy01 (away for a while) says:

Wow. Stunning... yet again.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

Lanvacette says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called RIVER OF LIGHT, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

stryker66 says:

Superb.
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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