Day 354 ‘In Remembrance’ – 15/11/10

This photo seemed to benefit from the morning light on one of the memorial benches in our local park. I thought the remembrance cross and the poppy gave this a fitting look for the day after remembrance day.

Day 299 ‘Skyline’ – 21/09/10

This was my other image for today, and my personal favourite of the two. I deliberate shot the city skyline only at the very bottom of the image to focus on the beutiful skies above. Not sure if this image works, is dull or a cliche…but i liked it

In Confessions of an Opium Eater, we find a poignant tale of love and loss in London. Thomas de Quincey, teenage, penniless, and losing his health as a prelude to his later drug addiction, is befriended by a young girl working as a prostitute. Every day they look out for each other on the streets of Soho.

He journeys to Eton to borrow money against his future inheritance. They are full of their plans for the future for when he returns, and they vow to meet each other at their favourite haunt on Oxford Street.

They never see each other again.

Video by Robert Kingham and Phil O’Donnel

a photo essay by ProphecyBlur

It’s a cold frosty morning as the sun rises, starting another day in London’s Docklands.

It’s still early, so I head down onto the banks of the Thames to look around the broken down ruins from a time now past.

I set of towards work, enjoying the diferant architecture arround me as I walk.

So many CCTV camera’s watching my progress. I start to count them as i walk, but lose count somewhere around 50.

I join the ranks of the Unknown Commuters

I remember mornings catching the crowded underground into work.

Later, as I stand by the coffee machine I notice two men across from watering the roof of the Wintergarden.

At lunchtime I take a walk around the old docks, enjoying the fresh air.

Two workers cross the bridge in front of me, stepping perfectly in synch with one and other.

The day becomes night, and  office lights make buildings look like giant circuit boards.

It is late as I walk home. The DLR station is quiet, looking like the belly of a space craft.

I cross canals and bridges on my way home.

A plane crosses the night like a shooting star.

I am lucky, i have a warm bed tonight.

Not everyone here is as lucky as me.

Memories of 1998 – Part 6

I wanted to post up a selection of photos i took on disposable cameras when from 1998, when i spent 3 months working in Tokyo, this photo is of the Imperial Palace

Memories of 1998 – Part 5

I wanted to post up a selection of photos i took on disposable cameras when from 1998, when i spent 3 months working in Tokyo, this photo is of the Imperial Palace

Memories of 1998 – Part 4

I wanted to post up a selection of photos i took on disposable cameras when from 1998, when i spent 3 months working in Tokyo, this photo is from outside my apartment just down from Roppongi.

Memories of 1998 – Part 3

I wanted to post up a selection of photos i took on disposable cameras when from 1998, when i spent 3 months working in Tokyo, this photo is of view down onto the metropolis.

Memories of 1998 – Part 2

I wanted to post up a selection of photos i took on disposable cameras when from 1998, when i spent 3 months working in Tokyo, this photo is of the well known Miyajima Gate.

Memories of 1998 – Part 1

I wanted to post up a selection of photos i took on disposable cameras when from 1998, when i spent 3 months working in Tokyo. I’m pretty sure, that this shot is looking into Ginza from the edge of the Imperial Palace Gardens.