Empty London

Can you imagine viewing London with no people?

 

When I set out to photograph London at night, my main goal was to capture the city, one of the most populated in the world, empty. That's right. I aimed to have no people in the photographs. One would think this would be a challenging task, though it really hasn't been. The real challenge is London's rapidly changing skyline.

 

I would photograph an area around the Square Mile, then need to return as an omission of a particular new building would have been too obvious. The Shard is a prime example. There are super images captured from Tower Bridge in my London photo library, but The Shard is either non-existent or in various stages of construction. Needless to say, the photos ended up on the "cutting room floor."

 

Well, Hello Shard! Hello Walkie Talkie! Hello Cheesegrater! Your emergence created issues and slowed the progress of my project. I had to return to your area more times than once. This is not a complaint. I love capturing London with my camera, but the changes have been more obvious to me and I tend to be a perfectionist. My goal to get it right makes me return over and over again.

 

All that said, with a diversion, London at night is simply beautiful. When the lights come on the city shines gloriously, and seems to be a bit more stately, or grand. What is missed during the day, stands out at night almost demanding due attention.

 

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