Past Visits...

Of all the years I have been visiting London, it is only in the past few years that I have been creating what I call a London 'stock library'. Instead of photographing the people I am with, I photograph everything of interest to me, this first started when I went with my AS Level Graphic Design and Photography group, and the experience really opened up my eyes to what was really in London. I visited again with my Art foundation group in 2009, and built on this library of photos, and I visited earlier this year on my own for my trip week.

From February 2010:

Art on the Underground - different coloured circles which from a distance make the Underground symbol in the centre.



The very famous Underground map. Fantastic. Enough said.




Untitled - Bharti Kher 2008
Taken in the Saatchi Gallery, at The Empire Strikes Back: Indian Art Today exhibition. I loved the bright colours of the bindis stuck down, it even inspired my book fair project earlier on this year.

This piece consists of 4,500 bone shaped letters to form the speech by Gandhi on the night before the 400km 'Dandi March'. I thought this was an innovative way of exploring a historic event.

'Public Notice 2 recalls the historic speech delivered by Mahatma Gandhi, on the eve of the epic Salt March to Dandi, in early 1930 as a protest against the salt tax instituted by the British. Through this speech he lays down the codes of conduct for his fellow revolutionaries, calling for complete civil disobedience, the only fierce restriction being that of maintaining ‘total peace’ and ‘absolute non-violence’. In Kallat’s work, Gandhi’s ardent speech is recreated as a haunting installation with around 4500 bone shaped alphabets recalling a turning point in the nation’s history. Each alphabet, like a misplaced relic, holds up the image of violence even as their collective chorus makes a plea for peace to a world plagued with aggression.' - The Saatchi Gallery website.

This is also from the Saatchi Gallery, it is a sculpture of a deer, which comprises of many different sized glass spheres. Close up it is even more impressive...

Out into London...

Taken from Trafalgar Square.

Taken in the Underground.

This is also taken at Trafalgar Square, I really like the contrast of the blue against the white building. The blue progresses from a light blue to a darker blue, but still has a warm feel to it. This area was actually really busy so to take this picture with hardly anyone in the foreground was quite lucky.

This is looking from the top of the stairs at Trafalgar Square too. This shows more accurately how busy the area is.

This is again at Trafalgar Square looking up at the National Gallery.