Continuing the theme of the London Street Photography festival I took the opportunity to join a guided walk by Alan Dein around the KIngs Cross area. The walk, part of a programme of events planned as part of the festival, took us behind KIngs Cross and St Pancras stations – a vast re-development site.
London series – Kings Cross
Behind the glorious facade of St Pancras station and the newly renovated platforms that deliver us to exotic European destinations lies a post industrial landscape. The district north of St Pancras and KIngs Cross rail stations is an area in re-generation – one of the largest areas of re-development in central London. But also behind these modern facades lies one of the oldest christian sites in England, dating back to the 12th century – the old St Pancras churchyard.
The London Street Photography Festival
The occasion of the first London Street Photography Festival has acted as a bit of a catalyst to complete a…
The impossible letters
The impossible letters – how can read the letters of the alphabet in everyday objects, in buildings, on the street? This was the project challenge for a group of photographers who participated in a workshop organised as part of the inaugural London Street Photography Festival. After reviewing the work of the two course conveners – David Gibson and Jesse Marlow (also the winner of the festival’s international award), both members of iN-PUBLIC – and a selection of other street photographers, it was time to wander the streets around Spitalfields and Shoreditch. This is my contribution to the task – followed by some loitering at the Ten Bells afterwards…