Homage to Andre Kertesz

These pictures were an exercise of putting myself in Andre Kertesz' shoes, trying to see the world the way he saw it and recreate Paris 30s charm in modern London.

Kertesz, the Hungarian-born photographer was one of the pioneers of photo journalism, he is well recognised for the contribution he brought to modern photography and he has been an inspiration for whole generations of photographers, including Henri Cartier Bresson.

Kertesz was one of the first to capture the "decisive moment", that fraction of a second when everything aligns to create the perfect composition. He was trying to discover the poetry of every day life, creating beautiful images out of banal objects. 

You can check some of his wonderful work here:

http://www.photographersgallery.com/by_artist.asp?id=200

Hidden Courtyard in Covent Garden

St James Park Reflections

Lost Cloud

Covent Garden

Hidden Alley

Painting with light

White Greenwich

Snow always brings a frenzy in London, from transport disruption to cancelled flights and closed schools.

In Greenwich however there was a different type of frenzy. From colourful sledges to yoga mats, plastic bags, inflatable mattresses and even snowboards, everybody brought whatever they could get their hands on just to sledge on the tiny hilltop, next to the Observatory.

And it was lots of fun...

Columbia Road Shop Windows

Christmas at Columbia Road Flower Market

Columbia road flower market is a visual pleasure for photographers, full with colourful plants, herbs, bulbs, while the air is filled with the chant of the flower sellers "everything's a fiver".

This time the market was even more in a festive mood, with piles of christmas trees inundating the surrounding streets, street musicians warming up the atmosphere and beautiful sunshine.

Urban Photography: "If Walls Could Talk" Workshop

I've recently participated in an urban photography workshop around Shoreditch organised by the DVJ group of the Royal Photographic Society and photographer Ida Pap.

So what exactly is urban photography and how is it different from street photography? 

Instead of documenting the street life and trying to snap interesting images of people and their interactions, urban photographers concentrate on their surroundings. The scene becomes the main subject, while the once in a while occurring people are only there to emphasise it. 

This approach gives a great amount of freedom to the photographer, who becomes free to roam around the streets anonymously and create something new from very mundane subjects like scraped walls,  puddles, discarded cartons, etc

Here are a few of the snapshots taken on the day

Red Umbrella

Take me for a ride

Butterfly Graffiti

Brick Lane Reflections

Asymmetry

Painted sky

If I can bicycle, I bicycle

Child Play

I'm lost without you..

Autumn colours