Category: London Landmarks

Pictures of iconic London landmarks, buildings.

Tower Bridge The Night After The Jubilee River Pageant Flotilla

What: Tower Bridge The Night After The Jubilee River Pageant Flotilla

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When: June 4th, 2012

Where: Tower Bridge, London

Story: This Tower Bridge video was created by my friend Nick Smith to test his new Canon 5D Mark II. Not being a camera person I have no idea what that means, but what I can tell you is that this is an amazing video just for a ‘test’. Given that he is a professional cameraman this shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise, but I’m still blown away with many of the shots he gets. You can find out more about Nick’s work from his website: Newsworthy Vision.

A Cameraman’s View Of 10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street, City Of Westminster, London, SW1

What: A Cameraman’s View Of 10 Downing Street

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When: May, 22nd, 2012

Where: 10 Downing Street, City Of Westminster, London, SW1

Story: This cameraman’s view of 10 Downing Dtreet was taken by my friend Nick Smith, who works as a freelance cameraman for various news networks, including CNN. In my opinion, it’s an interesting new look at one of London’s most iconic Landmark’s that almost no one these days gets to see up close. You can see more of Nick’s stuff on his website Newsworthy Vision.

London Student Protest – Vision Of A Post-Apocalyptic London

London Student Protest

What: London Student Protest – Vision Of A Post-Apocalyptic London

Where: City of Westminster, London, SW1A

Why: I should start off by saying that this is not my own work. I found it on Reddit from user WholeWideWorld. I just thought it was really neat looking and got his permission to share it here.

This is a photo from one of the London student protests that happened last year. I love the post-apocalyptic look of the photo, especially because it was taken in front of the Clock Tower (Big Ben), arguably the most photographed building on earth. As other users on Reddit have pointed out, it looks like something from the video game Half-life or the film Children of Men.

Beyond that, I also think the picture does a really good job of capturing the surrealness of the protests. To me the police don’t even look entirely real. But what do you think? Leave your comments below:

Iconic London Landmarks As Presented By Randomly London

Big Ben, London

I’ve decided that one of the regular features of this blog will be to look at iconic London landmarks in a variety of different ways. There are dozens of famous sites that tourists flock to each year. Very broadly speaking, most people take relatively similar pictures of a given building, attraction, monument, etc.

I honestly don’t think this is a bad thing, but I do find it interesting. For me, the interesting thing is when someone can take a famous landmark and present it in a way I’ve never seen before. This can be as simple as taking a photo from a new angle to as complex as finding out what a site used to look like; either from historic photos, videos or paintings. For most major London landmarks there are potentially dozens if not hundreds of ways they could be presented.

To that end, I will pick a given London landmark and then over several days present it in a variety of different ways. Most photos and other work will not be my own, but I will always attempt to add my own (generally inferior) work to any series. It is very easy for anyone who has lived in London, for any period of time, to forget how wonderful and amazing this city can be.

My ultimate goal is nothing more than to show London’s famous landmarks in a new light. It’s not going to suddenly make any of us love the flocks of tourists these sites attract, but I hope it will at least make you stop and pause when you pass one. Life in London can often be a pain, but there are some real privileges to living here. I for one would not choose to live anywhere else.

First In The Series

The first landmark in the series will be the Battersea Power Station. While by no means the most iconic or famous landmark in London, it remains popular with photographers in particular. It’s redevelopment has a long history of failures, and at the moment doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere fast.

Still it’s hard to image that such prime real estate in central London won’t eventually get developed. But until that happens, you can be sure people will keep snapping photos of the site.

You can view all photos from this series from the London Landmarks category page.