In the financial heartland of the city of London, you find a number of interesting buildings. The Lloyds building and the Swiss Re - The Gherkin - are practically side by side. I am still undecided as to whether the Lloyds building is beautiful or plain ugly. I suppose this is the genius of the design.
Christopher Wren designed the magnificent St Paul’s Cathedral which was completed on his 76th birthday in 1708. The famous dome was the third design submitted by Wren and is an example of late renaissance style architecture. If it were not for the great fire of London in 1666, Wren my not have had his chance to design one of Britain’s greatest buildings.
Interestingly, many famous people have memorials inside St. Paul’s. Henry Moore is one such artist. I took this shot of one of Moore’s pieces in a sculpture park somewhere near the M1 in about 2003. The park has a number of fascinating sculpures by Moore and others.
Received a nice comment yesterday that I thought I would share here.
Mike,
As a student of photography I must commend you on your mastery of the art. It’s not often that I find an artist whose work makes me sit back and take a second look, but your images are phenomenal, and I must say that I am jealous of your worldy travels.
I just had to say that you are an amazing artist, and I will be looking forward to purchasing some of your prints as time and money allow.
I hope you are doing well and that you are able to continue your pursuit of wonderful photography.
Thank you for giving me so many beautiful things to look at with envy.
Sincerely,
Danielle Goforth
Lloyds Building, City of London
Been away for the last few days and so not had chance to update the blog. Was in London staying with friends. Spent two days walking around various parts of the city. Feet are completely blistered. Got home and sent off four A4 prints to New York. Uploaded my London galleries to my main site:- www.picturesforwalls.com. They came out quite well I think. Particularly pleased with the Lloyds building shots. The weather was changing and this added a sense of drama to the images.
You can see the two new London galleries here :-
www.picturesforwalls.com/cgi-bin/inks.cgi
