Normally the route I take to Tate Modern is either from London Bridge in one direction or from Waterloo bridge in the other, but always walking beside the Thames. But this time I walked along Southwark St away from the crowds and the river.
This area of London is full of contrasting new and old architecture all jostling for place.
While in London I saw an exhibition of Irving Penn's portraits for Vogue at the National Portrait Gallery. So many of the portraits have stuck in my mind. A master of black and white studio portraiture.
that's a good route to the tate. we used to live v close to southwark street and i love all the contrasting buildings around there. it's one of my favourite parts of london. thanks for jogging my memory about the irving penn as well, i've been meaning to go.
ReplyDeleteah london! i love the bankside too. i once walked along from the tate modern to the design museum. i think it was a lot longer than i thought but i enjoyed it ;)
ReplyDeleteOh so good. You have such a great eye!
ReplyDeletei wish i could just hop over to the tate modern, or the river thames ... i miss london!
ReplyDeleteThese are great pictures! I have been to London before and I visited Tate modern which was one of my favorite museums!! I love Irving Penn's art work.. very inspiring!
ReplyDeletecharlotte - lucky you to have lived in such a great area of london :)
ReplyDeletehiki - yes it's a brilliant area of london to walk around.
kim - thank you!
kristina - i often miss living in london too :)
natsumi - hello! thank you :)
yes, irving penn's photograhy is very inspiring!
wonderful images Mary, thank you so much for your nice comment the other day...
ReplyDeletei like that "paul smith" stripped underpass.
ReplyDeleteThe third photo is wonderful - the muted purple of the windows, lovely; and I like how the faintly reflected clouds and the interior lights seem to inhabit the same space.
ReplyDeleteI've went to the Irving Penn exhibition and was so inspired too...
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