London Photos: London life in images by Kim Gilmour

Women at a hat stall, Notting Hill markets.

Another SX-70 Polaroid Manipulation (no Photoshop). I didn’t get around to manipulating this until several hours after I took the photo, so it could have turned out a little better- the emulsion tends to harden very quickly. Ideally, you should do it within 15-30 minutes maximum after the photo develops.

An older Polaroid manipulation I hadn’t gotten around to uploading! Taken on the beach near Port Vell, Barcelona. December 2003.

Parisian morning, July 2004

It may look like a typical suburban backyard barbeque, but it’s in London, and the sausages are vegan (no animal matter of any sort) and made in South Africa (Fry’s brand).

Notting Hill markets

Had been a while since I’d been to Notting Hill. As usual, the place was heaving with tourists here and there – definitely a place to hold onto your bag. Stopped and had a nice quick lunch at Mike’s cafe, then had a look at some of the speciality bookshops across the road.

Renowned Magnum and Life photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson has died aged almost 96, it was reported today. Cartier-Bresson is best known for his “decisive moment” photography. His many insightful images have inspired several generations of photographers today.

Links: The retrospective we saw at the CaixaForum in Barcelona last December
Some decisive moments and other galleries

In the garden

A dog and its owner talk to someone operating a smoothie stand at Broadway Market, East London, which is a new market in Hackney we just stumbled across while walking along the Regent’s Canal – there was a part of it we couldn’t walk along because there was some building going on, so we exited by the gate and ended up seeing some interesting activity!