London Photos: London life in images by Kim Gilmour

“Self-portrait with 3D glasses” or “Doing silly things that I won’t do as a rule in Photoshop”.

Happy New Year to everyone. My resolution is to post more photos as I didn’t put many on last year! Plus I haven’t actually been in London much in the past month. As I said, I really need snow to kick it all off

A big event today: London has won the 2012 Olympic bid. Everyone thought Paris had won, as it was the favourite, and everyone here is quite cynical towards the whole concept of ‘winning’ anything. These photos aren’t great (there is such a thing as a good vantage point), but here you are… viva London.

Worried faces in the crowd…

A few pensive faces as the announcement time nears (1246BST)…

Hooray! We’ve won!

The battle of Trafalgar… how ironic.

There’s a giant chair in and table in Hampstead Heath…

Some idiot tried to climb it…

Without success, it must be said

From afar, it looks quite cool!

Rob has got a new project; taking large format pinhole photographs over the Circle Line Underground path. He will walk over the parts where the track twists and turns far underneath his feet (so it is not actually a Circle at all!) So far he’s only walked between Moorgate and Barbican, but there has been a lot of interest (particularly from bloggers) everywhere. It’ll probably take a few months or so, providing he perseveres with it every couple of weeks or so. A project to keep your eye on!

Back of man walking into the light, Westbourne Grove, London

During a sunny summer’s day on Hampstead Heath, some elderly people sit for a chat and a read. See NYCLondon for more pinholes of HH.

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

A busy African grocery shop next to the huge selection of market stalls in Dalston. Walk up and down the footpath on the outside of the market, behind the stalls, and you’ll find endless amounts of exotic foods, fresh fruits and vegetables, fabric shops and even a 24-hour bagel shop. It’s always very busy! The market is open Monday to Saturday and is located just outside the Dalston Kingsland Silverlink station. Many buses travel through the area; catch them from Waterloo or Angel.
Housekeeping news: I’ve renamed all the files on this site (although old links to individual entries will still work) so that they are not numerical. Hopefully this will help drive more traffic here from search engines!

Camden’s always full of activity. These girls took pleasure in yelling at everyone who walked past, and tried to bum a few cigarettes off people.

Chris goes Blaine-baiting using his camera phone