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Street Photography

Street photography, as I understand it, is more about an approach than having to be strictly shot in the streets. It's a wonderful combination of hard work, sensitivity, awareness, alertness and plain old good luck.

#87862 Large statue breathing fire at "Showtime", part of the London 2012 Festival of Arts to celebrate the London Olympics....

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#87829 Rufio Summers, singer, performing at "Showtime" (organised by Lyrix Organix), part of the London Festival of Arts to ...

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#87588 Police motorcyclists preceeded the racers and had fun with the crowds. Olympics 2012. Women's cycle road race passe...

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#87550 Demonstration of biking skills, Party in the Park, Woking, Surrey, 2012.

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#87423, Clown on stilts, Party in the Park, Woking, Surrey, 2012.

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#061293 American section of a multi-cultural charity Fashion Show put on by students reflecting the wide cultural diversity ...

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#83510 Glass office block near some very old brick houses in South East London.

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#81253 Young visitor in the Pompidou Centre, Paris, 2004.

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#78672, 'Proverbial Sheep' by James Marsh on the side of a newsagent shop in New Romney, Kent. These and many other murals ...

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#78665 Falling blossoms cover the garden

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#78605 Ros Davies dancing with "Nellie" while other members of The York Street Band play, York, March 1979. Sarha Moore and...

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#77126, The 'Nutters' Dance', Bacup, Lancashire, 1973. On Easter Saturday every year the 'Coconut Dancers' gather at one b...

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#75998 Elegant bridge in a storm, Wester Hailes, Scotland, 1979. John Walmsley was Photographer in Residence at the Educati...

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#75933 Derelict telephone box, Wester Hailes, Scotland, 1979. John Walmsley was Photographer in Residence at the Education ...

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#75841 Balancing on his "Grifter" bike to get a better view, Education Centre, Festival & Gala Day, Wester Hailes, Scotland,...

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#75821 Little lad joining in with the military band, Festival & Gala Day at the Education Centre, Wester Hailes, Scotland, 1...

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#75769 Leaping from a rock. One of the kids from Wester Hailes on a visit with Youth Workers to the beach near Dunbar, East...

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#75763 Kids from Wester Hailes taken by Youth Workers on a visit to Tantallon Castle North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland, ...

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#74560, Two young kids amazed at a Boston Terrior, Summerhill School 90th Anniversary celebrations, 2011.

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#73958, Rainbow cloud above southern England. The rainbow is seen when light reflects off tiny ice crystals inside the body...

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#73734, "Scallop", a sculpture to celebrate Benjamin Britten by Maggi Hambling. Made specifically for this site on the Suff...

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#72732 Lighting smokey bonfires in the grounds, Summerhill school, Leiston, Suffolk, UK. 1968.

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#72018 The Town Crier gives his details to a photographer from the local paper, annual carnival to raise money for charity, ...

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#72002 Clouds above southern England on a windy day.

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#71999 Cirrus clouds above southern England on a windy day.

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#71830 Trainers slung up over a telephone wire.

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#71408 Farmer with his working dog, Dunquin (in Gaelic, Dún Chaoin, meaning "Caon's stronghold"), on the tip of the Dingle P...

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#71407 Three kids and their home, Dunquin (in Irish, Dún Chaoin, meaning "Caon's stronghold"), on the tip of the Dingle Pen...

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#70875 The first verse from the poem, 'The Listeners', by Walter De la Mare on a Premier Inn, Guildford, Surrey.

#70863 "The Surrey Scholar". Sculpture by Allan Sly FRBS (www.allansly.co.uk) in the High Street, Guildford, Surrey. Prese...

#70436 Vanessa Redgrave & Tariq Ali with the letter to the American Ambassador, anti-Vietnam War demonstration from Trafalga...

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#70427 A young Richard Branson at the anti-Vietnam war demonstration march from Trafalgar Sq to Grosvenor Sq Sunday 17th Mar...

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#5619, Colliery spoil tip above a Welsh village.

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#4825 Gyumri, Armenia, Taking kids' photos, town Square, Leninakan s(now Gyumri), Armenia, 1990.

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#4619, Street renamed and shown in Armenian and English close to The Lord Byron School, Leninakan (now Gyumri), Armenia. At...

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#125644, People with baggage viewing artworks at the 'Falling Walls' exhibition, part of the 'Berliner Zeitgeist' project at...

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#125619. Brexit: 'People's Vote' march, London, 19th October, 2019.

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#125155 Three-wheeler car with a fibreglass body caught fire while the owner was working on it, Tooting Bec, London. 1972.

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#125047 'Free Angela Davis' grafitti in England. 1971. Angela Davis was a political activist and academic who was arrested...

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#124926 Hair, hair, everywhere during the 'Summer Eights', a week of rowing races for the Oxford University Colleges on the ...

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#124826 Trainers which have been lobbed up into a tree, Godalming, Surrey.

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#124660 An effigy of the British Prime Minister, Theresa May MP, created by Brexiteers (in favour of Brexit) who demonstrate...

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#124596, Anti-Brexit march to Parliament Square, London, 23rd March 2019. A million people of all ages marched demanding a ...

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#124541, 'Bollocks to Brexit' banner at the Pimlico Plumbers building seen by millions as their trains approach Waterloo sta...

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#124540, Caricature of Theresa May, Prime Minister, at the anti-Brexit march to Parliament Square, London, 23rd March 2019. ...

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#124273 Wedding, Rye Town Hall, East Sussex, UK, 2018

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#122524, Bicycle stands, designed by EMBT/RMJM to be an integral part of the landscape at the Scottish Parliament building (...

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#122212 Departure board at Woking station in the week before Christmas. Southwest Trains renamed several stations with Chr...

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#12171, Steelworks, Ebbw Vale, Wales, 1971

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#121692 Busker as 'Yoda' on the Southbank of the Thames, London, 2016.

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#121376 Tourists imitating, 'Sir John Betjeman' statue by Martin Jennings at St Pancras International railway station, Londo...

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120886 Selfie with the Airbus A380, Farnborough Air Show, 2016.

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#120873 Explosion, part of the Apache helicopter display at the Farnborough Air Show, 2016.

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Downpour immediately before the Warefest Music Festival began, 2016.

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#120147, Winter footballers, Stoke Park, Guildford, Surrey, 1967

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#120067, One of the Sisters harvesting the grass for silage on the farm at Ladywell Convent, Godalming, the Motherhouse of an...

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#120001 Flooding at the bottom of the High Street, Guildford, Surrey, 1968.

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#119856 Tourists photographing the very crooked Lombard Street, San Francisco.

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#119467, The Army Rugby Premiership Cup Final 2016 which was won by 17 Port and Maritime Regiment Royal Logistic Corps who ...

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#115565 Couple of young girls posing for the camera, Dublin, Ireland.

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#115562 Platform erected on the side of church bell tower for renovation work, Dublin, 2014.

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#115383 Isle of Wight ferries pass each other. 2015.

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#115359, ... and early on Christmas Day, the animals came out to play, Newlands Corner, Guildford, Surrey, 2014.

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#115270 Southbank, London

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#114804 Twins celebrating on one's Graduation Day.

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#114688, "A Real Birmingham Family", bronze sculpture by Rachel Wearing, outside the new Birmingham Library.

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#071432 Fast car (an Austin Princess) on the Embankment, London, 1968.

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#62070 Old and new engineering. The London Eye on the Southbank of the River Thames in London seen from Waterloo station at...

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#61936 Sailing boat urgently heading for port to avoid the gathering cumulus storm clouds at sea.

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#61320 Three charity shops and a discount store all in a row. These shops usually spring up when a neighbourhood's income d...

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#059842 Portrait of two English as a Foreign Language students having fun, Sussex Downs FE College.

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#57727, Melina Mercouri leading a demonstration in London against the Greek Colonels. 1969.

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#057721 A tour guide and her group visiting St Paul's Cathedral. It was the days of mini-skirts but showing this much bare...

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#56472, Enterprising busker inside a litter bin, Cambridge city centre, UK, 2009.

#56471 Tourists taking photos of themselves at Trinity College, Cambridge.

#051228, Scale models behave exactly like full sized ships. One man is "Captain" and gives orders to the other who controls...

#50465 Sadie Lee talking to a student about the portrait of Zoe Wendle by Jason Brooks. State Secondary school visit to the ...

#29179 Trying out the flight simulator on the Royal Navy stand, Surrey Skills Festival, Sandown Park

#027686, Outside wall featuring impressions of wood at the new Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood, Edinburgh. Designe...

#27336 Really bright billboard for 'The Economist' at a small local rail station in Surrey

#26159 Students taking photos and a homeless man begging outside the Tate Modern, London.

#25923, Dancing The Tango in Guildford High Street to promote a new dance class in the town.

#25905 Spoof directions sign made by local people.

#24788 Very proud father, Graduation Celebrations for Roehampton, University of Surrey, at Guildford Cathedral.

#024298 Tourists on a windy Wesminster Bridge, London.

#024294 Live models used to promote Pretty Polly lingerie at Debenhams, Oxford St,

#012505, Bryntaf Cemetery, Aberfan, Glamorgan, South Wales, 1975. The Aberfan disaster happened on 21st October 1966 when a...