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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....
87862_Showtimw_Festival_of_Arts
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#87829  Rufio Summers, singer, performing at "Showtime" (organised by Lyrix Organix), part of the London Festival of Arts to ...
87829_Rufio_Summers_singer_Lyrix_Organix_Blackheath_2012
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#87588  Police motorcyclists preceeded the racers and had fun with the crowds.  Olympics 2012.  Women's cycle road race passe...
87588_Police_motorcyclist_entertains_the_crowd
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#87550  Demonstration of biking skills, Party in the Park, Woking, Surrey, 2012.
87550_Biking_skills
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#87423,  Clown on stilts, Party in the Park, Woking, Surrey, 2012.
87423_Clown_on_stilts
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#061293  American section of a multi-cultural charity Fashion Show put on by students reflecting the wide cultural diversity ...
061293_Student_Fashion_show
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#83510  Glass office block near some very old brick houses in South East London.
83510_Housing_and_office_building
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#81253  Young visitor in the Pompidou Centre, Paris, 2004.
81253_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 ...
78672_Proverbial_Sheep_by_James_Marsh_New_Romney_Kent_2011
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#78665  Falling blossoms cover the garden
78665_Falling_blossoms
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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...
78605_York_Street_Band_York_1979
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#77126,  The 'Nutters' Dance', Bacup, Lancashire,  1973.  On Easter Saturday every year the 'Coconut Dancers' gather at one b...
77126_Coconut_Dancers_of_Bacup
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#75998  Elegant bridge in a storm, Wester Hailes, Scotland, 1979.  John Walmsley was Photographer in Residence at the Educati...
75998_Storm_approaching_bridge_Wester_Hailes_Edinburgh_1979
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#75933  Derelict telephone box, Wester Hailes, Scotland, 1979.  John Walmsley was Photographer in Residence at the Education ...
75933_Dog_and_derelict_phone_box_Wester_Hailes_Edinburgh_1979
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#75841  Balancing on his "Grifter" bike to get a better view, Education Centre, Festival & Gala Day, Wester Hailes, Scotland,...
75841_Grifter_bike-balancing_Gala_day_Wester_Hailes_Edinburgh_1979
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#75821  Little lad joining in with the military band, Festival & Gala Day at the Education Centre, Wester Hailes, Scotland, 1...
75821_Boy_Bandsman_Gala_day_Wester_Hailes_Edinburgh_1979
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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...
75769_Leaping_Boy_Seacliff_beach_Dunbar_Scotland_1979
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#75763  Kids from Wester Hailes taken by Youth Workers on a visit to Tantallon Castle North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland, ...
75763_Wester_Hailes_kids_trip_to_Tantallon_Castle_North_Berwick_1979
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#74560,  Two young kids amazed at a Boston Terrior, Summerhill School 90th Anniversary celebrations, 2011.
74560_Boston_terrier_with_kids_Summerhill_90th_anniversary_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...
73958_Rainbow_cloud
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#73734,  "Scallop", a sculpture to celebrate Benjamin Britten by Maggi Hambling.  Made specifically for this site on the Suff...
73734_Scallop_by_Maggi_Hambling_Aldeburgh_Suffolk
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#72732  Lighting smokey bonfires in the grounds, Summerhill school, Leiston, Suffolk, UK. 1968.
72732_Kids_and_bonfires._Summerhill_School_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, ...
72018_Town_Cryer_on_mobility_scooter
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#72002  Clouds above southern England on a windy day.
72002_Cloud
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#71999  Cirrus clouds above southern England on a windy day.
71999_Cirrus_clouds
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#71830  Trainers slung up over a telephone wire.
71830_Trainers_hanging_on_a_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...
71408_Farmer_and_his_dog_Dunquin_Co_Kerry_Ireland_1967
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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...
71407_Three_kids_Dunquin_Co_Kerry_Ireland
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#70875  The first verse from the poem, 'The Listeners', by Walter De la Mare on a Premier Inn, Guildford, Surrey.
70875_The_Listeners_Premier_Inn_Guildford
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#70863  "The Surrey Scholar".  Sculpture by Allan Sly FRBS (www.allansly.co.uk) in the High Street, Guildford, Surrey.  Prese...
70863_The_Surrey_Scholar_Guildford
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#70436  Vanessa Redgrave & Tariq Ali with the letter to the American Ambassador, anti-Vietnam War demonstration from Trafalga...
70436_Vanessa_Redgrave
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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...
70427_Richard_Branson_anti-Vietnam_war_demo_1968
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#5619,  Colliery spoil tip above a Welsh village.
5619_Colliery_spoil_tip_Wales_1971
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#4825  Gyumri, Armenia,  Taking kids' photos, town Square, Leninakan s(now Gyumri), Armenia, 1990.
4825_Street_photographer_Leninakan_Armenia
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#4619,  Street renamed and shown in Armenian and English close to The Lord Byron School, Leninakan (now Gyumri), Armenia.  At...
4619_Margaret_Thatcher_Street_Leninakan_Armenia
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#125644,  People with baggage viewing artworks at the 'Falling Walls' exhibition, part of the 'Berliner Zeitgeist' project at...
125644_Baggage_at_an_exhibition
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#125619.  Brexit: 'People's Vote' march, London, 19th October, 2019.
125619._Brexit_People_s_Vote_Trafalgar_Sq_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.
125155_Car_fire_in_the_street
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#125047  'Free Angela Davis' grafitti in England.  1971.  Angela Davis was a political activist and academic who was arrested...
125047_Free_Angela_Davis_grafitti
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#124926  Hair, hair, everywhere during the 'Summer Eights', a week of rowing races for the Oxford University Colleges on the ...
124926_Girls_hair_Summer_Eights_week_Oxford_2019
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#124826  Trainers which have been lobbed up into a tree, Godalming, Surrey.
124826_Trainers_in_a_tree_Godalming_Surrey_2019
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#124660  An effigy of the British Prime Minister, Theresa May MP, created by Brexiteers (in favour of Brexit) who demonstrate...
124660_Effigy_of_Theresa_May_pro-Brexit_rally
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#124596,  Anti-Brexit march to Parliament Square, London, 23rd March 2019.  A million people of all ages marched demanding a ...
124596_Anti-Brexit_march_London_2019
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#124541,  'Bollocks to Brexit' banner at the Pimlico Plumbers building seen by millions as their trains approach Waterloo sta...
124541_Bollocks_to_Brexit_banner
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#124540,  Caricature of Theresa May, Prime Minister, at the anti-Brexit march to Parliament Square, London, 23rd March 2019. ...
124540_Caricature_of_Theresa_May_Anti-Brexit_march_London
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#124273  Wedding, Rye Town Hall, East Sussex, UK, 2018
124273_Wedding_Rye_Town_Hall_Kent
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#122524,  Bicycle stands, designed by EMBT/RMJM to be an integral part of the landscape at the Scottish Parliament building (...
122524_Cycle_racks_Scottish_Parliament_Edinburgh
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#122212   Departure board at Woking station in the week before Christmas.  Southwest Trains renamed several stations with Chr...
122212_Destination_board_pre-Christmas
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#12171,  Steelworks, Ebbw Vale, Wales, 1971
12171_Steelworks_Ebbw_Vale_Wales_1971
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#121692  Busker as 'Yoda' on the Southbank of the Thames, London, 2016.
121692_Yoda_Southbank_London
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#121376  Tourists imitating, 'Sir John Betjeman' statue by Martin Jennings at St Pancras International railway station, Londo...
121376_Sir_John_Betjeman_statue_by_Martin_Jennings_St_Pancras_London_2016
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120886  Selfie with the Airbus A380, Farnborough Air Show, 2016.
120886_Selfie_with_the_Airbus_A380
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#120873  Explosion, part of the Apache helicopter display at the Farnborough Air Show, 2016.
120873_Apache_helicopter_explosion_Farnborough_Air_Show
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Downpour immediately before the Warefest Music Festival began,  2016.
120218_Rainstorm_before_the_Music_Festival
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#120147,  Winter footballers, Stoke Park, Guildford, Surrey, 1967
120147_Winter_footballers_Stoke_Park_Guildford_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...
120067_Nun_farming_silage_Ladywell_Convent_Godalming_1967
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#120001  Flooding at the bottom of the High Street,  Guildford, Surrey, 1968.
120001_Guildford_floods_1968
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#119856  Tourists photographing the very crooked Lombard Street, San Francisco.
119856_Tourists_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 ...
119467_Army_rugby_cup_final
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#115565  Couple of young girls posing for the camera, Dublin, Ireland.
115565_Girls_posing_for_the_camera
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#115562  Platform erected on the side of church bell tower for renovation work, Dublin, 2014.
115562_Precarious_scaffolding_on_church_tower_Dublin
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#115383  Isle of Wight ferries pass each other. 2015.
115383_Isle_of_Wight_ferry
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#115359,  ... and early on Christmas Day, the animals came out to play, Newlands Corner, Guildford, Surrey, 2014.
115359_..._and_the_animals_came_out_to_play
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#115270  Southbank, London
115270_Southbank_London
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#114804  Twins celebrating on one's Graduation Day.
114804_A_twin_s_Graduation_Day
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#114688,  "A Real Birmingham Family", bronze sculpture by Rachel Wearing, outside the new Birmingham Library.
114688_A_Real_Birmingham_Family_by_Rachel_Wearing_Birmingham_Library_2014
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#071432   Fast car (an Austin Princess) on the Embankment, London, 1968.
071432_Fast_car_at_night-2
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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...
062070_London_Eye_seen_from_Waterloo_Station
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#61936  Sailing boat urgently heading for port to avoid the gathering cumulus storm clouds at sea.
061936_Sailing_boat_heading_for_safety
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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...
061320_Three_charity_shops_together
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#059842  Portrait of two English as a Foreign Language students having fun, Sussex Downs FE College.
059842_English_as_a_Foreign_Language_students_Sussex_Downs_College
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#57727,  Melina Mercouri leading a demonstration in London against the Greek Colonels.  1969.
057727_Melina_Mercouri_leading_London_demo_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...
057721_Mini-skirted_Tour_Guide_St_Paul_s_Cathedral
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#56472,  Enterprising busker inside a litter bin, Cambridge city centre, UK, 2009.
056472_Litter_bin_busker_Cambridge_UK_2009
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#56471  Tourists taking photos of themselves at Trinity College, Cambridge.
056471_Tourists_at_Trinity_College_Cambridge_2009
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#051228,  Scale models behave exactly like full sized ships.  One man is "Captain" and gives orders to the other who controls...
051228_Nigerian_Ships_Pilots_training_(CPD)
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#50465  Sadie Lee talking to a student about the portrait of Zoe Wendle by Jason Brooks. State Secondary school visit to the ...
050465_National_Portrait_Gallery_London
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#29179  Trying out the flight simulator on the Royal Navy stand, Surrey Skills Festival, Sandown Park
029179_Surrey_Skills_Festival
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#027686,  Outside wall featuring impressions of wood at the new Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood, Edinburgh.  Designe...
027686_Concrete_wall_Scottish_Parliament_Edinburgh
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#27336  Really bright billboard for 'The Economist' at a small local rail station in Surrey
027336_The_Economist_billboard
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#26159  Students taking photos and a homeless man begging outside the Tate Modern, London.
026159_Homeless_beggar_Southbank_London
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#25923,  Dancing The Tango in Guildford High Street to promote a new dance class in the town.
025923_Tango_Dancers_Tunsgate_Guildford_2004
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#25905  Spoof directions sign made by local people.
025905_Spoof_directions_sign
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#24788   Very proud father, Graduation Celebrations for Roehampton, University of Surrey, at Guildford Cathedral.
024788_Proud_father_Graduation_Day
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#024298  Tourists on a windy Wesminster Bridge, London.
024298_Tourist_photographer
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#024294  Live models used to promote Pretty Polly lingerie at Debenhams, Oxford St,
024294_Pretty_Polly_live_models
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#012505,  Bryntaf Cemetery, Aberfan, Glamorgan, South Wales, 1975.  The Aberfan disaster happened on 21st October 1966 when a...
012505_Bryntaf_Cemetery_Aberfan_Sth_Wales
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