• 22 June 2014

    This is the hall of the Tate Modern in London. According to the EXIF data attached to the RAW image, I shot the photo on 22 June 2014.

    It must have been towards the end of the day because the entrance is on the west side of the building and the shadows are long and the sun must be low in the sky.

    And here is this couple, frozen in time.

  • Holland Park Mews

    A friend and I passed Holland Park Mews as we were walking from the tube station, heading to Holland Park and the Kyoto Gardens.

    As you may or may not know, mews houses were originally stables for the benefit of the main house. Then they were converted into cottages and now the ones in this mews are desirable because they are in Kensington.

    As stables they were built in the second half of the 1800s, and I guess they were not all converted into dwellings at the same time.

    I wonder what the properties are like inside?

    The 67 properties are Grade II listed buildings, so the exteriors cannot be changed. But inside some of them might house 21st century modern kitchens and bathrooms.

    Who knows?

    When the wisteria blooms in the next couple of weeks, it should be an even prettier place to photograph.

  • Alfred Waterhouse, Architect

    The wonkiness of this photo is because I took it with the Pano camera setting on my phone.

    The glass and steel building at the far end of the road is University College London Hospital (UCLH).

    The red brick building is the Cruciform Building.

    It houses the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, the UCL Medical School, and a library.

    It was constructed in 1906, designed by Alfred Waterhouse, and it used to be the site of the hospital.

    Waterhouse was a real fan of Gothic Revival architecture.

    He also designed the Natural History Museum, which as you can see in the photo below, has got that same Gothic feel.

    Tamara and I have been to the Natural History Museum quite a few times.

    We went there recently to see the Life Beyond Earth exhibition, and touched a piece of the Moon – which was a pretty cool experience.

    I get a kick out of knowing that Waterhouse designed both buildings and helps me see a more connected London.

    Natural History Museum London