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Deserted London: the empty streets of Soho, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square, June 2020

Deserted London: the empty streets of Soho, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Chinatown and Trafalgar Square, June 2020

Sat 6th June, 2020Sat 6th June, 2020 - by editor - 1 Comment

The ongoing coronavirus lockdown has reduced the once bustling centre of London into a ghost town, with almost all its shops, businesses, cafes and bars remaining closed for over two …

New York 20 Years Ago: Street scenes, Chelsea Hotel, Twin Towers, neon, snow and rain, January 2000

art / New York / news / photos / Places

New York archive photos: Street scenes, Chelsea Hotel, Twin Towers, neon, snow and rain, January 2000

Fri 24th January, 2020Tue 13th September, 2022 - by editor - 1 Comment

New York is a fascinating place to visit and photograph – here’s a selection of 60+ street images taken during January 2000 – exactly twenty years ago.

Clubs & Nightlife / festivals / music / news / photos / Places

A walk around Chinatown in Boomtown 2015 – Devil Kicks, fire eaters and snake warnings

Tue 25th August, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

“Man, you don’t stand a chance if you go down in Chinatown,” sang tight trousered troubadours Thin Lizzy back in 1980, but happily this prophecy proved untrue at Boomtown, where …

London / photos / Places

Photo report – 100 artists at the Q Park, Chinatown, London, 3-9 Feb, 2014

Tue 25th February, 2014Wed 15th July, 2020 - by editor - 2 Comments.

I loved the amazing independent art show that was put on in a Cavendish Square car park in central London in October last year, so when I heard of a …