Punk Pigeons // London Street Photography

This photo was shot on the Embankment in London. In fact a lady was standing there and they were her pets. She’d given them a makeover. Apparently, she assured me, the paint isn’t toxic or harmful to them.

It certainly must affect their popularity among other pigeons, what do you think? In a good way or a bad way?

This is London right? This is why I shoot London and Londoners and… pigeons I guess. You just never know what’s around the corner, just be always ready to capture it.

I hope this photo will have made you smile, if not, don’t take it out on me… I simply document.

I actually exhibited this shot among a dozen others a couple of years ago.

I’d been hired by ASUS to shoot a whole set of London street photography using their latest phone and the photos were to be exhibited at the W Hotel in Barcelona during the big mobile show they have there every year.

To begin with I nearly forgot the prints at the security check in Gatwick and came back running like a maniac who’d forgotten his child.

Not the best start right?

Then during the exhibition I had to do a talk to a majority of Chinese guests who for the most didn’t speak English.

Oh the fun memories. But overall it was a great success and my first solo exhibition abroad.

There’s plenty more where this came from so why not visit my dedicated gallery featuring a decade of London street photography?

Follow the link in my bio.

Until next time.

Nico