How much of a dreamscape does a reflection in water create? Well, they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You can walk past a puddle and see nothing but dirty water filling a hole in the street, or you can take a closer look and discover a completely new world. Same with all the murky depths of London. Let’s make Buckingham Palace look like a dubstep album cover by shooting it upside down. Wikkid. Then let’s celebrate the glorious beauty of the unknown. Photograph that and bung it up on the internet for millions of people to share. Welcome to the 21st Century. Art is a GIF of a dream on Tumblr. A river of ideas washes across our screens... Which of these dreams reflects our social landscape? I don’t know, but I’m sure glad I have these opportunities. It’s a dream come true to have access to so many like minds without needing EMI or Viacom to tell me how or when I can do it.
What does looking at reality through strange prisms like puddles tell us about its nature? Well, like they say, reality is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there. And the reality of London is that life is very expensive here, and it can sometimes be very hard. So let’s look at London through a prism. Let’s imagine it’s a romantic, timeless, boundless, glorious town.Then we don’t have to think about reality at all!
Where is the line between art and reality within photography? Well, I try to create a little every day and I like photography because it encourages me to make art on a daily basis. So for me, photography actually removes that line between art and ‘reality’. And I don’t see art as an elitist activity so why shouldn’t it be part of everyday life? It’s a reality that I have to work to stay alive, but if I take a picture on my lunch break then I am no longer a slave and