I took a series of photos in Clapham Junction a couple of days after the extraordinary riots that took place on the high street. I was looking for shattered glass, which was easy to find, and the cobweb like shapes it makes.

At that time, there were international film crews shooting reporters against the back drop of the burnt out party shop and there were many glass fitters at work replacing shop fronts.

By coincidence,  I am researching the look of shattering glass for a motion graphics project. This lead me to this post on The Art of the Title. It is a title sequence for John Carpenter’s The Ward. The glass is CGI.

The view through a window cut in a fence on the edge of a building site near Fenchurch street. Digging foundations and moving earth is like revealing the innards of the city. This together with the fascinating activity of making a building.

A view of the royal wedding from the side of the mall, through a cardboard periscope, an iphone and the Hipstermatic app. A swift glimpse of the main events is probably what most of the crowd bound spectators saw. It reminded me of being on safari. Cameras are at the ready, jostling for the best chance of a shot, anticipation and luck are involved, and the moving subject is hard to spot in the melee of the surroundings.

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