12th July 2024: The South Bank

For the RPS Artist Development workshop that I am taking with Simon Ellingsworth I needed to try new techniques for my images for the next workshop. A visit to the South Bank was clearly called for! After I had paid my by now traditional visit to the Leake Street tunnel I crossed York Street to the South Bank.

The tunnel had been very busy with tourist parties. Rather than head back into the station I crossed York Street and headed towards the London Eye.

The queues for the London Eye were much shorter than I had expected.

I turned at the Eye and walked towards Waterloo Bridge.

The tide was out and I joined the beachcombers walking along the beach.

I did miss the open steps back up and climbed up a set of stairs with a locked gate. A bit too energetic hopping over the wall!

The large puddle under the bridge was still there and provided opportunities for reflections, lots of them.

The mural and busker were the background for the reflections.

Pizza and a beer for lunch at the Riverside Cafe outside Tate Modern.

I walked over the bridge and here are the chewing gum art I found there.

A photo shoot was taking place on the north side of the bridge.

I tried to repeat my image of a few years ago sitting on the bridge floor and shooting as tourists past by.

I tried one more time to mimic Penman’s NYC images through the Governor’s Island terminal of the Statue of Liberty.

Looking down at the sand art.

An art installation on some steps.

From earlier visits I knew where to go for silhouettes in a tunnel. But I had to wait a long time for anyone to pass through though!

I had just one more image to find, looking down on the concourse I watched the crowds.

Further along the mezzanine was this sculpture. “The Sunbathers” is a sculpture by Hungarian artist Peter Laszlo Peri, made for the Festival of Britain in 1951. The sculpture is on loan at the station and is only a few hundred yards away from where it had been originally shown in 1951.