28 March 2010

BFI Southbank - 60s Diva DJs


BFI Southbank - 60s Diva DJs
Originally uploaded by D1v1d
The Riverfront Bar at BFI Southbank came alive last night during the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Diva DJs dancing to 'Stoned Love' by Diana Ross

25 March 2010

Dangerous Roundabout


Dangerous Roundabout
Originally uploaded by D1v1d
Southbound traffic on Southgate Rd oftens fails to give way to cyclists travelling east or west on Northchurch Rd. The gray car in the foreground is encroaching on the cyclist who is already in the roundabout despite clear road markings and give way signs on all approaches. There was a serious accident at this roundabout on the evening of 24/3/10 - a police car hit a cyclist who is in serious condition.

www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23818847-cyclist-...

18 March 2010

Paul Day - Frieze under 'Meeting Place' - Soldiers returning from war

This photo depicts one of the panels on the frieze at the base of the 'Meeting Place', Paul Day's large bronze statue of a kissing couple in St Pancras International Station. The panels stand in stark juxtaposition to the embrace above, creating a kind of historical tension between the dark days of war, the 7/7 bombings, the sense of dark industrial isolation and the embrace in modern clothes above. I'm not quite sure what to make of the large sculpture (heterosexist) but the panels beneath drew me in with a very different view of the work as a whole.