Elephant and Castle in London is notorious with city dwellers for its rundown shopping centre and existence as a major road artery just south of the River Thames.
Beneath the busy traffic system lies a network of subways, allowing pedestrians to safely negotiate their way from one side of Elephant to another.
It’s adorned with cheerful, vibrant murals – official art unlike the Leake Street graffiti tunnel – but is a confusing maze to negotiate. I spent my first week in London staying locally, and often went round in circles. At night-time, it can feel a little intimidating.
For this shoot I wanted to get lost to cover every corner of the system and pass as many fellow pedestrians as possible. On my way out, I followed the signs to the Tube station – now that seemed like the longest walk…
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Wow! Gerät serie, great Fotos, great shapes, pattern, perspectives! Great blog!
Thank you very much, Daniel – much appreciated. I enjoy the look and feel of your blog too.
Love the sign itself as well as the ceramic tiles – it’s the way you capture colour on colour details p.s. my purchase of Bournemouth beach huts arrived today :)
Thank you Laura! Oh, that’s great to know – I hope you’re pleased with it – that’s certainly a very vibrant frame!
Really love the atmosphere of these shots. They brought back the feeling I always get in subway tunnels (and they sure can be hopelessly confusing).
Thank you very much! It wasn’t as intimidating as the graffiti tunnel from today’s earlier post. And smelt nicer too!
It does look a little intimidating to someone used to the usual mall layouts. How “pungent” was that subway? :?
Hahahaha! It was pretty whiff-free, actually. The original idea of the pungent subway was to fill the subway with beautiful fragrances. I’m not sure how successful they were…
It’s the thought that counts :)
They did try, bless them!
Lovely use of light in some of these shots Mike – particularly like images 1 to 4 in the gallery
Thank you Mark. It’s lovely how the subways suck the light in. My favourite on that score is the second shot.