A walk through the city

On the day I attended an exhibition at the Design Museum which inspired my collection of images of Paolozzi's 'Head of Invention' I took the train into the city (London). The images below are my record of the walk from the train station through the south side of the Thames River Bank and up towards the Design Museum, a breathtaking walk with a beautiful bridge at Tower Hill and an array of tourists and Londoners alike navigating through the city...enjoy!

Tower Bridge

This is a collection of images of the famous Tower Bridge, London, England.

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge over the River Thames.

 It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name.

I created this aged image of the bridge to give a feel for its age.

Week Day Photo Challenge Submission 2 by Ethos Photographic

This week we are entering the Week Day Photo Challenge with the following submission(s):

Creative Colours: Violet

My 'violet' submission is in support of the Surrey UK Probation Service Project that provided a subway for youth offenders to create graffiti art. This one in particular is my favourite.
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Macro: Flower

A floral centre piece at a wedding reception table
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Urban: Intersection

An intersection in Windsor, England, with a backdrop of Windsor Castle
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Creative Editing: Changing the background to a colourful background

This is a picture of my friend Belle that I took when we were out for dinner a couple of weeks ago. I added the deep red background, streaming light from the top left hand corner, changed her skin tone, added a pencil drawn reflection and deepened the colour of her hair.

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Paolozzi's 'Head of Invention'

Paolozzi's sculpture Head of Invention is installed in front of the Design Museum on the Thames at Butler's Wharf, London (1989)

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, KBE, FRA (7 March 1924 – 22 April 2005), was a Scottish sculptor and artist. 

I personally think that Paolozzi was a genius and a little crazy too which is about right being an artist! His work is certainly inspirational and I was captivated when I saw this sculpture outside the Design Museum in London that I had to not only capture it but put my mark on it. The images you will see here are of the Head of Invention with an artistic twist from E:thos Photographic, I hope you will enjoy them.

'Paolozzi was a major figure in the international art world working without compromise on his own interpretation and vision of the world around us. 

Paolozzi investigated how we can fit into the modern world to resemble our fragmented civilization through imagination and fantasy. By the dramatic juxtaposition of ideas in his work, he let us see the confusion as well as the inspiration'.