Whale Tails & Muffin tops

Like any major city and tourist attraction, London has it's fair share of photographers. From the school group at the museum to the agency photographer waiting for the models hair to set, they are everywhere. Street photography is benefiting from a boom in recent years and advances in technology point to it not fading any time soon. 2 street photographers I have recently discovered that deserve mentioning are both based in this fair city and have very distinctive styles from each other.

Nick Turpin's mind is racing as he releases the shutter, you can see it in every shot...what does this mean?..what am I trying to project about myself?..how can I blend in? He is looking for answers in the unsaid actions and appearances of strangers. His images where he is more concealed as a photographer are strong and have more success in this quest. Where as the images in which he uses a light to "interogate" the subject, although beautifully captured, miss the target and instead of honesty and truth we receive show off posers. This image taken at Oxford Circus is perfect, hitting the bulls eye in more ways than one.
Nick Turpin

Matt Stuart's style is very different, but equally entertaining and alluring. Here we don't care about the hidden message, instead the photographer's eye is finely tuned to the quirky images we obliviously construct with our surroundings. Patience and the ability to read the potential of an environment are rewarded with images of hilarity in cosmic symmetry. Slick and bright...a marketing genius should be so lucky.
Matt Stuart