BRICE ESCARGUEL
Tower Bridge against the light, a double-decker bus in silhouette, black and white
← PhotographyLondon, United Kingdom · 17 photographs

Crossing London

Several visits, 2023–2024.

In London you walk in any weather. Wet cobbles throw back the light. A red bus crosses the bridge in silhouette. Kegs are stacked by a fire exit. At night, a man crouches to paint a wall. Almost everything is in black and white: the stone, the rain, people seen from behind. Then the red of a façade breaks the frame. I'm not looking for the monument. I'm looking for the moment someone walks past it.

Place
London, United Kingdom
Light
Rain, wet cobbles, night light.
Camera
Fujifilm X-H2 · 27mm f/1.2, 75mm f/1.2, XF 8-16mm f/2.8, XF 16-55mm f/2.8 — and a phone
Credits
Photographs and text: Brice Escarguel
Wet cobbles reflecting the light, people walking toward Tower Bridge, black and whiteCanary Wharf towers behind iron railings, a passer-by along the Thames, black and white
Greenwich foot tunnel, riveted cast-iron rings running into the distance, black and white
Metal beer kegs stacked by a "No Parking / Fire Escape" door, black and white
A bench and lamppost by the river at night
Colourful scooters stopped at the lights
A lit half-moon window in a stone wall