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As I see them, just I think that could be Sahara desert instead. Fantastic shots

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Rather futuristic.

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The bare futurism, except for Lucy walking up to the sky with yellow diamonds 🔸

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Thank you both.

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Does she look at the flowers that grow so INCREDIBLY HIGH ? I'm being hit by a tsunami of nostalgia.

Is this the REAL LIFE, OR IS THIS FANTASY Caught in a landslide..... Oops, wrong song, wrong group..... are you ready ? Are you ready for this ? Are you standin' on the edge of your seat ? Oops, my bad......

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Or is it the yellow submarine?

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All we hear is Radio Gaga !

Sorry, but I watched Bohemian Rhapsody for the 750th time yesterday..... Bismillah !

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Just they were short in paint

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Love the Southbank - Lasdun’s NT always a favourite - great pics and as you say even more wonderful for the unusual absence of humans!

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It looks like a movie set, almost Soviet - Era.

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I think the NT is one of the most beautiful buildings on the world.

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The Southbank was always one of my favourite spots in London for many reasons. I always feel at home there, and these buildings are a big part of that.

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It's so jarring to see these peopleless buildings. Lovely piece, thank you.

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Thank you Tom. Glad it resonated.

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Lovely work Andrew, I really enjoyed reading and your images.

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I love this place too and many years ago served as a regular meeting place for myself and a bunch of photographers from there we’d start one of many London photowalk explorations. Brutalist architecture is often misunderstood isn’t it.

I love your photos and the light. The fact there are no people there makes it look like a scale model.

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Thank you very much Nick. What a great place to start your photo walk explorations. I’m in London next week and have booked to see the Mike Nelson exhibition at the Hayward. My camera batteries will be full charged!

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Fantastic series, Andrew - yes, even the Barbican that, as you know, I have slogged through after many a mile on occasion. You also know of my history with, and love of, the Southbank—a very different place today than fifty years ago. Then, my daily commute took me through those buildings; later, I saw my son graduate within one of them, and even later fell upon Ab Solomons, Wot? No Fish!! That extraordinary story about love and art, history and fish balls. And, of course, there’s the distinctive street food market hiding behind the Festival Hall. I could say I matured amongst that architecture and its brutalism that's softened in my memory as the years pass...

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Thank you Harry. Although I haven’t the faintest idea what wot no fish is about!!?

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To quote the critique of the time... “In 1926 shoemaker Ab Solomons drew a doodle on the wage-packet he gave to his wife Celie. Throughout their marriage, right up until 1982, Ab developed his art, drawing a wage-packet picture every week for Celie. These pictures chronicle Ab and Celie’s family life, through ups and downs, with great wit and warmth and with a blistering honesty.”

I saw a selection of those wage-packets at the Southbank before then discovering Danny Braverman’s solo show that tells the both humorous yet moving story of how he discovered the lost art of his Great-uncle. Where did I see that - yes, the Southbank...

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Marvellous story!

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I didn't actually know the staircase had gone yellow! Lovely pics, project, buildings...

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The yellow is a happy touch!

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Brutalism at its best

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It is. The Daily Mail got it wrong (again).

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Thank you very much George. Enjoy your Saturday!

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