Comments on: The Night City By W S Graham

By: Cherub

Cherub — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 21:57:44 +0000

London has a real air of mysterious beauty at night.

By: Ann V

Ann V — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 18:55:27 +0000

Beautiful!

By: paul loften

paul loften — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 14:42:05 +0000

Thank you for the poem and photos. They enhance the mystery of a London that few of us see.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:53:53 +0000

“a flea crouched in the stopped works of a watch”. Wow.
And “passing Boswell in a fog”. Whoa. On his way to visit Whistler, no less. Its almost too tempting.
If we could slip in and out of the fog, and pass shoulders with ANY one……Who, where, when,why? I can’t resist making my list. I’ve always said that if anyone provided me with a Time Machine, I would elect to ride down Fifth Avenue in an open carriage with Mark Twain.
We’d whip right past the two lions out front of the Library — and just keep going until we found a tavern. But that was a broad-daylight wish — and now you’ve set the table for a “cloaked in darkness” option. My mind is spinning.

Thank you, GA, as ever.

By: Linda Granfield

Linda Granfield — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 12:56:44 +0000

You’ve captured Magic.
Empty London streets in this day (night?) and age?
Unbelievable, but you’ve found them.

By: Lynda R

Lynda R — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 12:40:36 +0000

Wonderful post! So reminiscent of Burdekin’s work, full of amazing memories of London past.
This is a lovely extension of that – very well done 🙂

By: Adele Lester

Adele Lester — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 12:35:00 +0000

Evocative! Beautiful post.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 12:29:15 +0000

Excellent homage to Burdekin. A pity there’s no more fog or mist in London these days to give the same atmosphere as London Night but these shots capture the spirit really well.
Many of the places Burdekin photographed have gone, the latest bit to disappear is that part of Bart’s Hospital with the semi-circular window in the wall, next to St Bartholomew-the-less. It was demolished about a year ago.

In reply to John Foley, Burdekin’s original photographs were printed in photogravure, an intaglio process where the image is etched onto a copper plate, and then printed using a blue-black ink. The colour achieved by GA in these digital images is quite close to how the original prints look in the book, London Night.

By: Helen Breen

Helen Breen — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 12:09:24 +0000

Greetings from Boston,

GA, thanks for sharing “The Night City,” so evocative of London’s essence channeling Holmes, Boswell, Wister et al. Wonderful accompanying pics too!

Missing London today…

By: Achim

Achim — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 10:20:27 +0000

The poem “The Night City” illustrated in the style of photographer Harold Burdekin — oh, if only I could take night shots like that…!

Love & Peace
ACHIM