London Life Archive

"When I think of London, I think of it as a living, breathing organism that is endlessly growing in an organic manner, - disordered, chaotic, ungainly, vigorous and feral.

 It can be kind and cruel, punishing and forgiving, light and dark, as it pulls and pushes its people along the way. The light can seem to dance along the streets to its own playful tune of promised hope. It winks with every glint and glides slowly with the earth’s shifts, reflecting from the windows along the cobbled stone, cement and brick surfaces. Then suddenly it is gone and the shadows beckon, luring us in with their false secrets. Both the light and the dark have tales to tell, and refracted on the varied surfaces they distort and change into legend.

It is this folklore, stories told and retold and developed through time that really gives each different district their distinct and sensational auras."

Stephanie Wolff