London is like the more sophisticated twin sister of Paris: you may not fall in love in the first hour, but you will discover unforgettable beauty and charm that are there for hundreds of years, waiting to be discovered by so many people from all over the world.
It took me a bit longer to create the London Imagine Letters line. Maybe it was the rain that kept me off duty for hours, or just the fact that everybody simply speak English, which led me to more conversations with local people (we talked about the weather of course…). London was very friendly and I got used to it really quick. The different driving directions was very difficult at first – I almost got killed for some of the pictures… it happened more than once, that I was standing on the edge of a sidewalk, concentrating on taking a picture of something far away, while a huge red bus was passing me from the right side in a scary speed, maybe couple of inches away! I thanked god quietly for staying alive, kept calm and carried on.
London offers mainly tradition. There is a tradition in every corner – the palace with its guards, the museums, the buildings, even tea time – it’s all about what we did in the last hundred years and we keep doing it today as this is who we are. Take it or leave it kind of style. As a photographer, it was very interesting to capture all these, first with a big smile on my face and later with a great appreciation.
London was a true treasure for me. There where letters everywhere – I found classic letters, funky letters and funny letters! All kinds and styles! I was walking the streets of London for hours, forgetting about food or drink, busy with getting all these amazing letters to the Imagine Letters collection. At night, I felt my body sour with muscle pain, but I didn’t really care. It was what I call ‘pain of joy’.
I came back home to Toronto from London with thousands of alphabet pictures, tight muscles and a bit of an English accent.