Millennium Bridge in London is one structure that I visited many times during my lunch hour, particularly when I first started working in the City. Walking along the Thames is an enjoyable way to get out of the office, and I love the vibrant south bank. There are excellent views of St. Paul's Cathedral from the bridge, and I wanted to showcase both monuments in photographs. Both of these photographs were taken on completely different days; one day was cloudy and wet, and the other day was one of the first warm days in the spring. (London was just beginning to get busy with tourists, and you can see many tourists on the bridge.)
I took the following photographs over the spring and early summer of last year, and I hoped to get some more artistic ones early this year (as well as to sketch the cathedral in the sketchpad that I carry around with me), but life changes very quickly. I will not be working in London for much longer. Although this is something that I could not foresee, there are times when you just feel or know that the situation is only a temporary one. For example, I got very interested in London history after a ghost walk on Halloween, and I purchased a couple of photography books with old photographs, "lost London". A week or two before, I started the project with the extremely tight deadline (Latest Project: NADEX Website), and soon afterwards, I was consistently working through all of my lunches until go-live day. (I cannot even remember Christmas, as it was such a busy time, and I did not get to relax or enjoy last Christmas.)
My plan had been to bring the book into work and to look up the locations of the photographs and to visit some of the areas in the book during my lunch hour. However, something deep inside me felt that my time working in the City was coming to an end. I've felt the same feeling in the past before, with the same results - such as being drawn to a particular place, and it becomes a reality, without any guidance - as if my life has been swept up and into that particular direction.
The London book that I mentioned a moment ago remains untouched on the shelf, although I did give it a quick flip through after I received it in the post. Although my time in London is coming to an end, I may return to London to work again at some point, or perhaps I will live there. It is strange how life evolves, and many times, one is swept away while other events come together and opportunities present themselves for us to accept the new challenges along life's way. I apologise for this reflective post, and I am very much looking forward to these changes; don't feel otherwise. Some view change as a negative, but I feel that change can be positive and is necessary. The world needs change, but stability is also needed - the correct balance.
Back on track and speaking of London history, it is worth noting how London has changed over the years. The Millennium Bridge was constructed for the year 2000. I wonder how this will look in a hundred years. I wonder if these photographs or similar ones will be printed in a 'book' of the future, showing "lost London". I wonder what their society will think of ours.
I hope you enjoy the photographs. Hopefully I will be posting some more on here in the future.
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