that's entertainment
Originally uploaded by Sela Dor
I asked the street sweeper if he minded being taped for 5 seconds. He wasn't English, and it took a while to explain, but once he understood he held one firm finger aloft and fixed me with unblinking saucer eyes. "Wait," he said. Then he went and changed brooms. Presumably he felt this one was more cinematic. The policemen in the phonebox were taking down those calling cards I was taking photos of before. I loved this because one day they're there, the next they're gone, and this is the first time I've seen actual evidence of who's taking them (pretty obvious I guess). Mostly I like the fact that the copper on the left seems to find it interesting reading material. He was aware I was there but probably thought I was taking a photo. Maybe that's his best side. To be fair to these two, they seemed pretty decent and friendly, as policemen go. The old couple are sitting in the endlessly fascinating canteen of the University College Hospital and are facing (through the glass window in front of them) a featureless wall. The kid eating his lunch in front of the graffiti off of Oxford Street might be my favourite. The old, lost man outside Warren Street in the Russian hat (near the beginning) is a close contender.
Again, apologies for the abrupt end. I know it's not good like this, but for the moment it will have to do.
Music, of course, by the Jam.
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