Empty London

I seem to remember this project began as a reaction to being quashed on a Tube train and I thought about how much fun London would be without any people.

The pictures were simply taken as a series of images, at a time when I was naive to the principles or grammar of photography projects. It's why I relegated them to a box in the attic for years because I thought all they showed was my inexperience.

But in the years since, photographing London without any people seems to have become a photographic rite of passage and I'm so proud when I see others attempting the same, citing my attempt as inspiration.

So here is the original project. All the photos were taken in the winter of 2012/2013, many on a wet Christmas day. None of the photographs have been edited or manipulated.

My series won two awards in the 2014 Webby's, as an honouree in the categories 'Best Use of Photography' and 'Website Features'.

At the end see a long list of photographers who've shot 'Empty London' since I did...