Sometimes the simplicity of a black and white photograph gives the subject new life. Stripping away the colour can pull in the imagination that is so quick to fill in a blank. Here’s a few photographs from the Flickr pool of unspectacular subjects in London that look pretty compelling in monochrome.
Photo: It’s not forbidden if you don’t get caught, Brady Street, Whitechapel by Louis Berk
Photo: Dew Drops by Karva Javi
Photo: Number 4, Princelet Street, Spitalfields by Russell Dixon
Photo: Sharp edges in East London by LLO
Photo: Poor lion by Dave McGowan
Photo: Lonely Smoker by John Kortland
Photo: Mugger’s Bridge in Brixton by Dave McGowan
Photo: Old Greenwich Pier by Russell Dixon
Photo: Upper Ground by Dave McGowan
Photo: Tribicycle by Bob Maccallum
Photo: No escape by Karva Javi
Photo: London 2012 by Skire is Cool
Photo: No ball games allowed in Southfields by LLO
Little London Observationist 
superb photos – I come to London a lot on business but to see it ‘out of hours’ is just great!
loved your photos, congrats!