Sep 27 2012

John Kortland Photography: 32 Londoners in Black and White

I’m always showing you John Kortland‘s colour street portraits, but in fact he has quite the stunning collection of black and whites as well. Londoners look just as fantastic without colour, don’t you think? Here’s a splattering (all photos and captions in this entry are by John Kortland):

A Quick Touch Up

Lonely Planet Guide

Bruce Wayne

Do-It-Yourself Portrait

Passing Trade

Overslept

Day Dreaming

When Will It Stop?

Chef’s Rest

Handmade Extra Large Condoms While You Wait!

Ash Blondes

Collision Course

Late Arrival

Quiet Crossword

To Have and To Have Not

Serving Porridge

City Wall

Stood Up

Ladies Who Drink Coffee

City Slicker

Just Walk On By

Sales Rush

A Bird In The Hand…

You Looking At Me?

Enjoying Some S&M

Converging Verticals

Waiting Game

Looking At The Bigger Picture

No Ifs, No Butts

The Lady With The Pearl Earring

Walking After The Rain

Another Brick In The Wall

Have any black and white London shots of your own?
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Aug 7 2012

30 Londoners by John Kortland

It’s been a while since we checked in with John Kortland, so shall we see what he’s been up to? Here’s 30 pictures of Londoners he recently added to the Flickr pool, along with his captions. Leave your faves in the comments:

Running for a cab

Fed up

London 2012

Leap of faith

Artist and victim

Everybody needs a hug

Ferret walking

Fun guy hat

Mat and the Bag Man

Mr Fogg

Not a rampant rabbit

Unusual hat

Travelling to work

That’s a good one of you

Suspended animation

Coke and a smoke

Long and curlies

Essential supplies

Relaxed Rizla

Must have been a bet

Painted lady

Panda pop

I‘ve told you till I’m blue in the face

My girlfriend is so hot

Rainproof Rabbi

Approach with caution

Shape shifting

Dreadlock caller

Anonymous

Catching some rays

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Jun 29 2012

20 More Photographs of Londoners by John Kortland

I posted 20 photographs of Londoners by John Kortland two weeks ago. Here’s 20 more, some new, some from his archives, all from the city’s lively streets. Captions by John.

Dickie, His Duchess And The Times Reader

Shielded

Lifting the veil

Buffalo soldier

Designer frame

Hi-Vis

Rucksack romantics

Dying to help

Sleep walker

Street friends

Ball spinner

Pink and Proud

One man and his dogs

Two balloon limit

Big Issue goes Posh

Coloured curls

Instructions included

The boatman

Secret admirer

For personal use only

Favourite photos? If you have any of your own images of Londoners to share, add them to the Flickr pool.

Have a lovely weekend!

Jun 14 2012

20 Street Photographs of Londoners by John Kortland

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve caught up with John Kortland. Let’s see what fabulous characters he’s captured on the streets of London lately, shall we? Photos and captions all by John.

Rock bottom

The bag tells its own story

Duracell Girl

Bow tie gent

The full English

Yellow Ray Bans

Paul Chapman – As Time Goes By actor

Extrovert? Moi?

An Englishman in the sun

Old man

South Bank girl

Happy chappie

Walk away quickly, Edna

Say Coo

Hard times

Sunglasses snap

Mellow yellow

The text commandments

Ok Yah.

Black and white

Favourite shot?
Leave it in the comments!

May 26 2012

John Kortland’s Street Photography

What fantastic weather London has had this week! Perfect for people watching of course. Have you seen any interesting Londoners lately? John Kortland has, of course. And it’s been a while since I posted some of his street photography for you so here we go. Enjoy. Tell us which are your favourite shots in the comments. (John’s captions as well.)

The Text Commandments

Leslie Garrett, Opera Singer