#stephenbartelsgallery

A year ago a stranger in London was so radiant that I had to take their picture. The film lay buried, undeveloped, forgotten, for ever a year. I finally developed it. It was like she was waiting. I wonder where she is now. Film is like a time machine.

Leica MP + Kodak. Some things should never change.

Pimlico market, London, Autumn 2014.

London fashion week, 2014. Wall to wall Cara. 

New project: Abandoned bikes of London. When I walk the streets of London, so often I find a bike that is locked up but forgotten. Someone took the time and effort to make sure it was locked and safe... and then never came back for it. The first sign is the flat tyre. Then bits start to go missing and eventually, there is nothing left. What happened to its owner? Why did they not come back for it, where are they? What this space for more. 

Hurricane Bertha arrives in the UK, torrential rain in London, Battersea.

Something about window light and black and white. Simplicity.

Pimlico pub scene, London, summer 2014.