Cannon Place, Cannon Street London. Foggo Associates’ scheme for Cannon Place renovates and extends a very busy underground and network rail scheme, providing 36,000 square meters of office accommodation. Cannon Place is eight stories high, sitting above the station featuring curved and double-curved glazing, atria, spectacular views across the city, and some impressive external structural […]
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Epson V750 for 4×5 or Drumscan? My recent shot of Batteresea Power Station had a slightly more complex birth than my other shots, being both drum scanned and scanned with my Epson v750 pro flatbed scanner. This is its fascinating story. I was pleased with the 4×5” negative as developed by Rapid Eye in Shoreditch. […]
Battersea Power Station is an iconic London landmark, despite being empty and basically unused for thirty years. Battersea Power Station has been in the news recently as the developer of the Battersea (West London) site, recently valued at £500 million, has entered administration. Many schemes have been developed for Battersea Power Station, including one by […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. My website is www.simonkennedy.net A sparkling and beautiful private house in Blackheath, South London, again by Alan Camp Architects. This one was an absolute joy to photograph. Shot with Toyo VX-125b, lenses Schneider 72mm f5.6 Super-Angulon XL, Rodenstock 135mm Apo-Sironar-S f5.6, Rodenstock 210mm Apo-Sironar-S f5.6, […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. My website is www.simonkennedy.net A shoot over several days for Haworth Tomkins Architects, their recently completed development in Pimlico at Peabody Avenue. This scheme extends the original Peabody Avenue, built at the end of the 19th century by H A Darbishire for Peabody, and completes […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. My website is www.simonkennedy.net International House in Woolwich, by Alan Camp Architects. This building contains a mixture of social and private housing. Quite simply the best clouds I have ever had on a job, lasted just long enough for one shot (below)! 009 ACA, […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. My website is www.simonkennedy.net Another housing project by Alan Camp Architects, also in south London. 005 ACA, Falconworks, Bermondsey, Southwark. Shot with Toyo VX-125b, lenses Schneider 72mm f5.6 Super-Angulon XL, Rodenstock 135mm Apo-Sironar-S f5.6, Rodenstock 210mm Apo-Sironar-S f5.6, Fuji pro 160s. Simon Kennedy is a […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. My website is www.simonkennedy.net A beautiful private house and stair designed by Patrick Lewis Architects in Hampstead, North London. The detail and build quality of the stair in particular were pretty amazing. A cooperatively sunny day and three very cooperative children made this an […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. My website is www.simonkennedy.net A beautiful Miesian pool house by Coup De Ville architects, in landscaped grounds, part of a private house in Twickenham. Shot on 5×4″ large format film, using Toyo VX-125b, Carl Zeiss Planar 135mm f3.5, Schneider 72mm f5.6 Super-Angulon XL, Rodenstock […]
The blog of Simon Kennedy, Architectural Photographer based in London. My website is www.simonkennedy.net These photographs were from an intensive four-day shoot at the New BBC Broadcasting House building, Portland Place. I worked on this building for more than a year when I was an architect, so it was fascinating to have the opportunity […]