Julie's view of London

My family were originally from the East End of London but moved to Dagenham and then to Essex when I was a little girl. I now live in Langdon Hills which I am happy to say is home to the Essex Wildlife Trust's largest inland nature reserve, it has an abundance of wildlife, woodlands, flowers and trees and covers 460 acres. At the turn of the century Londoners who were looking for a haven in the countryside came to live in the area. There had been a decline in agriculture du

I am passionate about painting but I am also a keen amateur photographer. I took the plunge and purchased a ‘grown up’ camera approximately 15 years ago but then realised I had no idea how to use it! I joined an amateur photography group in Essex which was run by a chap called Peter Park who in the years to come became a good friend of mine. Peter became interested in photography when he was a young boy at school, then in 1980 he joined his local camera club. He enjoys all

Nicholas Sack is what the youth of today would term a ‘street’ photographer extraordinaire. His favourite thing to photograph is people going about their everyday business in the City area of London, in particular the financial district and around the docklands area of Canary Wharf. The people in Nick’s photographs do not usually know they are having their picture taken which gives the viewer a snapshot of City folk interacting naturally with each other. I find these pictu