Friday 3 April 2009

Low


here's a picture that very much reflects how I see the world at the moment. It's called "The day After"- when I first moved to London in 1994 I was working for Nickelodeon in Soho, directing the live morning shows. Sometimes I'd have to work weekends, which would mean that I'd have to get into the centre of London for around 5.30am on a Saturday and Sunday. At this time on a weekend morning, Soho is full of drug addled freaks spilling out of nightclubs and wandering the streets like almost fashionable zombies. A depressing come-down freakshow of tramps, hookers, low-life and junkies gravitating towards the few cafes that are open at that early hour. It was fascinating. Depressingfascinating.