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Showing posts with label Portobello Road. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portobello Road. Show all posts

Portobello Quirks - in pursuit of the unordinary

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Portobello Quirks - in pursuit of the unordinary

How many eccentricities make up one street? How many quirks of colour and situation, proximity and juxtaposition, contrast and comparison can one find in a single afternoon? What does it take to define a street in only a handful of pictures?

Sometimes the narrator needs to quieten down and let the imagery weave the spell, let imagination do its turn...because sometimes, the truth is so strange that nothing could be too far from it.

How many stories can you weave through these images?

Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road





Portobello Quirks - in pursuit of the unordinary





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road
Spot the fake




Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road





Portobello Quirks - in pursuit of the unordinary





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road
Nothing Edwardian about the bike, Sir




Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road
Five hats and a pout




Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road
Dreadlocked diversity?

What is the probability of so many quirks to gather on one street and be captured in the space of an hour in one afternoon? And what does that say about the street? You tell me. As I said, I'm taking the backseat on this one.

Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road

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Ever since I got back from Spain, I've been missing that raw richness of unabashed colour that assaulted and overhwelmed my senses there. To make matters worse, London is associated with 'grey' more often than with any other colour. Then I remembered Portobello Road. For nothing screams colour in London than this famous curving street lined with Victorian terraces, antiques dealers and funky boutiques. Set in the heart of Notting Hill (yes, the setting for that film), this street is an antique bargain hunter's delight. I did not visit on a Market Saturday, but I still came away with ample colour therapy to last me a while - along with a healthy dose of serendipity.


Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road
My blues and your reds - or vice versa?





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road
Purple shoes against a purple wall. And blues to match.





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road
Yellow above, yellow below. Colour me sunshine!





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road
No honey, it's a blue awning.





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road
Mauve. Candy purple. Muted Pink. Wait, what is that colour called?





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road
Colour me Blue, I'm Lost in You





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road
Merge into me





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road
Electric, electric blue






Colour and Serendipity in Portobello Road
Paint the town red as you go along...





Or take your pick!

Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road






Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road





Colour and Serendipity on Portobello Road


All in an afternoon's work. Serendipity will find you, if you only know where to look!

More eccentricities from Portobello coming up - in my last London post to come for a while...