Photos of London shopfronts


Emily sends in the London Shop Fronts blog, "a daily photo blog of shop fronts in London. This is an archive of the disappearing independent shops in London and a view of interesting and sometimes worrying typography and design choices of small retailers."

I love this kind of project, the recording of the overlooked minutae of everyday life — a cross between the archaeology of the midden and the diaries of Pepys. These shots remind me of my friend Kevin Steele's striking photos of the western end of Queen Street West in Toronto — nostalgic and loving.

London Shop Fronts

(Thanks, Emily!)