City Skyline

It's been a while since I was last in Chicago so the city skyline has probably changed a little since this picture was taken –buildings tend to grow higher and smarter all the time, but what I like about them is that they are all different, all unique, yet stacked together they create a uniform identity which I suppose could be said to embody the city itself. Here the sky is typically a little moody, the air chilly, but there's a determined sort of resilience about the view -here work and life is taking place behind a thousand windows. In the foreground are the trains, waiting moving -you can almost hear their bells and clatter. And beyond: the city beckons...

Location: Chicago, USA

Gloves and Mittens Gone AWOL -No 13

Winter seems now to be over for another year and spring is almost upon us. But just before the snow melted I came across yet another glove that had gone AWOL and found its way to the top of a post, where it quickly became covered with snow. At least it had itself to keep warm!

Location: Oslo, Norway

Sunset on the Beach

The sun sets on the pebbled beach where fishing boats and fishing nets linger in the golden light. I especially like the way the late sunlight here transforms the net from a a mere untidy mass of tangled line into an object of some beauty and, perhaps, mystery. It becomes almost like some weird sea creature that has been washed up. I also like the way the jetty breaks the background sea and sky, and most of all I like the warm atmosphere –a moment captured before the sun dips for beneath the waves and darkness falls.

Location: Hastings, England

Lunch for Two

Things that look similar or identical are often fascinating subjects for a photograph; people too, which is why twins invariable work well in pictures, whatever the circumstances. Whether these two workmen on their lunch-break are twins is unclear, but they could certainly be brothers; there's something tremendously satisfying about the similarity of their posture, the identical plastic bags between their legs and the same Hi-Vis vests. The location is, of course, the base of the Eros statue in Piccadilly Circus -itself probably the most photographed spot in London. Against the dark base these two light up, enjoying a few minutes repose before returning to work. I liked the sense of "moment" and the somehow rather sweet pairing.

Location: London, England