But, it seems a fact of life that the creative minds that work in television can't leave a good idea alone. They always want to change it, extend it, make it "better". BBC TV moved on from the globe to tedious little films of dancers dressed in red, and other channels picked up the idea of film clips as station "idents". Most notorious is the current Channel 4 ident which develops its original, also very popular, logo - a CGI "4" that comes apart and re-assembles. Now they show us interminable clips of landscapes and cities with hedges, electricity pylons, blocks of flats etc that slowly coalesce into the shape of the number 4 whilst the audience yells, "Oh come on, hurry up and make that wretched number won't you!"
So, when I looked at my photograph of No 1 London Bridge Road, a modern office block with chunks cut out of it and pierced by a large hole, it was most unfortunate that it reminded me of one of those odious Channel 4 "idents". I took the shot from below, looking up through the "hole" that acts as a light well, using a wide zoom lens at 34mm (35mm equivalent). The contrast between the solidity of the cladding and the lightness of the glazing, along with the complexity of the structure were all appealing to the photographer in me, even if the association took the edge off my liking of the photograph!
photograph & text (c) T. Boughen