LPA Library / Paul Meyler

Since the launch of the LPA Library at the end of last month, we’ve been busy expanding the archive with lots of fresh new images. LPA Library is a collection of hand-picked, premium, rights managed imagery from both the photographers on our roster, and also photographers we don’t represent - including this week’s featured photographer Paul Meyler.

Paul tells us that the majority of his work involves shooting case studies, and that he does not usually have much time to venture around London to shoot spontaneously. However, with the lockdown imposed in March, Paul decided to pick up his Richoh GR and cycle around the heart of London to portray the effect the Coronavirus is having on the capital. He says that he was inspired to capture these images as a way of recording this strange period, so we can remember them, and also inform future generations of these very unusual times.

‘I was shocked to see just how eerie the usually packed streets of London were. It had a stillness and emptiness that you could only associate with seeing in a movie, I never expected to actually experience this in real life’. With this emptiness Paul says he ‘actually had the time and space to appreciate how beautiful the architecture and landmarks are. We're always so busy in our everyday lives, we don’t take enough time to just stop, look around, and appreciate our surroundings.’

These images by Paul, along with many more, are now available to licence through the LPA Library.

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