While still a student, I came across an old bookshop in Grahamstown, where I discovered a true gem in Francis Sandwith’s book, “London by Night– A Century of
Photographs” (published by Chatto & Windus) taken in the 1920-1930s.

I was struck by Sandwith’s dramatic black and white photographs depicting London in a bygone age. I remain fascinated by the use of black and white and have since begun my own collection of sketches and photographs of London.