My Picture: Millennium Wheel 1999
My Picture: Millennium Wheel 1999
Matt Stuart
August 23, 2024
„With street photography, you always have to put in the hours. This picture is a good example. It was 1999 and the London Eye was going up. Following an inspiring workshop with the renown Magnum photographer Leonard Freed, I crossed the river on a Friday to capture the workers completing the Eye, but saw no image potential. On the Saturday there were tourists, but no pictures either. On the Sunday, a guy with a wheel on his back came to look at the construction. It was a good moment, but I was so nervous that only one frame was usable. It was the first time where I felt like I could call myself a photographer, and the first photograph I actually considered a real keeper.“
Text and Image: © Matt Stuart
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Born in 1974, Matt Stuart grew up in Harrow, a district in north-west London. After three years working as a photography assistant, Stuart turned his hobby into his profession. Since 1996, the photographer is constantly on the move on the streets of London, looking to capture bizarre moments but also the curiosities of every day life. Among other locations, his pictures have been exhibited at the Leica Store in Los Angeles. Stuart is a member of the international street photographer collective iN-PUBLIC. More