Canary Wharf E14, 1 March 2010

Preliminary observations at Canary Wharf.

In spite of the number
and amount
of areas of public water

(which is
perhaps
not so public)

photographing buildings
reflected
in the once quays and docks
proved difficult























in particular the central and iconic One Canada Square.












Rippled reflection
perhaps caused
as it is today
by the wind

is the best that can be managed.


















In a way

perhaps

symbolic in its rippledness
of the critical aversion to representational imagery in photography

(as promulgated by religions such as Islam, Presbyterianism, Structural/Materialism and Homeland Security).

Perhaps the best view would be reflected
in the public waters of the Thames
[next stop Canada Water].

























Clustered buildings at ground level
afford
a view of the buildings
only as unfeasibly towering
adjacent structures
denying visual purchase on architecture.


As determined plan forms
streets
passageways
squares
plazas
steps
seemingly
to optimise the flow of traffic
human and vehicular.
















The distant view
the view visible from all over London
is
(designed to be)
the most impressive.




And then
back in Bermondsey
as Jamaica Road recedes into the distance
on the closest we have to a horizon here

there it is


still

symbolic

upright...