Project Description

There are photographs. And then there is this.

The Palace of Westminster and Elizabeth Tower from across the Thames at night is the image that every photographer who visits London eventually stands in front of — and it is worth every attempt. The Gothic Revival towers glow amber against a sky that has gone fully black, Westminster Bridge strings white light in arched spans across the foreground, and the whole composition reflects in dark river water below in a palette that Pugin and Barry couldn’t have imagined but absolutely would have approved of.

Elizabeth Tower — Big Ben to everyone who has ever existed — reads the time clearly from across the river. The Victoria Tower anchors the left. The spires and pinnacles of the Palace fill everything between them with a silhouette that has defined this stretch of the Thames since 1870 and shows no signs of relinquishing it.

There are more photographed views in the world. Not many. And very few that continue to justify the effort every single time.