The Word On The Street

Lifestyle photographer Andy Smith on capturing the diversity of London in portraits

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To celebrate the visual trend from Adobe Stock, Multilocalism, I shot a series of images in one of the most multicultural cities in the world –London. The series consists of ten portraits of small business owners, and ten street portraits. Each photograph reveals enough background to provide context and make them identifiable to London, yet still hero each of the subjects so as not to distract from the purpose of the image – a portrait. The collection also consists of more lifestyle-style shots which lent itself well to the small business portraits.

I’m a lifestyle and portrait photographer living in London, so the brief seemed perfectly suited. I lov