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This volume seeks to capture the spirit of the varied, bustling and exciting city of London. Photographer Anthony Epes has documented the many facets of London during the sleepy early hours before the chaos of the working day. His artistic images are accompanied by a social perspective on the city which is provided by the founder of "The Big Issue", John Bird. Writers and personalities who hold London dear to their hearts, from Ian McEwan to Samuel Johnson, Shakespeare to Suggs, have provided their musings on the city they love.

Anthony Epes has a diverse background in both the commercial and fine art photography. His work has involved still photography for Warner Brothers, photographing the Reunion Tour and the Greatest Hits Album of the Gogo's and Photo Editor for the Big Issue USA. Anthony Epes photographs the mundane and make it beautiful showing both it's beauty and it's fragllity. John Bird Founder of the Big Issue. As a boy and young man he slept, ate and lived on the streets of London. He commissioned the photographs in this book to create an inspiring view of a side of the city that is rarely seen.