Swinging London

Joshua “Josh” Edgoose’s name on Instagram is “Spicy Meatball”. Why? No one knows. But that is exactly what his photos feel like: tender and tangy at the same time. A videographer with a strong interest in colour, coincidence, and serendipity (his words), Josh Edgoose takes the very pictures we wish we could. In his eyes, the everyday, the banal, and the commonplace come to life.

 

And there is no shortage of colour. Seeing England’s capital through his eyes is like discovering Kodachrome after decades of black-and-white film. A hand on a tube rail, feet going down a staircase, a gesture, a smile, a reflection in a window, an improbable encounter: with an insatiable eye for details that the uninitiated can’t see, he shows us the diversity and eccentricity of a London rediscovered, capturing the energy of urban life in an exploratory journey through endless vibrations, extreme colours, and ephemeral beauty.

 

For Josh Edgoose, street photography is a way of building on the richness and serendipity that make a city so special. Like a bee in a beehive, he greedily harvests from this giant experimental space. Where London’s characteristic dullness seems to prevail, he spots the glow of an umbrella, a varnished fingernail, a pair of glasses or simply an angle from which an evocative and astonishing composition emerges.

 

Edgoose has many followers on social medias, particularly YouTube, where his street photography channel has tens of thousands of subscribers. He reminds us that photography isn’t just about the moment; it is also a way of seeing, perceiving, handling, processing and thinking about the reality that’s right in front of us, and then imbuing it with an intention. In Edgoose’s case, that intention is joyful, refreshing, unexpected and essentially kind. All wrapped in plenty of British wit and humour!