Michael Faraday Memorial
This striking stainless steel structure sits on a roundabout at Elephant and Castle, encasing a London Underground ventilation shaft in a mirrored, box-like monument to the pioneering scientist Michael Faraday. The highly reflective panels distort and fragment the surrounding streetscape, making it a rewarding subject for abstract and architectural photography. Try shooting close to the surface to capture warped reflections of passing buses, buildings, and pedestrians, or pull back with a wide angle to show the structure in context with the busy urban junction around it. The memorial comes alive after dark when its built-in lighting system activates, often cycling through colourful patterns that add energy and drama to long exposures. A tripod is useful for night shots. The location is right outside Elephant and Castle station, so it is very easy to reach, though the surrounding traffic can make positioning yourself carefully important for clean compositions. (London, England, United Kingdom)
