'These Italian tourists were all kitted out for the Notting Hill Carnival, but they had unfortunately arrived one entire day early. I love the way they are brazening it out.’
Babycakes Romero never leaves the house without his camera. Since July 2012, the born-and-bred Londoner has documented the city’s street life in his MYLDN online photo series, racking up more than 1,000 pictures of the city’s odd characters, bizarre juxtapositions, random happenings and poignant inequalities.
Now he’s published a crowdfunded photobook of the series’s highlights so far. We asked him to pick a handful of his favourite shots, with a focus on the weird sights he’s immortalised on his journeys through the mad metropolis.
All photographs: Babycakes Romero
‘MYLDN: A Street View of London Life’ by Babycakes Romero is published by Carpet Bombing Culture.