Prints
In 2015, I started a 365 project. One photo a day for a year. I called it "Eight Million"—London's population at the time. The project was about loneliness, about being invisible in a crowd of millions.
I quit after 107 days.
For ten years, I thought of it as a failure. Proof I couldn't finish anything. Then I found the files again while sorting through old hard drives, and I realized: these are some of my best photos.
So here they are. Five prints from a project I never finished. Evidence that you don't have to complete something for it to matter.
Each print is produced by Fujifilm Japan on silver halide deep matte paper, matted to A4 size, and ready to frame. Available individually or as a complete set.
Not a trophy. Just evidence that the work was worth doing—even if I didn't finish it.
— Greg
"Eight Million: The Complete Series"
Five prints. One failed project. 107 days of photographing London's invisible people.
In 2015, I started a 365 project and quit after four months. I told myself it was a failure. Ten years later, I'm looking at these photos again—and they're some of my best work.
This is the complete "Eight Million" series: five matted prints, boxed and ready to frame. Evidence that you don't have to finish something for it to matter.
Each print is 12x17cm (approx. 5x7 inches), printed on Fujifilm deep matte paper, matted to A4 size. Ships from Japan in a branded box.
"Rhythm"
A lone commuter walks through the Barbican's concrete colonnade, briefcase in hand, heading home after another shift. The late afternoon sun carves repeating patterns of light and shadow—a visual rhythm that mirrors the daily monotony of modern life.
This photo is from the "Eight Million" project—107 days of photographing London's invisible people. I failed to finish it. But some failures are worth keeping.
Shot on a Fujifilm X100s in 2015. Matted, printed on Fujifilm deep matte paper, ready to frame.
“#2”
A lone figure sits beneath a towering archway near Bank Station, dwarfed by the curved concrete and the massive shadow cast across it. The light forms a shape—a number two, or maybe a question mark. Either works.
This is what eight million people look like: small, silhouetted, alone in a city that doesn't notice them.
Shot on a Fujifilm X100s in 2015, part of the "Eight Million" project. Matted, printed on Fujifilm deep matte paper, ready to frame..
“Lunch Break”
Two office workers. One sits on a bench during his lunch break, looking toward the other as he passes. There's something in that glance—envy, maybe. Or annoyance. Or just recognition that they're both stuck in the same loop.
Harsh midday light carves them out of the darkness. The geometry of benches and pavement creates lines that frame their isolation. Two people. Same city. Different orbits.
Shot on a Fujifilm X100s in 2015, part of the "Eight Million" project. Matted, printed on Fujifilm deep matte paper, ready to frame.
"Anonymous"
A figure walks through intersecting triangles of light. No face. No identity. Just shape, shadow, and geometry.
This is the most abstract image in the "Eight Million" series—less about the person, more about the pattern. In a city of millions, anonymity isn't just a feeling. It's a design principle.
Shot on a Fujifilm X100s in 2015. Matted, printed on Fujifilm deep matte paper, ready to frame.
"Solitude"
A woman sits on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral, reading. A single ray of light cuts across the frame, catching the pages of her book and illuminating her face. Behind her, the cathedral's columns stand in silent witness.
In a city of eight million, sometimes the most radical act is to sit still and read.
Shot on a Fujifilm X100s in 2015, the final image in the "Eight Million" project. Matted, printed on Fujifilm deep matte paper, ready to frame.