Holding Hands Beneath the Pigeon Shoreditch | Limited Edition of 10
Sticker Covered Alleyway With Red Painted Garage Doors
There’s a kind of quiet intimacy hidden in this doorway that most people would probably walk right past without noticing. At first glance, it’s just another back-alley entrance somewhere in Shoreditch—layers of posters, peeling paste-ups, spray paint, and tags competing for space across aging concrete and chipped brick. But then the doors come into view, and everything shifts.
Two simple figures—one dark, one light—stand side by side, holding hands across a faded red garage door that’s been opened and closed thousands of times. The paint is worn in places, streaked by weather and use, and the black outlines of the figures sit just loosely enough on the surface that they feel temporary, like they could be gone tomorrow. Around them, the alley is a collage of visual noise: torn paper remnants, sticker bombs, scuffed plaster, and rusting metal fixtures layered over years of changing street culture.
Above the doorway, a watchful pigeon mural looks down over the scene, framed by an assortment of smaller drawings and pasted portraits that have settled into the wall like sediment. The concrete lintel catches the soft light filtering down from the narrow street, while the pavement below carries the marks of drainage covers and worn surfaces shaped by time and traffic.
I photographed this on location while exploring the back lanes of East London—one of those moments where the composition seems to present itself without warning. Nothing staged, nothing rearranged—just a fragment of urban life that happened to exist exactly like this when I turned the corner.
Each print is personally signed and includes a certificate of authenticity. Printed using archival pigment inks on professional-grade photographic paper, the tonal balance and texture of the original scene are preserved with exceptional detail.
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© Dan Kosmayer, 2023
Limited Edition of 10
This photograph is released as a signed and numbered limited edition of only 10 prints in total across all available sizes combined—not 10 prints in each size.
Every size is drawn from the same edition. Whether the photograph is purchased as a small print or at the largest available size, it uses one of the 10 edition numbers.
I personally sign and number each print on the reverse, and every print is accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity recording its title, dimensions, medium, edition number, and date of issue.
Once all 10 prints have been sold, the edition will be permanently closed. No additional numbered editions of the photograph will be produced in another size or format.
Premium Archival Fine Art Prints
I personally produce every photograph using archival pigment inks on premium archival paper with a subtle luster finish.
The paper provides rich tonal depth, excellent fine-detail reproduction, and a refined surface that reduces distracting glare under normal indoor lighting. It is especially well suited to both color and black-and-white photography.
Each photograph is sold as an unframed fine art print, allowing it to be framed according to the collector’s space and personal style.
Before a print leaves my studio, I carefully inspect it for color, tonal accuracy, surface quality, and overall presentation. Nothing is outsourced, and every finished print passes through my hands.
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Every print is personally produced, inspected, signed, numbered, and carefully packaged by me at my studio in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
Worldwide delivery is included in the listed price, so there is no additional shipping charge added during checkout. I select an appropriate tracked delivery service based on the destination, print size, and current shipping requirements.
Delivery times vary by destination and may be affected by customs processing or circumstances beyond my control.
Because I also travel extensively to create new photographic work, studio dispatch may occasionally be delayed while I am away. When that happens, the print will be produced and shipped as soon as I return to the studio.
