London At Night

Renowned aerial photographer Jason Hawkes has spent the last year capturing the British capital from 1,000 feet above the ground for his new book, "London At Night" "All my work is done from a twin engine helicopter flying between 800 to 1500 feet above the ground," said the 42-year-old from London. "The door is opened and I am strapped into a harness and I begin taking my pictures. Aside from the aesthetic qualities of Jason's pictures, the practical applications are quite varied. "Architects and virtual planners value night photographs above day in their visualisation of sky-scrapers at the early design stage," says Jason "I'm looking to do other cities at night, and still hoping to get over to Dubai at some point, as there are so many amazing structures to photograph there," says Jason The BT Tower, previously known as the Post Office Tower. The rotating restaurant at the top of the tower is due to reopen in time for the 2012 London Olympics The glass roof of the Great Court at the British Museum, designed by Foster and Partners Trafalgar Square, with Nelson's Column in the foreground and South Africa House behind Harrod's in Knightsbridge The Albert Bridge, illuminated with thousands of light bulbs Buckingham Palace and St James's Park Oxford Circus, with its new Tokyo-style diagonal pedestrian crossings Piccadilly Circus illuminated by its giant neon signs Looking west over the Houses of Parliament St Paul's Cathedral and the City of London Tower Bridge and the City at dusk Set for general release next week, London At Night, published by Merrell Publishers, will be available at £24.95