by James Balston | Feb 21, 2011 | Lighting, Restaurants
The W Hotel on Leicester Square is perhaps the most high profile new hotel opening in London for a few years, so I was very excited to be asked to photograph its restaurant, Spice Market. The original Spice Market was set up by renowned chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten... 
by James Balston | Feb 16, 2011 | Offices
The tower at 125 Old Broad Street used to be the home of the Stock Exchange, until that body moved to new premises in Paternoster Square a few years back. Since then, the former building has had its currently unfashionable Brutalist clothing replaced by the doubtless... 
by James Balston | Feb 11, 2011 | Apartments, Uncategorized
I could feel her piercing stare from across the room. Surely it wasn’t her? What was she doing in the apartment I was photographing? Elizabeth Taylor, and not just any old Liz but one of Andy Warhol’s famous screenprints no less. She was the focal point of... 
by James Balston | Feb 2, 2011 | Home Cinemas
In the midst of the film awards season, I was reflecting on the boom in home cinemas, and how many I have photographed over the years. About 10 years ago I designed a home cinema demo room for Grahams Hifi, a north London specialist in home entertainment. At the time,...