Dr. Thomas Gerdes

Portfolio

A selection of my photographs — landscapes, cityscapes and street scenes from Germany, the UK and beyond.

The City of London skyline photographed at dusk from the South Bank of the Thames. The River Thames occupies the foreground, with a pebbly shoreline visible at bottom left and a moored barge with red markings. The Millennium Bridge stretches across the mid-ground, with Southwark Bridge visible to the right. Iconic skyscrapers dominate the skyline, including the Leadenhall Building, 22 Bishopsgate, and the distinctive curved Walkie-Talkie building (20 Fenchurch Street). Construction cranes are visible on the left. Buildings glow with warm interior lighting against a cool blue-grey twilight sky.A landscape photograph from Greenwich Park. The green slope in the foreground leads to the white classical architecture of the Queen’s House and the National Maritime Museum. In the mid-ground, the domes of the University of Greenwich are visible, with the dense skyscraper cluster of Canary Wharf and the Isle of Dogs forming the background under an overcast sky.A dark bronze sphinx statue on the Victoria Embankment in London sits in the foreground, its lion paws extended forward on a stone plinth. Egyptian hieroglyphics and a cartouche are visible on its chest. Behind it, the Thames stretches toward Waterloo Bridge, with a red double-decker bus crossing. The South Bank skyline — including the distinctive curved Vase building and tall glass towers — rises under a clear blue spring sky. An ornate Victorian lamp post stands to the left beside bare-branched trees.Sherlock HolmesLondon, 9 September 2025A waterlogged meadow in Waldenau at dusk in winter. The foreground is dominated by shallow pools of standing water reflecting the pale sky, surrounded by green grass and scattered dead leaves. Three bare trees stand silhouetted against a soft pink and blue sunset sky in the middle distance, with patches of snow visible on the fields behind them.Frosted bare branches create an intricate natural frame in the foreground, their dark, twisted forms covered in ice crystals against a pale winter sky. Through this tangle of branches, a misty landscape reveals itself with low-lying fog hovering over snow-dusted fields. The horizon glows with warm peachy-pink light from the rising sun, whilst the sky above maintains its cool blue-grey tones.Ferris wheel