This is one of the three brand new spiral staircases at Newport Street Gallery which opened in October 2015. Located in Vauxhall, south London, Newport Street Gallery presents exhibitions of work from Damien Hirst’s art collection. Admission to the gallery is free and Photography is allowed but no flash. The 3 spiral staircase at first glance look the same but there are notable variations in their shapes and design. This shot is a view of the middle spiral looking up. The building and stairs were designed by London Architects Caruso St John. The Gallery is open every day except Monday and the entrance is situated just before the junction with Old Paradise Street via a confusing door which looks like a floor level window.

The picture was taken handheld with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 wide angle zoom at 10 mm. I took 3 shots for HDR. 3 raw images 2EV spacing processed with Photomatix Fusion Real Estate setting for a natural look. A fair bit of Noise was removed with Topaz DeNoise. Topaz Clarity was used to bring in more detail. I decided that mono was ideal for this shot and used Topaz B&W Effects for the conversion. The burn and dodge tools were used in Photoshop to control highlights and shadows.