On day three we took a bus to the V&A museum. The bus ride up was pretty nice since I got to sit up front on the top of the bus. I took some nice video of London as we drove though and it was really nice that there was nothing obstructing my view.
We started out at the V&A museum where we met Martin Barnes, the curator of photography for the museum. He showed us some of the first photographs ever produced, ever! He also explained how their archives worked. At the V&A you can go up to the archives and say I want to see some original Talbot prints, and they'll go get them and bring them out and set them in front of you. I asked wouldn't they be able to preserve these types of things if they just kept them locked up like would most likely happen in America. He said, yes but these things were made to be looked at, they'd rather people see them and fade faster then keep them for a few extra years in a vault for no one to see.
After our time upstairs at the V&A we all split up so we could explore the museum on our own. After a quick look though the V&A a small group of us also walked next door to the Natural History Museum.
Crazy Buses
Pizza Express
Car talk
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