Toks Majek
@toksmajek.com
Toks Majek
Photographer & writer. London.
Taylor Wessing Prize 2024.
Black & white street + portrait work.
Capturing the rhythm, feel, & mood of my city.
📍toksmajek.com - IG: @herefortheshot
Photographer & writer. London.
Taylor Wessing Prize 2024.
Black & white street + portrait work.
Capturing the rhythm, feel, & mood of my city.
📍toksmajek.com - IG: @herefortheshot
A quick stroll - if 3 hours is quick - through London's no longer smokey streets... for the full series check my IG @herefortheshot
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#streetshooting #blackandwhite #bnwshots #london #westend #blackandwhitephotography
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#streetshooting #blackandwhite #bnwshots #london #westend #blackandwhitephotography
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A quick stroll - if 3 hours is quick - through London's no longer smokey streets... for the full series check my IG @herefortheshot
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#streetshooting #blackandwhite #bnwshots #london #westend #blackandwhitephotography
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#streetshooting #blackandwhite #bnwshots #london #westend #blackandwhitephotography
Well, well, well America, you voted Zohran Mamdani in! Perhaps all is not lost...
A few London street shots in celebration, from this weeks travels.
#zohranmamdani #bnwshots #streetshots #streetportraits #blackandwhite #blackandwhite_photos #streetwalker #bnwphotography #neverneverstreets #london
A few London street shots in celebration, from this weeks travels.
#zohranmamdani #bnwshots #streetshots #streetportraits #blackandwhite #blackandwhite_photos #streetwalker #bnwphotography #neverneverstreets #london
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Well, well, well America, you voted Zohran Mamdani in! Perhaps all is not lost...
A few London street shots in celebration, from this weeks travels.
#zohranmamdani #bnwshots #streetshots #streetportraits #blackandwhite #blackandwhite_photos #streetwalker #bnwphotography #neverneverstreets #london
A few London street shots in celebration, from this weeks travels.
#zohranmamdani #bnwshots #streetshots #streetportraits #blackandwhite #blackandwhite_photos #streetwalker #bnwphotography #neverneverstreets #london
All Hallows' Eve. "I aint afraid o no ghost!"
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#blackandwhite #bnwshots #blackandwhitephotos #streetshots #streetphotography #halloween #ghost #masks #costumes
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#blackandwhite #bnwshots #blackandwhitephotos #streetshots #streetphotography #halloween #ghost #masks #costumes
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
All Hallows' Eve. "I aint afraid o no ghost!"
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#blackandwhite #bnwshots #blackandwhitephotos #streetshots #streetphotography #halloween #ghost #masks #costumes
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#blackandwhite #bnwshots #blackandwhitephotos #streetshots #streetphotography #halloween #ghost #masks #costumes
Peace means prizes. No prizes, no peace.
I'm using photography like sugar...
#Trump #politics #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #streetshots #streetphotography
I'm using photography like sugar...
#Trump #politics #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #streetshots #streetphotography
October 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Peace means prizes. No prizes, no peace.
I'm using photography like sugar...
#Trump #politics #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #streetshots #streetphotography
I'm using photography like sugar...
#Trump #politics #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #streetshots #streetphotography
Occasionally some street shots look as if they were crafted. imagine the number of tiny coincidences that lead to this chance meeting, passing this shop window at this very moment. Not stopping, not even really looking at the person, and yet this... #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography
October 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Occasionally some street shots look as if they were crafted. imagine the number of tiny coincidences that lead to this chance meeting, passing this shop window at this very moment. Not stopping, not even really looking at the person, and yet this... #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography
Never a truer word spoken.
One day, international journalists will get their chance to wash the blood from their hands.
One day, international journalists will get their chance to wash the blood from their hands.
October 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Never a truer word spoken.
One day, international journalists will get their chance to wash the blood from their hands.
One day, international journalists will get their chance to wash the blood from their hands.
Yay, no Peace Prize for #Trump! I think Norway had a message for him in their first line "...keeps the flame of democracy burning, amidst a growing darkness." As far as democracy goes nothing as dark as the orange one right now. 800% Tariff on Norway on its way then. #nobelpeaceprize #democracy
October 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Yay, no Peace Prize for #Trump! I think Norway had a message for him in their first line "...keeps the flame of democracy burning, amidst a growing darkness." As far as democracy goes nothing as dark as the orange one right now. 800% Tariff on Norway on its way then. #nobelpeaceprize #democracy
"Peace in the middle east" just in time for the Nobel Peace Prize perhaps... Start a fire, put it out, pause for applause. What are the chances that #Israel and #Trump keep their word? Who decides Hamas has disarmed, who the hell trusts Tony Blair as colonial Governor! I fear the pain continues...
October 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Strolling through #London Streets to take my mind off the carnage #Trump is wreaking on democracy, and the inability of 50% of the American people to smell smoke at a bonfire. Sadly, the madness is contagious, all racists and baby fascists are emboldened worldwide.. #streetphotography #blackandwhite
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Strolling through #London Streets to take my mind off the carnage #Trump is wreaking on democracy, and the inability of 50% of the American people to smell smoke at a bonfire. Sadly, the madness is contagious, all racists and baby fascists are emboldened worldwide.. #streetphotography #blackandwhite
It's that last shot feeling. Like I could have just stood here for 3 hours and got this one shot and called it a win lol
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#street #streetlife #streetphotography #streetstyle #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwmood #streetlights #hijab
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#street #streetlife #streetphotography #streetstyle #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwmood #streetlights #hijab
October 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It's that last shot feeling. Like I could have just stood here for 3 hours and got this one shot and called it a win lol
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#street #streetlife #streetphotography #streetstyle #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwmood #streetlights #hijab
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#street #streetlife #streetphotography #streetstyle #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwmood #streetlights #hijab
As socially awkward as I find shooting on the London Underground, it does pay me back for my trouble quite often.
September 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
As socially awkward as I find shooting on the London Underground, it does pay me back for my trouble quite often.
Working on a photo book "A Street Shooters Carnival" 200 page digital 300 page physical. Taken from 3 years of London's Notting Hill Carnival - 2023 -2025. Got up to 200 pages yesterday!
#street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #portraiture #carnival #streetshots
#street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #portraiture #carnival #streetshots
September 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Working on a photo book "A Street Shooters Carnival" 200 page digital 300 page physical. Taken from 3 years of London's Notting Hill Carnival - 2023 -2025. Got up to 200 pages yesterday!
#street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #portraiture #carnival #streetshots
#street #streetphotography #blackandwhite #portraiture #carnival #streetshots
Reposted by Toks Majek
When those in power can't win, they bend the facts. Just as some #media become accomplices by their #silence, a corrupt justice system suppresses #truth by distorting facts and destroying records. We must #speakup against this #tyranny. Join our fight for justice: www.change.org/RyumaSakamoto
August 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Carnival is joy and chaos side by side. London humour in its bluntest form: NO TOILETS.
#Carnival2025 #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #LondonStreets #MajekMoments #CarnivalPortraits #NottingHillCarnival #EverydayUK #StreetIsArt
#Carnival2025 #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #LondonStreets #MajekMoments #CarnivalPortraits #NottingHillCarnival #EverydayUK #StreetIsArt
August 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Carnival is joy and chaos side by side. London humour in its bluntest form: NO TOILETS.
#Carnival2025 #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #LondonStreets #MajekMoments #CarnivalPortraits #NottingHillCarnival #EverydayUK #StreetIsArt
#Carnival2025 #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhite #LondonStreets #MajekMoments #CarnivalPortraits #NottingHillCarnival #EverydayUK #StreetIsArt
Carnival in London is loud, very loud, 1M+ loud!! The portraits are quiet though. The younger generation looking straight into a future we’re still stumbling to imagine. #london #carnival #blackandwhite #portrait #streetshots #streetphotography
August 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Carnival in London is loud, very loud, 1M+ loud!! The portraits are quiet though. The younger generation looking straight into a future we’re still stumbling to imagine. #london #carnival #blackandwhite #portrait #streetshots #streetphotography
In celebration of Trump's stellar performance on Friday showing Putin who was boss! Here are a few shiny objects from my London Streets to take your mind off it.
#StreetPhotography #streetstories #streetportraits #bnwstreet #bnwstreetphotography #blackandwhitephotography#street #streetshooting
#StreetPhotography #streetstories #streetportraits #bnwstreet #bnwstreetphotography #blackandwhitephotography#street #streetshooting
August 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
In celebration of Trump's stellar performance on Friday showing Putin who was boss! Here are a few shiny objects from my London Streets to take your mind off it.
#StreetPhotography #streetstories #streetportraits #bnwstreet #bnwstreetphotography #blackandwhitephotography#street #streetshooting
#StreetPhotography #streetstories #streetportraits #bnwstreet #bnwstreetphotography #blackandwhitephotography#street #streetshooting
America is building concentration camps; Israel is shooting starving people in theirs. And in the good old UK protesting is being made criminal!! What a wonderful World.
#palestine #protest #trump #photography #starmer #blackandwhite #bnwshots #streetphotography
#palestine #protest #trump #photography #starmer #blackandwhite #bnwshots #streetphotography
July 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
America is building concentration camps; Israel is shooting starving people in theirs. And in the good old UK protesting is being made criminal!! What a wonderful World.
#palestine #protest #trump #photography #starmer #blackandwhite #bnwshots #streetphotography
#palestine #protest #trump #photography #starmer #blackandwhite #bnwshots #streetphotography
Underground trains aka the Tube. Candid and candidly.
#bnw #blackandwhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #street #streetshots #bnwstreet #streetstories #bnwshots #underground #trains #underground
#bnw #blackandwhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #street #streetshots #bnwstreet #streetstories #bnwshots #underground #trains #underground
July 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Underground trains aka the Tube. Candid and candidly.
#bnw #blackandwhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #street #streetshots #bnwstreet #streetstories #bnwshots #underground #trains #underground
#bnw #blackandwhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #street #streetshots #bnwstreet #streetstories #bnwshots #underground #trains #underground
Had to write a little poetry for a photo competition, here is my fave, haven't done this for while!
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#poetry #photo #bnwshoot #streetphotography #streetshots #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography #ebony #melanin #eyes
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#poetry #photo #bnwshoot #streetphotography #streetshots #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography #ebony #melanin #eyes
July 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Had to write a little poetry for a photo competition, here is my fave, haven't done this for while!
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#poetry #photo #bnwshoot #streetphotography #streetshots #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography #ebony #melanin #eyes
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#poetry #photo #bnwshoot #streetphotography #streetshots #blackandwhitephotography #bnwphotography #ebony #melanin #eyes
Strange old day today. Meet a few of my friends before they go in the oven...
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#street #streetlife #streetphotography #streetstyle #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwmood #rain #rainclouds #showers #umbrellas
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#street #streetlife #streetphotography #streetstyle #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwmood #rain #rainclouds #showers #umbrellas
July 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Strange old day today. Meet a few of my friends before they go in the oven...
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#street #streetlife #streetphotography #streetstyle #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwmood #rain #rainclouds #showers #umbrellas
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#street #streetlife #streetphotography #streetstyle #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwmood #rain #rainclouds #showers #umbrellas
Just a little reminder that the sun does not always shine in London lol [for context the last week or so has been hot!]
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#street #streetlife #streetphotography #streetstyle #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwmood #rain #rainclouds #showers #umbrellas
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#street #streetlife #streetphotography #streetstyle #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwmood #rain #rainclouds #showers #umbrellas
July 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Just a little reminder that the sun does not always shine in London lol [for context the last week or so has been hot!]
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#street #streetlife #streetphotography #streetstyle #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwmood #rain #rainclouds #showers #umbrellas
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#street #streetlife #streetphotography #streetstyle #bnwphotography #bnwphoto #bnwmood #rain #rainclouds #showers #umbrellas
Popular TV character in the UK giving out clothes to eager young people from an ice-cream van! You couldn't make it up!
#street #streetphotography #streetlife #streetstory #lens #sunlightlondon #blackandwhite_photos #blacknwhitestreets
#street #streetphotography #streetlife #streetstory #lens #sunlightlondon #blackandwhite_photos #blacknwhitestreets
July 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Popular TV character in the UK giving out clothes to eager young people from an ice-cream van! You couldn't make it up!
#street #streetphotography #streetlife #streetstory #lens #sunlightlondon #blackandwhite_photos #blacknwhitestreets
#street #streetphotography #streetlife #streetstory #lens #sunlightlondon #blackandwhite_photos #blacknwhitestreets
Saw this guy up and down the place on a shoot day, he was always talking, sometimes arguing, with someone on the phone. Always. For hours!!!
#bnw #blackandwhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #street #streetshots #bnwstreet #streetstories #bnwshots
#bnw #blackandwhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #street #streetshots #bnwstreet #streetstories #bnwshots
July 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Saw this guy up and down the place on a shoot day, he was always talking, sometimes arguing, with someone on the phone. Always. For hours!!!
#bnw #blackandwhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #street #streetshots #bnwstreet #streetstories #bnwshots
#bnw #blackandwhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #street #streetshots #bnwstreet #streetstories #bnwshots
Turns out I bought a broken lens, jammed wide open in this wonderful London sunlight - no really!! So I thought, aw f*** it, let's get some shots...
#street #streetphotography #streetlife #streetstory #lens #sunlightlondon #blackandwhite_photos #blacknwhitestreets
#street #streetphotography #streetlife #streetstory #lens #sunlightlondon #blackandwhite_photos #blacknwhitestreets
July 3, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Turns out I bought a broken lens, jammed wide open in this wonderful London sunlight - no really!! So I thought, aw f*** it, let's get some shots...
#street #streetphotography #streetlife #streetstory #lens #sunlightlondon #blackandwhite_photos #blacknwhitestreets
#street #streetphotography #streetlife #streetstory #lens #sunlightlondon #blackandwhite_photos #blacknwhitestreets
Out in these London streets and on the Underground taking pictures. Takes my mind off the fact that 1000 Iranian lives are barely mentioned in the mainstream media's summation of Trump's 12 Day War.
June 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Out in these London streets and on the Underground taking pictures. Takes my mind off the fact that 1000 Iranian lives are barely mentioned in the mainstream media's summation of Trump's 12 Day War.