I was working full time as a wire reporter while I was in London and chafed at  the long hours I had to spend in an office while life moved at a dizzying pace on the streets below. Trying to find a balance, I would always keep my camera and a fast 50mm lens on me  - on the way to and from work, heading to meetings and interviews, and during late-night walks, I would prowl the streets looking for interesting images that offered a glimpse at some less-seen parts of London. Making photographs became an outlet as I became more and more frustrated at parts of my job, and at what I perceived to be the insufferably slow pace that my dreams and ambitions writ large were realizing themselves. In retrospect, I am grateful for the career opportunities I had then, but even more so for the unlikely relationships and overdue self-growth that was catalyzed by my being alone, disconnected, and frustrated. The truth is, if I had felt fulfilled I probably wouldn't have gone to such trouble to find interesting pictures.

Police arrest a drunk man in Kilburn, London

At the Thomson Reuters Christmas party

Streaking man exiting a Tube station in London

Taxidermist's shop in Islington, London

A Lamborghini and its driver in London

Outside a random house party in Islington, London

A fox in Islington, London

British-Tamil protestors demonstrate outside the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. Many Tamils opposed Sri Lanka hosting the 2013 summit of the Commonwealth, accusing the government of rights violations over the course of a 23-year civil war that ended in 2009

A jeweller talks to customers somewhere near Green Park, London

Water display at Canary Wharf, London

London

Violinist Haig Papazian, and lead singer Hamed Sinno of the Lebanese alternative-rock band Mashrou’ Leila, at their first performance in London at The Garage on October 08, 2013. (Reuters/Shadi Bushra)

Max Clifford, Britain's best-known celebrity publicist who once represented Simon Cowell and Muhammad Ali, leaves Southwark Crown Court in London October 4, 2013. Clifford pleaded not guilty to 11 charges of indecently assaulting teenage girls at this hearing. He was later convicted on eight of those counts and sentenced to eight years in prison.