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Mayfair Icarus

14 images Created 27 Apr 2022

Icarus has just appeared on the side of a renovated building. The premises used to be a Porsche dealership but it seems to be transforming into another retail entity.

Much like this young, minor mythical Greek teenager, whose father Daedalus was the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus couldn't quite manage his own transition from boyhood to manhood and ignored his father's warning while flying on waxy wings, to perish too close to the sun.

He is now spreading his wings across an intersection in London's wealthy, but morally bankrupt Mayfair, the home to many a Russian oligarch.

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  • A bus adorned with advertising for luxury shoe brand, Jimmy Choo, drives past the image of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 28th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax.
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  • A male pedestrian and the image of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus,  on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 26th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax.
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  • Pedestrians walk past the image of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 26th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax.
    retail_hoarding-05-27-04-2022.jpg
  • A male pedestrian carries a pizza box past the image of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 26th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax.
    retail_hoarding-19-26-04-2022.jpg
  • A woman pedestrian and the image of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 26th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax.
    retail_hoarding-08-26-04-2022.jpg
  • A woman carries inflated helium balloons towards a crossing and the image of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 26th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    retail_hoarding-25-26-04-2022.jpg
  • A male runner passes the image of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 26th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax.
    retail_hoarding-30-26-04-2022.jpg
  • A dog walker takes a young puppy across a zebra crossing under the gaze of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 26th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax.
    retail_hoarding-01-27-04-2022.jpg
  • As an open-top classic car drives past, pedestrians walk beneath the image of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 26th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    retail_hoarding-29-26-04-2022.jpg
  • A construction industry lorry turns a corner and passes a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 26th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax.
    retail_hoarding-02-27-04-2022.jpg
  • Workman push a structural RSJ support into a construction site near the image of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's hoarding in Mayfair, on 28th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax.
    mayfair_icarus-07-28-04-2022.jpg
  • A taxi cab passes an industrial van in front of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 26th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax.
    retail_hoarding-03-27-04-2022.jpg
  • Pedestrians and the image of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 26th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax.
    retail_hoarding-05-26-04-2022.jpg
  • A male pedestrian and the image of a mythical male hero, believed to be Icarus, on the side of a retailer's construction hoarding in Mayfair, on 26th April 2022, in London, England. Icarus was a minor character in Greek Mythology, famous for not surviving the transition from boyhood to manhood, he was the son of the master craftsman Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth. Icarus and Daedalus attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that Daedalus constructed from feathers and wax.
    retail_hoarding-10-26-04-2022.jpg
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