FAMILIAR landmarks in the area take on a new perspective when seen in these curious photospheres created by artist Edward Hill.These all-round spherical views are circular photo-montages created from up to 100 photographs using computer software.

The pictures bring together everything visible from a single point either at ground level looking up or from above.

As you look at the picture, the eye begins to interpret the warped view as a logical image.

This alternative to traditional perspective gives a surprising effect reminiscent of looking through glass balls and paperweights.

The images have been described as jigsaw puzzles in reverse.

Some of the photospheres are mounted in slowlyrotating picture frames to enhance the effect of viewing the scene from every angle. The pictures come in various sizes up to 84cm in diameter Painter, sculptor and landscape photographer Edward Hill has lived in Greenwich for 30 years.

He trained at a glass factory in Venice and later opened a hot-glass studio in Greenwich.

Hill said: "The pictures contain every single bit of information you can see from a viewpoint, unlike traditional images where there is always something out of sight.

"People do a double-take when they start to recognise places.

"It is interesting to show people familiar surroundings in a new light."

For more information about Hill's work and exhibitions, visit glartists.com

To see Edward Hill's photospheres, visit the Warwick Leadley Gallery, Nelson Road, Greenwich, call 020 8858 0317 or visit warwickleadley.com