A man who lives on one of Notting Hill's most colourful streets says he loves the "free entertainment" provided by tourists and influencers taking over the area.<br /><br />Bart, who didn't wish to reveal his last name, says that every week hundreds of people come down his street to snap the perfect content for Instagram or TikTok.<br /><br />Bart's videos show the influencers flitting through the neighbourhood - lying on people's doorsteps, setting off smoke bombs and dancing in the road.<br /><br />The street, which was kept private, is often listed in the top 10 most Instagrammable streets in Notting Hill and is lined by colourful houses. <br /><br />Bart has lived in the area for three years now but it wasn't until earlier this month that he began documenting the phenomenon on TikTok.<br /><br />He said: "On social media, we're often presented with highly curated snapshots of people's lives portraying seemingly picture-perfect moments, but what lies beyond the camera lens remains unseen.<br /><br />"I figured this would be an angle of TikTok that people would enjoy, which has proven true so far."<br /><br />Bart understands that others may find the phenomenon annoying but he "loves the free entertainment."<br /><br />He said: "The lengths people go to for the perfect picture is quite amusing.<br /><br />"The other day I saw someone skip down the street seven times with five cameras following him.<br /><br />"One of the videos shows a woman lying on her back next to a pile of rubbish that was waiting to be picked up by the bin men.<br /><br />"It would annoy other people, I'm sure, but I actually view it purely as something to have a good laugh about."<br /><br />Inadvertently, Bart's TikTok account quickly became viral with his videos already accumulating millions of views.<br /><br /> He said: "Living in a place like Notting Hill, you get a front row seat behind the comical process of capturing the 'perfect' shot."<br /><br />"[They come to do] TikTok dances and modelling especially, and others come simply to take a picture of a colourful street.”
