Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged art, classical, girl, history, Italy, marble, monochrome, museum, photography, Roman, Rome, sculpture, statue, still life, woman on March 12, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Ladies of Rome : photographed August 2012
An assortment of wonderful stone females I found hanging around the Italian capital.
I love taking pictures of statues. More so than of real people, because you can take your time to concentrate on the lighting and framing which you might not be able to do with pesky fidgety living subjects…
Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged architecture, art, arts, clouds, Colosseum, cubism, design, EUR, fascism, Italy, modern, Mussolini, palazzo della civilta italiana, photography, Rome, sky, urban on February 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Palazzo della Civilta Italiana, EUR, Rome : photographed August 26th 2012
The EUR district of Rome is often overlooked by most tourists, which is probably just as well, since this crumbling collection of monolithic concrete buildings are slowly decaying and apparently empty, testament to the insanely grandiose designs of Mussolini who created them in the 1930′s. The whole mad experiment is redeemed, however, by the wonderful Palazzo della Civilta Italiana, an imposing cubist makeover of the colosseum. I was there on a stormy day, but got lucky when a ray of sunlight illuminated the edifice against a backdrop of threatening clouds.
Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged "Henry VIII", "King's College", architecture, art, cambridge, ceiling, chapel, church, design, England, history, interior, university on November 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
King’s College Chapel, Cambridge : 16th August 2012
Finished during the reign of Henry VIII in the early sixteenth century, this really is a stunning piece of architecture. I can only regret that I wasn’t bright enough to be able to attend such a prestigious university as Cambridge. Who could not be inspired by such surroundings?
(Don’t forget that clicking on the photos will take you to larger and more spectacular versions of these pictures…)
Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged "climbing frame", art, ball, cube, design, installation, monochrome, photography, sphere, yellow on June 18, 2012 | 2 Comments »
“Cubism” : 27th March 2012
There’s a stretch of riverside from Hiroshima station heading east which is enjoying a much needed redevelopment. After looking like a bomb site for a couple of years following the mass demolition of old crumbling slums, the place is now a hive of activity with bright new buildings mushrooming everywhere and even the appearance of a drive-through Starbucks. Along the river there are a series of interesting climbing frames for the kids, each containing a different shape at its centre. The local children don’t seem to be using these, which is just as well for me, as I just love photographing them with my ultra wide zoom lens.
You can see a larger version of this photo by clicking here.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged abtsract, art, dots, grid, holes, macro, matrix, monochrome, pattern on April 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Urban Sieve” : Tokyo, 18th March 2012
As I walked backed to my hotel one night I passed a new apartment building around which were these large metal panels with dot patterns on them and lights behind, radiating out through the holes.
I like these attempts to make urban housing more liveable by adding a few artistic touches to the surroundings…
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Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged art, contrast, Japan, mask, monochrome, night, silhouette, statue, Tokyo on April 14, 2012 | 2 Comments »
“Statue Silhouette” : Tokyo, 17th March 2012
Another shot from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building complex in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
In the absence of sunlight I opted to produce a silhouette, which worked very well against the pale sky, particularly after applying a filter to simulating night.
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Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged art, installation, Japan, landmark, metal, monument, sculpture, Shinjuku, Tokyo, tube on April 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Tokyo Metal” : 17th March 2012
This impressively modern installation resides just in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building in Shinjuku, although with a whole host of other abstract pieces of art. This is about as far from traditional Japan as you can get, architecturally speaking…
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Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged abstract, architecture, art, building, girder, Japan, monument, skyscraper, statue, Tokyo on April 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Red Girder” : Tokyo, 17th March 2012
It was a cloudy and rainy day when I visited the enclave of Japanese government buildings in Shinjuku, and although I took a lot of wide-angle pictures of the enormous and impressive buildings there, none of them came out too well.
On such occasions it’s often better to zoom in and find some interesting details, which is precisely what I did here. The red girder is part of a large artistic installation in front of the giant skyscrapers which I decided to use to bisect their sunless facade.
The irony is, that I also took some iPhone snaps at the same time, and these wide shots actually came out pretty well. I’ll add one in here, just so you can appreciate the size of the building…
You can see a bigger version of the first photo here.
Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged abstract, angles, art, colours, installation, minimal, rainbow, steps, texture on March 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Art Steps” : Porto, Portugal, 9th September 2011
In yesterday’s post I mentioned a modern art exhibition inside an old hall which was none too exciting.
Well, that assessment is true, but I did like these multi-coloured steps, several versions of which were placed around the gallery.
And, of course, I’ve shot them from a weird angle to add a little mystery…
You can have a look at a larger version of this picture here.
Posted in Photo of the Day, tagged "street art", art, cartoon, character, cutout, figures, graffiti, Porto, Portugal, urban on March 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
“Porto Street Art 1″ : Porto, Portugal, 9th September 2011
Porto, like Lisbon was found to be host to a lot of interesting and experimental street art that was way beyond the standard spray can type stuff found elsewhere.
“Porto Street Art 2″ : Porto, Portugal, 9th September 2011
Being a cloudy and dull day, I was really lucky to bump into all these gems on what I’m assuming is an unoccupied or condemned building.
“Porto Street Art 3″ : Porto, Portugal, 9th September 2011
Good to see some people not so downhearted at the effects of the economic recession that they can’t still attempt to inject a bit of mirth into sometimes bleak urban environments…
“Porto Street Art 4″ : Porto, Portugal, 9th September 2011
You can see larger versions of these pictures here, here, here and here.
