Mural entitled "Florida Baby" by DREPS aka @drepstah, seen at 490 NW 23rd Street in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida.

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Mural entitled "Sowing the Future" by Miguel Galaz, Alan Ochoa, and Luis Novoa, collectively known as Roots Art Kollective aka @therak.murals, seen at 670 North Center Street in Midvale, Utah.

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45+85 German Air Force Panavia Tornado IDS (c/n 4285), RAF Fairford 9th July 2012.

The aircraft's colours are entitled "Arctic Tiger" & were applied by Jagdgeschwader 51, based at Schleswig

Mural entitled "Elbows Up Side to Side" by Christin Apodaca aka @christin.m.a, seen at 2955 Cetury Park Way in South Salt Lake, Utah.

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the title of this photo was inspired by lyrics to the chapter in your life entitled san francisco by the lucksmiths

From my set entitled "Uncle Bill Watson"

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In my photostream

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Watson reunion photo in which Cam Devine appears

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Campbell (Cam) Devine was my Uncle Bill Watson’s best friend during early school years in Grand Valley, Ontario. Cam was killed on August 12, 1944, when the Flying Boat he was piloting crashed in Ireland. I am including a notice of his death from the Grand Valley Star and Vidette, and a detailed account of the crash as remembered by Chuck Singer, one of Cam’s flight crew.

From The Grand Valley Star and Vidette, August, 1944

Another Grand Valley Boy Passes Overseas

News of the death of another Grand Valley boy overseas was received in town the latter part of last week. He was Flight Lieut Campbell Devine, elder son of Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Devine of Orillia formerly of Grand Valley. Campbell was born in Grand Valley and moved with his parents to Orillia some years ago. His death occurred in Ireland on Aug.12 and interment took place in Ireland. He was a chum and pal of the late P.O. Bill Watson of Grand Valley. Brief references to his death were made in the pulpits of Knox Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning and at the memorial service for the late P.O. Watson in Trinity United Church on Sunday afternoon. Besides his parents and one brother, Donald, the deceased leaves a widow and one child, all of Orillia. To the bereaved parents, brother, widow and child the sympathy of this community is extended

Full particulars regarding his death had not been received at the time of going to press.

Taken from THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC Highlights from 422 R.C.A.F. Squadron, 1942 - 1945

www.airforcemuseum.ca/422ww2.htm

August 12, 1944 saw the crash of Sunderland T of 422, in Donegal County, Ireland, just north of Belleek, Northern Ireland, shortly after take-off for an Atlantic patrol. The heavily loaded aircraft had suffered an engine fire and loss of propeller and a crash landing was attempted on a relatively flat area. The skipper, F/L Cam Devine and two crew members died in the crash. The remainder of the crew received serious injuries and were initially treated in the Irish hospital in Ballyshannon, Donegal County, and later moved to the military hospital in Necarne Castle near Irvinestown, Northern Ireland or to hospitals in England.

Taken from the The Impartial Reporter: For Fermanagh, Tyrone and Border Counties of the Republic of Ireland:

Issue: 15-08-2002

www.impartialreporter.com/archive/2002-08-15/news/story41...

A tear ran down the cheek of Chuck Singer as he stood on the windswept bogland of Cashelard, receiving long overdue recognition for an act of great courage undertaken 58 years ago to the day.

It was a marvellous moment, a fitting closure to a remarkable tale, owing much not only to Chuck, whose selfless actions as a 19 year old First Gunner on a stricken Sunderland flying boat in 1944 saved the life of a comrade, but also to his son Bob (who correctly pointed out that reports of his father's death in the Squadron records were greatly exaggerated), and local historians Joe O'Loughlin and Breege McCusker.

A large crowd gathered on Monday at the exact hour at the site where Sunderland NJ175 crashed shortly after taking off from its base at Castle Archdale. They gathered to pay tribute to Sergeant Chuck Singer, but also to the three airmen who did not survive the crash, and whose names are recorded on a memorial stone erected at the site two years ago. With a beautiful ceremony choreographed brilliantly by Joe and Breege, interspersed with presentations to Chuck, the crowd listened to a recounting of the Canadian's remarkable story.

422 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force arrived in Fermanagh in the spring of 1944, youthful, joyful crews of men who had thus far generally enjoyed their war experiences, stationed with Coastal Command in Scotland, protecting Merchant Navy convoys from the threat of German U Boats.

They were to do the same job from their base on Lough Erne, patrolling out into the Atlantic and also into the Bay Of Biscay and the English Channel. Their role was an important one- the U Boats were the only cog of the German war machine which really frightened Churchill, and any break in the Allies supply line would have had a debilitating effect on the war effort.

But to the airmen based in quiet County Fermanagh, on the usually serene Lower Lough Erne, the war must often have seemed a world away. Chuck remembers that conditions on the base were "beautiful, just fine", and that even when they were airborne, patrolling at an average altitude of 400 feet, there was never any real feeling of unease or fear.

"We felt like nothing was ever going to happen to us out there. To fly was just a treat to get up and if they ever postponed a flight on us we got sick, you know, just sick. I don't know any aircrew that ever worried- it was all jovial, funny guys that had a good time, I don't know anybody that ever worried about dying. Flying out to sea in those things was so peaceful. You almost forgot that you had a job to do it was so beautiful and peaceful."

During his short spell in Fermanagh, Chuck fortunately never had to fire his guns in anger from his position in the turret at the top of the giant seaplane, but remembers one occasion when his crew felt they were about to have their first serious engagement with the enemy.

"We thought we had a pair of them one time," he said. "It looked like a mother ship refuelling a smaller sub, so we dived at that thing, we had all the depth charges out on the wings, we were ready for everything... and they were two of the most beautiful Blue Whales you ever saw in your life."

Chuck left his turret and aimed a camera instead of his machine gun. He took a couple of photographs and left them in to get developed back at the base, but due to his unfortunate exit from Castle Archdale he was never able to pick them up again. "We went out feet first and I never did get them. I'd loved to have had those pictures," he said wistfully.

The biggest threat to their safety that Chuck encountered during the patrols actually came from the Merchant Navy which the Sunderlands and Catalinas were sent to protect. Engagements with enemy aircraft and U Boats were rare by 1944, but the Merchant convoys were jumpy, and fairly 'trigger happy' recalled Chuck.

"The worst part was flying alongside a convoy, because those merchant people- they were shooting at everything, and they didn't know us from the enemy. When we used to approach a convoy the skipper used to give them every view they could of the markings or else the Merchant Navy would shoot you down."

They would also shoot coloured flares by way of identifying themselves, but the colours were changed frequently, and sending up the wrong colour could prove fatal. Call signs were also used for identification and changed frequently, but there is one call sign which is indelibly printed on Chuck's memory. 'Eyeglass Eagle'. This was the last call sign of Sunderland NJ175, as it took off around 11:15 on Saturday morning, August 12, 1944. NJ175 was like any other Sunderland docked at the Flying Boat base, and was supposed to have been checked by the engineers before take off. Every one of the 12 man crew had checks to make after being rowed out to the boat on a dinghy.

"When it was our turn to fly they'd put us in a dinghy from the dock and run us to one of the boats, and we'd get on it and check everything out, and if something wasn't right we'd radio the dinghy and it would come back and get us and take us to another one. Often there'd be two or three before we'd get one that was operational."

Everything happened in such a hurry that it was fairly common to experience mechanical problems, said Chuck, and often the crews would be delayed at least an hour by repairs.

On the flight on August 12 was his regular crew, all of whom had got to know each other like brothers, having flown and socialised together in Fermanagh for months, as well as a few trainees, learning the ropes, and sitting, fatally as it turned out, near the cockpit behind the skipper, Flight Lieutenant Cam Devine.

They were heading for the English Channel, hoping to catch the German subs heading for Norway from their base at Brest on the French coast. The men- all members of the RCAF, were expecting to be away for between 10 and 12 hours, burning an enormous 2000 gallons of fuel. As it happened, they were only airborne for a fraction of that time- about 30 minutes- and had to dump as much of the fuel as possible over the surrounding area.

"The engine sounded uneasy all the time after we took off. It just didn't sound like it was hitting all cylinders, it sounded funny. But sometimes that clears up, but this time it didn't," said Chuck. The noises got worse as the plane reached the West Coast of Ireland and a problem in the outer starboard engine had developed into a fire. The crew sent out a mayday call and turned around to return to base. Orders came in from Castle Archdale to jettison the fuel and the depth charges on board, which would have exploded on impacting with the ground.

Local people in the fields around Belleek were used to seeing the huge Flying Boats sailing out to war over their heads along the secretly negotiated Donegal Corridor, but to see one with thick black smoke billowing out from its starboard engine was an unusual and alarming experience. Although Cashelard is a remote area, there were a number of people in the vicinity, taking advantage of the great weather to work in the fields or enjoy the first day of the Grouse shooting season. Their peace was about to be shattered.

On board the plane, dumping the 2000 gallons of fuel was proving too dangerous, as the high octane fuel was pouring out perilously close to the burning engine, risking an explosion which would blow the plane to smithereens. Flying Officer Alex Platsko, the Second Pilot, whose job it was to jettison the fuel and depth charges in preparation for a less than routine landing, now had to shut off the fuel dump valve again.

And there was another problem- the track for the depth charges was sticking, and the crew couldn't get them out of the plane. Eventually, after a desperate struggle, the crew worked the charges free, and they dropped harmlessly to the ground, to be blown up next day by the Irish Army and officials from Castle Archdale.

Platsko returned to the task of shutting off the fuel dump valve, but was shuddered out of his work by a loud bang as the burning engine suddenly froze up and the propeller twisted off its shaft and spun into the starboard float, causing the plane to bank suddenly, steeply to the right. Chuck remembers the sharp snap of the propeller breaking off, not long before impact.

Skipper Cam Devine, just 22 years of age, had a fight on his hands. With one engine on fire and out of action, and a half a tonne propeller embedded in the side of one of his floats, the plane was losing height at a frightening rate and in danger of hitting the ground sideways first. "We could've cartwheeled - if the wing had touched first we would all have been dead," said Chuck.

The crew members were adopting the crash position, something similar to what is advised on commercial airliners today, but without the fancy demonstration cards. Cam Devine was fighting for his life, and the lives of his comrades, fighting to get the heavy plane back on an even keel to give them a chance in the crash landing which was now inevitable. Somehow, against the odds, he achieved this, righting the plane just before impact on the Cashelard ground, succeeding in saving the lives of nine of his crew members, but losing his own life in the process.

Chuck remembers certain aspects of the impact, but he was concussed, and blood was streaming down his face. Three of the crew- Cam Devine, Pilot Officer R.T Wilkinson and Flight Sergeant Jack Forrest- died instantly. Alex Platsko, who hadn't time to buckle himself back into his seat after jettisoning the depth charges, was thrown through the windscreen, and survived, although he was seriously injured.

The plane hit the lip of a country track, coming down perpendicular to the road rather than along it, which caused the bottom half of the plane to be severed in the sudden halt. "When the bottom half of the plane was torn out I was up in the ceiling getting my arms broke and my face cut, and concussion, and I was looking down and I could see George Colbourne laying face-up on the bottom of the boat," recalled Chuck. "We went over the top of him, but it looked like we were still and he was sliding on a toboggan underneath us- that was the effect we got. That was the last thing I remembered until I gained consciousness again and tried to get out of that thing."

The next thing he remembers is the heather all around the crash site being on fire. The Sunderland had broken in two places- at the tail, and between the under section and the rest of the plane. The tail breaking off was a blessing in disguise, affording an escape hatch for Chuck and some of the other crew members.

Dazed, bleeding, and with his left arm hanging limply by his side, Chuck somehow got out of the mangled remains of the plane. As aviation fuel leaked out of the plane the fire spread, and bullets and ammunition were exploding in the heat. Chuck staggered clear of the heat, but heard George Colbourne crying for help. George was trapped under the wreckage of the tail, powerless, with two broken legs. Chuck turned back into the flames.

"I can remember going back when I heard him crying and screaming. I heard him before this, and I thought 'God, I'm not going to get him', and then he screamed one more time and I thought: 'I've got to get him', so I went back after him. I pulled my arm out hauling him out- I tore a ligament in my shoulder. I couldn't use my left arm- it was broken. So by the time I got him maybe 50 to 100 feet away, I don't know how far it was- until I couldn't feel the heat anymore- I passed out, and so did he."

The fire totally engulfed the plane, but somehow all of the survivors had got clear of the wreckage. Joe O'Loughlin reached the plane on his bicycle about half an hour after the crash, along with other locals and helpers, including the supposedly neutral Irish Army from Finner Camp, rescue services from Castle Archdale, and medical staff from Ballyshannon's Shiel Hospital. All of the injured, with wounds ranging from a broken back to severe burns, were taken to the hospital, where they remained for 48 hours before being transferred to St Angelo Airport and over to hospital in England.

At this point, according to the records of 422 Squadron, Sergeant Charles (Chuck) Singer died. This was quite an alarming discovery for Bob Singer in January this year, who thought that his father had recovered from his injuries, received a medical discharge and flown back to Canada, where he later married, had five children and moved to Florida, keeping in contact with George Colbourne, who rang him every year on August 12 to thank him for saving his life on a lonely Irish bog, a lifetime ago. Bob had decided to do a little research into his father's Airforce career, and had stumbled upon the Squadron records. He knew very little of the crash, and nothing of his modest father's heroic rescue of Colbourne. He sent a reply to the website, stating that as his father had been helping him in the yard that morning, and notwithstanding a Lazurus-like reincarnation, he had not died in England on August 14, 1944, as the Squadron notes reported. Chuck had missed out on over 50 years of squadron reunions thanks to an erroneous report in the records. He had no idea that there was such interest in those based at Castle Archdale: "I didn't have a clue- I thought that we were all forgotten. Joe here, he got after me right away- I got a letter within a week from him."

He also got in touch with the courageous Alex Platsko, now Dr Alex Platsko, who lives in the prestigious Pebble Beach resort in California. The two old comrades talked together for the first time in 58 years a few months ago, while Chuck ordered his Squadron badge, an honour he had neglected for over half a century.

This has been a year of amazing discovery for both Chuck and Bob, who accompanied his father on his emotional return to Fermanagh and to Cashelard. Under the gentle guidance of Joe, they have revisited so many areas of huge significance for Chuck- the well kept war graves in Irvinestown where his three comrades are buried; Castle Archdale with Breege McCusker; the Shiel Hospital in Ballyshannon where Chuck asked the staff if he owed them anything and joked that he had "an outstanding bill from '44"; and finally, most emotionally of all, the site at Cashelard where Sunderland NJ175 crashed 58 years ago to the day.

Full of praise for the people of Fermanagh- "a wonderful race", Chuck returns this week to Florida, laden with gifts such as a mounted piece of the wreckage of his plane, a framed citation commemorating his bravery, a copy of the memorial plaque erected to the memory of his fallen comrades, and a replica model of the planes in which he soared above the seas, risking his tomorrow for our today.

Having been reaquainted with his squadron and returned to the site of his wartime experiences he admits to being overwhelmed with his time in Fermanagh. As far as Castle Archdale, Cashelard and more particularly, Flying Boats go, he has just one disappointment, and he is not the only one: "It's a shame there isn't one for you guys to look at, you know? They're all on the bottom of the lake. Isn't that crazy?"

Taken from "Commonwealth Plots in Irvinestown County Fermanagh"

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The injuries to the crew Killed F/lt E.C. Devine ( Pilot ) aged 22.

( Buried Irvinestown Church of Ireland ).

P/O. J R Forrest W.Op / AG.

( Buried Irvinestown Roman catholic Churchyard).

F/O. R T Wilkinson Pilot aged 22.

(Buried Irvinestown Church of Ireland).

Surviving crew members. Sgt Allen ( Navigator).

Severe head injuries , burns to hands and legs.

Sgt Jeal. ( Flt/Engineer).

Fracture to spine , extensive burns to his hands and face.

Sgt Colbourne (A/G).

Head injury , fractured right leg.

Sgt Platsko. ( 2nd Pilot).

Head injury.

Sgt Oderskirk.(W.Op/ AG).

hand and facial injuries.

Sgt.Clarke (FME/AG).

Compressed fracture of the spine.

Sgt Singer ( A/G).

Fractured left arm.

P/O A. Locke.

(W.Op/AG).

Head injury.

Post Processing: light balance, equalization, sharpening

Entitled By: Rich Levine

In other galaxies, they speak of "an energy field

created by all living things. It surrounds us,

and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together."

Thk you dear friend!!

Be Strong, Believe Yourself.

Believe what you feel, even if the world

tells you that you are wrong.

Be yourself, not everyone experiences

everything you feel in the same way.

Breathe Deeply in Love With Nature.....

.......And, Believe!!!

My Deep Biophilia

Our secret language

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Mural entitled "Commit This to Memory" by Lord aka @taylordpaints for Mural Mania 2025, seen at 123 North Hill Street in South Bend, Indiana.

Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.

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Mural entitled "Immigrant Humanity" by Ktano aka @ktano86, seen at 115 NW 6th Street in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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This is a part of an ongoing & experimental photo project of mine entitled "Corpse Photo-Poetics." (This was was composed by myself & Melina, my former fiance.) It was conceived as a sort of abstraction of the Surrealist game, "Exquisite Corpse."

I can't locate my formal description of the project, but I'll try to succinctly state its simplicity:

With E.C., partipants divide a piece of a paper into thirds or quaters, choosing, for instance, the human form. Each participant chooses a section of the form to complete, covering their work, leaving only lines to give the next player a starting point for the next section of the piece. The result can be something quite surprising and, sometimes even good! ;)

I chose to use double exposure photographs. The CPP images have mostly been produced directly in the camera (35mm). With no fixed for in mind, person grans an image to be integrated with the photograph of another in the camera, and hopefully the result is just as surprising and, even good!

This is a randomly chosen example -- I have very few digital copies at this time, but will try to change that soon. I'm working on new methods and am always looking for new collaborators.

Let's see, thank you for taking a look, reading about this crazy project & LMK if you are interested. ;)

[BTW, this example is, like the others, from a 35mm shot, & has lost something in translation. In this case, the vivid colors of the flowers at the top edge of the picture are dull, and the great red stars that run vertically on the shirt, which work great together w/ the tree, are gone.]

OK. Here's further description that I e-mailed to one recent participant, the amazing Ms. LaDonna Chaos:

Let’s see… I'll do my best to b-r-I-e-f-l-y describe the project off the top o' my chaotic head here.

Incidentally, this is the primitive, FUN technique, but I will soon move to enact some refinements to the process. In any case, I just thought that we could have some fun for now in this still early stage of things. What do you reckon?

Oxnard

Mural entitled "Horsepower" by D A A S aka @daas, seen at 1288 West Adams Street in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Mural entitled "We Can be Heroes" by Seth Globepainter aka @seth_globepainter, seen at the Wynwood Walls Outdoor Museum at 232 NW 26th Street in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida.

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Mural entitled "Bonsai Kitty" by SKIP aka @seeskipfranchise for Sam Flax Orlando, seen at 644 Altaloma Avenue in the Little Saigon area of Orlando, Florida.

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A work entitled "Remembering Seletar, The Sound of Nature, Memories" 2012, by the Singaporean sculptor Lim Leong Seng, outside the Greenwich V shopping mall at the southeast corner of Yio Chu Kang Road and Seletar Road, Singapore. The vintage pilot in his flying leathers references Seletar Airport (XSP), which lies some 3 km to the north. Built in 1928 for the British Royal Air Force, today it is a civil general aviation airport. Rubber plantations once graced the area, providing ample opportunity for children to chase butterflies. The work evokes memories of those times.

You must detach your life from an awareness of the multiple and reduce it to a geometrical point before God. You have but one life, and it is not just anything; this life is everything for you, and it owes its greatness to its divine origin and goal. The human condition is something great because its foundation is God; the modern error is to believe we are small, that we are biological accidents, that we are entitled to be lukewarm—that we are free to be small, apathetic, mediocre. In reality we are condemned to greatness, if I may express it this way, and we find this greatness in spiritual smallness before the divine Greatness. It is God who is great, but we must open ourselves up to this Greatness, knowing that there is only He, that we are bound to Him, that we cannot escape Him; knowing this we must resign ourselves to our human and personal condition—to the fact that the sacred is everywhere—and we must repose in trust.

F. Schuon

Mural entitled "Fertile Ground" by Meg Saligman aka @megsaligmanstudio, seen at 602 North 13th Street in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Mural entitled "Bert Raccoons" by D. Terra aka @d.terrastencils, seen at 920 Mercer Street in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

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Mural entitled "Resurrection" by Tony Krol aka @tonykrol for Mural Mania, seen at 902 South Michigan in South Bend Indiana.

The car in the center panel is a 1950's Studebaker Champion. Studebaker manufactured cars and trucks in South Bend. At first, Studebaker opted for electric (battery-powered) over gasoline propulsion. While manufacturing its own Studebaker Electric vehicles from 1902 to 1911. The Company manufactured gasoline powered cars in South Bend from 1911 until the plant was closed in 1963.

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Mural entitled "The Pythia in Agate" by Joe McEndree aka @theartofjoeking, seen at 505 West Fourth Street in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Mural entitled “Girl with a D Earring" by @sydneygjames, @maxsansing, @bakpakdurden @birdcap and @ijania seen at 2937 East Grand Boulevard in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan.

This mural was inspired by "Girl with a Pearl Earring," an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1665.

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This piece, entitled "Log Cabin on the Tenth" is finished, along with a couple of other pieces..and the hard work of the morning was preparing entries for a couple of submissions to a juried show that I like to participate in. The process is both easier, and more difficult than in the past...no more slide film to buy and have processed...but the computer MUST be made to do a lot of things in an extremely specific way...by someone who is not a master. I have survived the morning and am feeling a little better.....

Mural entitled "Mother" by Sef aka @sef.01, seen at 414 North Carpenter Street in the West Town area of Chicago, Illinois.

The artist states: "Today my wall talks about the most selfless love in the world, the love of a mother. That is why I chose this wall, because just as the bridge protects against rain or any inclement weather, so is the love of a mother for her children, an infinite love whose desire is always to protect and love their children above all things. Happy Mother's Day to all those women who every day lavish the most sincere and beautiful love that exists. I dedicate this mural to them."

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entitled "postal post-ital post-digital (going)"

10x20"

The famous photograph entitled, "St Andrews, North Street, Fishergate, Women and Children Baiting the Line" was taken here around 1845 by Robert Adamson & David Octavius Hill. Click on the link to see this wonderful nineteenth-century photograph.

Mural entitled "Growth" by Briana [Athena] Benore aka @brianabenore for Art Attack Windsor 2016, seen at 421 Art Alley in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

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Mural entitled "Laughing Giants" by Woes Martin aka @woes, seen at 594 24th Street SW in the Grand Central area of St Petersburg, Florida.

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Mural entitled "The King and the Young Prince" by Jackie Danger aka @jackie_danger, seen at 5th Street and NW Flagler Avenue in the Fat Village Arts District of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Mural entitled "La Reina de Thaitown" by ELMAC aka @mack_arte, seen at 1685 North Wilton Place in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California.

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Mural entitled "Band of Brotherhood" by Michael Vasquez aka @michaelvasquez_, seen at the Wynwood Walls Outdoor Museum at 2516 NW 2nd Avenue in the Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida.

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Mural entitled "Rhinoride"by Emit One DF aka @emit.df and D. Ross Scribe aka @scribeswalk seen in the RiNo area of Denver, Colorado.

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Mural entitled "Su Vida Es Nuestra Vida" by Octavio Alegria and Esther del Prado collectively known as Alegria del Prado aka @alegriadelprado, for the Sea Walls project of the Pangea Seed Foundation, seen at 50 Avenida Sur 959, Independencia, 77664 San Miguel de Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico

The artists state: "Our mural is an allegory of the importance of the ocean; that make possible, life on Earth. The dwarf coati, a species endemic to the island of Cozumel is in danger of extinction; they are displaced from their habitat due to human presence. It is placed at the center of our mural, made up of plants, symbolizing nature at threat. The coati is surrounded by marine animals as a representation of the sea, in an interdependent, infinite embrace. One does not survive without the other; the ocean’s health is the earth’s health. As symbols of danger, there are small details not visible to every eye, just like the lack of awareness; hybrid cruiseship-mosquitoes pestering the coati and a skull-shaped earth mover deforesting the island."

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This was part of the spectacular show of light entitled ‘Science’, created and produced by Luxmuralis Artistic Collaboration.

Visitors were able to walk through the History of Science in the stunning interior of Winchester Cathedral. Almost every inch of the Cathedral was bathed in light and full of beautiful original compositions.

The display saw the almost 1000-year-old building become the canvas for an exploration of the way in which scientists have shaped the past and will influence the future. This unforgettable multi-sensory experience transports visitors through elements, molecules, DNA, and the greatest discoveries of humanity, as we contemplate the wonders that make up the world around us.

The installation was the creation of the award-winning collaboration of artists known as Luxmuralis, a collaborative team of artists from different backgrounds and artistic disciplines who create works across multiple media and presentation formats. Core to their work is the opportunity to explore the development of fine art tradition through new media, placing the medium in an art historical context.

In this part of the cathedral the choir stalls are earliest nearly complete set in England dating from about 1308. The back wall has a blind arcade of pairs of trefoiled arches with encircled cinquefoils above and exuberant foliage in the spandrels. In front of the panels are thin shafts supporting cinquefoiled arches and encircled cinquefoils.

The scrolling list of chemical compound here was being projected onto the Great Screen. This was built in 1455-75, of fine-grained limestone, behind the high altar. The present statues are 19th century, which explains the presence of Queen Victoria among the Saxon monarchs. The original statuary was broken up at the time of the Reformation but much was recovered and is displayed in the Triforium Gallery. The whole restoration of the Great Screen was overseen by Dean Kitchin.

www.hampshireattractions.co.uk/events/science-sound-and-l...

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Mural entitled "Lady of Deep Waters" by Art of Subtle Codes aka @subtlecodes, seen at 3620 NW 3rd Avenue in Miami, Florida.

Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.

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Mural entitled "Tidal View" by ER. aka @everydayresearch for Mural Mania 2024, seen at 701 South Main Street in South Bend, Indiana.

Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.

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I have self-published my second book entitled 88. It features an afterword by the British photographer Paul Russell, and the launch in Portugal took place on October 26, 2025.

This new book, 88 (88 images), is the second volume in a duology that began with my 2020 publication of 99 (99 images). The newly published book (88) measures 330 mm x 225 mm (hardcover), with 184 pages.

This photographic collection in “88” features images captured primarily in my home region in Portugal, which includes Caldas da Rainha, Foz do Arelho, and Óbidos. This body of work is considered unique because these locations have been largely unexplored by other street photographers.

My shadow appears as the guiding thread throughout the sequence of photographs, thus connecting my presence from behind the camera to my presence in front of it while participating in the composition. Adopting the philosophy of street photography, I embarked on a journey to find the extraordinary within the ordinary routines of daily life. This was a personal pursuit of serendipitous moments, brought to life by the grace of light. While the photos feature color and the interplay of light and shadow, you’ll find frames embedded with wit, humor, and subtle enigmas containing deeper elements of hidden stories, puzzles, and mystery.

Interested individuals can contact me via message. vasco.trancoso@gmail.com

Thank you.

This remarkable sculpture, entitled 'Iron-Bowl' (the famous Alabama Vs. Auburn annual matchup) stands on the campus of the United States Sports Academy in nearby Daphne, Alabama...it is one of several sports sculptures on campus by Alabama artist Bruce Larsen who transforms discarded scrap into powerful, compelling works of art...he has received world-wide recognition for his work and is also a prominent special effects artist for major motion pictures...

This year's Alabama versus Auburn Iron Bowl game takes place this afternoon at 2:30...all I can say is...ROLL TIDE!!!

A security guard at the Rotunda of the Bourse de Commerce in Paris during the display of Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculpture entitled Cloud # 07156

This is one of the lumen prints from my first ever art exhibit entitled Blooms held last May 18, 2022. It features lumen prints of endemic and other Philippine flora. The exhibit runs until August 5, 2022 at the UPLB Sining Makiling Gallery. This is a jade vine lumen print. This woody vine is endemic to the tropical forests of the Philippines.

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From Wikipedia:

Strongylodon macrobotrys was discovered in 1841 on the jungled slopes of Mount Makiling, on the Philippines’ Luzon Island, by members of the United States Exploring Expedition led by U.S. Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes. One can only imagine how startling that apparition must have been, but we are left only with the description of the Harvard-based botanist Asa Gray, who had locked horns with Wilkes previously and elected not to join the voyage. As part of the task of describing the thousands of plants collected by the multi-ship expedition, which ranged from Honolulu to Antarctica and involved several violent skirmishes with the natives (Wilkes was court-martialed at the end of the expedition, but acquitted), Gray named the vine in 1854. Its species epithet macrobotrys means “long grape cluster”, from the Greek makros "long" and botrys "bunch of grapes",[6] referring to the fruit; the genus name derives from strongylos "round", and odous "tooth",[7] referring to the rounded teeth of the calyx. A member of the bean family, Jade vine is bat-pollinated in the wild, thus it must be hand-pollinated in greenhouses to bear its fruit, which can grow to be melon-sized. This has been done over the years at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew Gardens in England, where seed conservation is an ongoing focus, especially in the face of loss of rainforest habitat.

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Mural entitled "Last Supper in Delusionville" by Ron English aka @ronenglish with a self-portrait of the artist at the left, seen at 2265 NW 2nd Avenue in the Overtown area of Miami, Florida.

Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.

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In an article entitled 'The Loon Lake Colony 1922-2012' by Bob Blatchford, David Oborne and Jim Oborne ice houses were described:

"Up until 1953 when Hydro arrived, cottage life was rustic and basic. You were lucky to have running water via a hand pump. Wood stoves were your oven and heat in the early mornings. Most people had ice houses and ice boxes. Leo and Elburn Meeks Sr. cut the ice on the lake and using a horse drawn sleigh, took the blocks to the cottage ice house each winter. They spread sawdust on the ice to help it survive the summer heat. The ice box in the cottage was zinc lined and made of oak. The ice was put on the top level, food inside. They was a tray on the bottom to collect water. The ice had to be replaced every 2 days."

More history of the Loon Lake Colony can be seen here: (reprinted from the 2012 SDRA Newsletter, written by Bob Blatchford, David Oborne and edited by Jim Oborne) pioneer.mazinaw.on.ca/Loon%20Lake%20Colony%20July%201%201...

Part of the Bill Machan Album

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Mural entitled "Voltron" by Kenji Chai aka @mr_kenjichai and Michael Roy aka @birdcap for Paint Memphis, seen at 1719 Evelyn Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.

Drone photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.

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Mural entitled "Que será del Caribe en el futur" by Rafael Enrique Vega aka @rap[iquepr and Ekosaurio aka @ekosaurio, seen at 128 NW 25th Street in thw Wynwood Arts District of Miami, Florida.

Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.

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Mural entitled "Save the Youth" by M*Code aka @martiancodeart, seen at 1926 Dunlap Street in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Photo by James aka @urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.

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Attention Gallery presents our December Exhibit for 2020 entitled "Winterscapes and Snowy Stills"

For this exhibit we invited 60 SL artists to share a landscape photo with us. Some are already seasoned landscape photographers and a few had never taken a landscape photo. It was requested that the photo be a winterscape or a still life in a winter setting. 44 artists accepted the challenge and the results are wonderful.

This exhibits opens on Saturday, December 5 at Noon SLT (12 PM). DJ Irish will be providing her special brand of musical magic and we know you will enjoy yourself.

Please join us in celebrating the last month of 2020.

Here is the list of the artists:

Nams Piers

Malinda Aeon (Lin Talbot)

Helka Alchemi

Karole Batista

Michiel Bechir

Bellisima Benelli

Sandi Benelli

Ben John (BenJohn9)

Morgaine Warblood

Kit Boyd

David Daniels (DavidDaniel999)

Lizabeth Demonia

Hayley Dixon

Doc Mercury

Doddy Meiler

Hazel Foxtrot

Cari Franizzi

Melodie Heartsong

Josephine Hotshot

Jenny Inglewood (JennyLover)

Charly Keeley-Keating

Alsatian Kidd

Tobi Larroane

Sparklebottom Lasertits

Elaine Lectar

Rachel Magic

Loegan Magic

Dusty Pedroia

Justice Pedroia

Tresore Prada Hawkins

Heidi Rewell

Ed Rhode

Metukah Rhode (metukah.lenroy)

Persephone Smythe (leriadraven resident)

Sam Steele

Pavel Stransky

Morgan Talbot

Nino Ventura

Lotje Winkler

Liz Winterstorm-V

Jon Wyck

Val xox

Vrir

ZanyaSL

We look forward to seeing you there. LM below.

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Mural entitled "Swept Away" by Amy Rheinhardt seen at 803 Broad Ripple Avenue in the Broad Ripple Village area of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.

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... in Brugge.

Last August, in Bruges, visitors could cross the water on his installation entitled BRUG (The Bridge) by Jarosław Kozakiewicz.

With the many bridges that span the canals in the city centre and link neighbourhoods with each other, BRUG is a contemporary interpretation with another function.

Instead of bricks and cobblestones, the artist uses metal profiles and canvas to create a bridge on which you can cross from one side of the canal to the other.

Paul explored it and I photographed him in it...

Thank you for your time and comments, M, (*_*)

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