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Au petit matin près de la BNF (Bibliothèque Nationale de France ou Bibliothèque François Mitterrand)
Guardami negli occhi, io te lo racconto da li il mio mondo...
Dedicata ad un uomo un po' distratto...
A trip to my dentist in Muswell Hill triggers old memories and gives a new perspective. The bus ride takes me through different and distinct parts of this huge metropolis and I'm reminded of places where I've worked and of people I have known. Off the bus and glancing down the streets to the south of Muswell Hill Broadway I see Canary Wharf, the financial and property industries loom large in the murky background. The houses in the foreground remind me of my old friend Roland and his student question; 'What are these buildings saying to me?'. I remember my own days as a 'mature student' about forty years ago. Some of my mentors and colleagues were remarkably prescient. I wonder where they are now. My own career in architecture and design started with social commitment but I was made redundant in the '91 recession; it took me four or five years to get back to work and to my surprise I found myself in the wacky world of brand development. Towards the end of my career jn the early years of this century I regained a some self respect with a journeyman tour of a variety of architectural practices. Now I'm trying to pick up the pieces and regain some sort of personal coherence.
I want to enjoy my retirement, I feel that I have earned it. Mainly this photostream is about the things I like to do (i.e. walking, observing, and taking photographs) but sometimes I feel bits of grit in my shoe and I have to shake them out. This seems to be turning into a gritty shake out. Enough of metaphors, what I'm really trying to say that even in retirement contradictions are unavoidable. I want this photostream to be about the good things in life, but I need to find an effective way of dealing with the contradictions.
I enjoy the creative buzz of my own patch (the sunny side of Dalston), and I enjoy as much as I can of London's fantastic offerings in music, art, and entertainment, but I also feel compelled to come to terms with my city's economic base and its cost to the wider world. As soon as I say this I come slap up against the big question of sustainability. Can the world continue to sustain London and its ilk? London can be a wonderful place, but I fear that it is a major drain on the well-being of our planet.
(If some of this has been said before, please think of it a regaining of balance in preparation for the winter season.)
Yesterday, I had chest reconstruction surgery. Today, in an effort to get some fresh air, we went to the mall (weird, I know.) As I was unable to walk for long distances at this point, I experienced the mall from the perspective from a wheelchair for the first time in my life.
...another perspective
after a few years, I recently returned to the scene of the crime where the original was shot.
Cover designed by Rudolph de Harak, commissioned by Alvin Lustig.
1954. This is the UK printed edition of Perspectives issue number 7.
Taken for Assignment52-492009 "Aerial/Atmospheric Perspective"
I'm hoping for something "sunnier" for this project. Until then, I'll have to settle for this.
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This shot has an interesting perspective, showing the batter to the left in front of the fence, and the spectator on the right behind the fence. There's some symmetry here, even though the main subject is on the left
...aerial perspective refers to the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance. As the distance between an object and a viewer increases, the contrast between the object and its background decreases, and the contrast of any markings or details within the object also decreases. The colours of the object also become less saturated and shift towards the background color, which is usually blue, but under some conditions may be some other color (for example, at sunrise or sunset distant colors may shift towards red).
-Wikipedia
Festival Perspectives 2024 / Programm-Heft
Cover: Foto von Jona Harnischmacher (Sawdust Symphony)
Design: Bureau Stabil
ex libris MTP
15 / 52 - perspective
From my perspective the weeks are going by waaaaay too quickly.
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on the way to the bolelyn to watch west ham play man utd in the FA cup replay i swung past the brownfield estate in poplar (east london) - social housing designed by the legendary ernő goldfinger... the balfron tower is iconic "brutalism" built by the GLC around 1967