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Eng 👉 In a street of Colonial Town of Trinidad, south-central Cuba. Founded in 1514, Trinidad is a Unesco World Heritage site since 1988.
Esp 👉 En una calle de la ciudad colonial de Trinidad, en el centro sur de Cuba. Fundada en 1514, Trinidad es un sitio del patrimonio mundial de la Unesco desde 1988.
Fra 👉 Dans une rue de la ville coloniale de Trinidad, au centre-sud de Cuba. Fondée en 1514, Trinidad est inscrite au patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco depuis 1988.
Esp 👉 En Santo Domingo de Guzmán, la capital y la ciudad más grande de la República Dominicana.
Eng 👉 In Santo Domingo de Guzmán, the capital and the largest city of the Dominican Republic.
Fra 👉 À Santo Domingo de Guzmán, la capitale et la plus grande ville de la République dominicaine.
Lisbon is one of my favourite cities.....especially because I love the way portuguese people are.
Lisboa es una de mis ciudades favoritas...especialmente porque me encanta cómo son los portugueses.
😜 She didn't find the toilets ☂️ Old Quebec, Lower Town, Petit Champlain.
😜 Ella no encontró los baños ☂️ Viejo Quebec, Ciudad Baja, Petit Champlain..
😜 Elle n'a pas trouvé les toilettes ☂️ Vieux-Québec, Basse-Ville, Petit Champlain.
Alcatraz Island is located in San Francisco Bay, 1.25 miles offshore from San Francisco, California. The small island was developed with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison, and a federal prison from 1934 until 21 March 1963. Golden Gate Bridge can be seen in the background.
“The Golden Gate Bridge’s daily strip tease from enveloping stoles of mist to full frontal glory is still the most provocative show in town.” — Mary Moore Mason
The Golden Gate Bridge opened to the public in 1937 and quickly established itself as one of the most recognisable bridges in the world. When it was built, the Golden Gate Bridge spanned 4,200 feet and staked its claim as the longest suspension bridge in the world.
5 Fun Facts About the Golden Gate Bridge:
1. The bridge is actually not golden at all! It's a bright red-orange.
2. It was named one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
3. It took four years to build.
4. There are approximately 600,000 rivets in each of the bridge's towers.
5. It's the most photographed bridge in the world.
*Death — man’s last voyage. For many in India, to be cremated here on the banks of the holy River Ganga (Ganges) is the ultimate step toward eternal peace. The flames never cease. Here, time folds into itself — centuries of ritual, faith, and farewell playing out beside the sacred Ganges. Families bring the bodies of their loved ones to the ghats, knowing that for a brief, sacred moment all barriers dissolve — no caste, no social divisions, only the shared truth of mortality.
The air is thick with incense, woodsmoke, and quiet chants, as each pyre, fed by hand-cut logs ferried in by boat, carries not only a body but a soul toward moksha — liberation from the cycle of rebirth. If cremation on this sacred spot is not possible, they come from far and wide to have the ashes dispersed into the river’s holy waters.
Amid the solemnity, life moves on: priests chant, cows wander, and the river flows on, indifferent yet eternal. Once again in a scene like this, life and death walk side by side, each sustaining the other… This is Benares. This is India.*
Marina Bay Sands/Singapore
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Marina Bay/Singapore (The Esplanade Bridge is a 261-metre-long road bridge that spans across the mouth of the Singapore River in Singapore with the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay on its northern abutment and the Merlion on the southern. The 70 metre-wide low-level concrete arched bridge has seven spans and supports two four-lane carriageways and walkways along both sides.
The bridge was built to provide faster vehicular access between Marina Centre and the financial district of Shenton Way. Construction of the bridge began in early 1994 and was completed in March 1997. The main contractor was Obayashi Corporation while the street lamps were designed by Light Cibles. The bridge then blocked views of the Merlion statue from the Marina Bay waterfront, raising a need for the original Merlion statue to be relocated from the back to the front of the bridge...)
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On top of one of the many hills which overlook Istanbul, Turkey. Taken with a Canon 5D4 with a 50mm lens.
Explore 7/18/08 #214 (highest position) Thank you:-)
Chrysler Building in New York. It is a real picture - no PS (honestly - I do not have one:-))
you can see the building and find more info about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Building
The view over the city taken from the top of the tram ride at Hong Kong Peak View.
I am currently in Hong Kong for my Wanderlust Competition win.
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Returning to San Cristobal before flying to back to mainland Ecuador.
Four islands support human populations, with the majority of people living on Santa Cruz and San Cristobal. San Cristobal is home to roughly 6,000 people, most who make their living in government, tourism, and fishing.
San Cristobal Island is composed of three or four fused volcanoes, all extinct. It is home to the oldest permanent settlement of the archipelago, and it is where Darwin first went ashore in 1835. A small lake, El Junco, is located in a crater in the highlands, and is the only source of fresh water for all of the Galapagos.
It's a sure sign that you are in the right spot.
I'd say more but it is Friday evening... off to teach and then do some vellum prints.
As a photographer I really enjoy seeing and experiencing the cities of the world. I have a bucket list running in fact, of which I have thus far done a decent job of crossing off. There was Paris and London and Rome and New York and San Francisco. There have been some cool cities I have seen that I hadn't thought to put on the list, like Edinburgh or Istanbul or Singapore. And then of course there are those cities still awaiting me to visit. Tokyo is probably the top of that list. I had had plans to visit but then a pandemic happened, and Tokyo will likely be one of my first destinations away from North America. But Moscow is also pretty high on that list, along with St. Petersburg. Domestically I think Chicago and Washington D.C. will be soon crossed off too. Chicago and I have long flirted with each other but have never quite made it happen. I actually have been to DC once, but that was at least five years before I got into photography and I can already imagine the things my Hasselblad and I could do there.
But Singapore was my most recent visit on this list. I had very little expectation going into it and had never visited southeast Asia. I came out of it with about a hundred photos, several dozen great memories and a handful of good stories. What is more, visiting a city is always a great way of holding up a mirror to your way of life back home. Seeing the edges of our bubbles is nearly impossible until you get outside of them, but once you do, their boundaries become starkly visible. At the same time, as different as the cities of the world prove to be I am also often struck by how similar of lives we all live. For all the differences you discover there are an amazing amount of similarities as well. And this is a big part of why I love seeing these places.
Pentax 67
Kodak Portra 400
The oldest of Morocco’s four imperial cities, it was founded on the banks of the Wadi Fès by Idrīs I (east bank, about 789) and Idrīs II (west bank, about 809). The two parts were united in the 11th century to become a major Islamic city. Look closely, and you can see some of the walls of the medina. Fez Medina is the largest urban car-free zone in the world. While much of the modern city stretches out beyond the Medina walls, 70,000 people still live in the cramped, noisy medieval centre.
I took this photo in the Leeds Corn Exchange building early on a summer morning as the arcades where beginning to open. I wanted to capture the shape of the roof and the two tiers of arcade shops, as well as the steps that join the two.
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The boat lineup at Docklands on a very sunny Saturday.
Taken with NIKON NIKKOR AF-S DX 35mm f/1.8G.
KLCC ParkMalaysia (The Petronas towers were designed by Argentine architect Cesar Pelli and its structural system is a tube in tube design, invented by Fazlur Rahman Khan.
The 88-floor towers are constructed largely of reinforced concrete, with a steel and glass facade designed to resemble motifs found in Islamic art, a reflection of Malaysia's Muslim religion. Another Islamic influence on the design is that the cross section of the towers is based on a Rub el Hizb, albeit with circular sectors added to meet office space requirements...)
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