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Messages on a wall

01 Friday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Seattle, Travel, urban

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Messages on a wall

Some neat street art spotted in/around Seattle’s Chinatown back in March 2015.

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A different kind of snow

28 Thursday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Flocons sous les pieds

Someone who left a comment under this photo on my Flickr feed said this was in fact their *favourite* kind of snow. He’s not a winter sports type, I take it. Spotted in Montreal back in late 2012.

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Multiple angles

27 Wednesday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Arizona, art, Phoenix, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Multiple angles

Not quite sure what this is … spotted on the streets of Phoenix, Arizona, back in December.

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Old religion, modern art

24 Sunday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Frankfurt, Germany, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Frankfurt, Germany

On the outside of a church in Frankfurt. Snapped during an afternoon stopover in the financial heart of Germany back in September 2015.

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Deutsches Eck

22 Friday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Germany, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Koblenz, Germany

Spent a few hours dodging rain showers while checking out Koblenz, Germany, back in September 2015. Here’s Deutsches Eck — German Corner, at the confluence of the Rhine and Mosel rivers — and its replica monument to Kaiser Wilhelm, not long after an epic downpour.

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Double face

20 Wednesday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Helsinki, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Helsinki, Finland

From late summer 2014 … some interesting gargoyles along a wall in Helsinki, Finland.

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Heart of your roots

19 Tuesday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Budapest, Hungary, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Budapest, Hungary

A cool piece of window art captured in Budapest back in September 2015.

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Blue lips

17 Sunday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Wall art in Haight Ashbury, San Francisco.

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Drink me

15 Friday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, England, fun, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Drink me

This little mural was spotted in Brighton, England, on my visit there back in May 2018.

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Fantastical

09 Saturday Feb 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Phoenix, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.

Here’s another one of Phoenix’s jaw-dropping murals — a portion of it anyhow. There’s a lot going on here, in what appears to be an underwater universe. Snapped this shot back in December.

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