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Retro time

18 Friday Sep 2015

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

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This is a kitschy but awesome throwback to the old East Germany, right in the heart of Alexandrplatz. Seen on my recent visit there, at the beginning of the month.

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Sweet Marilyn

13 Thursday Aug 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, photowalking, random, urban

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Sweet Marilyn

Simple carbohydrates can make complex art. This cool portrait of Marilyn Monroe, lovingly constructed with dozens upon dozens of jelly beans, is in the front window of a Calgary candy store — appropriately enough.

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Where buffalo once roamed …

30 Thursday Jul 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, photowalking, random, urban

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Animal instinct

… now they’re only found in such pieces of art as painting and statues, including this one behind the old Court of Appeals building in downtown Calgary.

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Walk and talk

29 Wednesday Jul 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, architecture, art, Calgary, Canada, design, photowalking, random, urban

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Walk and talk

Just another evening on the Peace Bridge in Calgary. It’s definitely a popular place to be: It was around 10 p.m. that day and I had to wait several minutes for the bridge to clear sufficiently for a decent photo.

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Keyboard

30 Saturday May 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, photowalking, random, urban

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Middle of the keyboard

Spotted outside the Container Bar in Calgary’s Kensington neighbourhood.

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Visual beacon

20 Friday Mar 2015

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

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Curving skyward

This lovely sculpture stands on the edge of Portland’s Chinatown, toward the Pearl district.
Pretty under any light, it’s most striking as it was last week, bright red under a blue sky.

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Functional art

07 Saturday Feb 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, London, photowalking, Travel, urban

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Informative tiles

This wall in the Charring Cross tube station in London speaks to you, in a manner of … speaking.

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Keeping things simple

19 Monday Jan 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Amsterdam, art, Travel, urban

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Keeping things simple

Many of the exhibits at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam this past summer were annotated with these little sticky notes of sorts, each with some artistic prose. The author of this particular message seems to like to keep it light.

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Snippet of Quebec history

17 Wednesday Dec 2014

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

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Histoire, en bref

This is one portion of a mural on Mount Royal Ave. E. in Montreal, which briefly recounts the history of Quebec. Snapped this photo late last month.

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Hey, four-eyes!

16 Tuesday Dec 2014

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

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Je l'ai trouvé!

All over Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal, from the more-than-life-size wall art on Boul. Saint-Laurent, above, to the little stickers seen on buildings on and around Ave. du Mont-Royal, below, are four-eyed figures with short messages for passersby.

Vas-y

Aux aguets

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