07 Monday Nov 2016
Posted in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
06 Sunday Nov 2016
Posted in London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
Tags
England, HDR, iPhoneography, London, night, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban
The National Gallery in London was about to wind down its day on this Friday night back in September but Trafalgar Square would continue to bustle for hours to come.
05 Saturday Nov 2016
Posted in London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel
The previous time I visited London’s Tate Modern museum of international modern and contemporary art, the view you see pictured above wasn’t possible. That’s because the museum only recently opened a building to provide more room for exhibitions, more spaces for other uses, a restaurant and an observation deck allowing for sweeping, 360-degree views of London. (If you plan to go, bring a sweater, as it can get gusty up there.)
Back inside, warm and cosy, I wandered into an exhibition called Living Cities, which explores how urban dwellers live. It uses photographs, paintings, interactive art and such displays as the construction you see above — a scale model city made of couscous. (I wondered what it was made of when I smelled it. I was surprised to learn my guess was correct.)
04 Friday Nov 2016
The photo apps on your phone come with fancy filters — not unlike what you see here, from the Hipstamatic app.
But sometime, real-life objects do the job just fine — again, not unlike what you see here, a photo shot through an imperfect airplane window on my way to Europe back in September.
This was snapped from aboard Air Canada 850 (YYC-LHR).
03 Thursday Nov 2016
02 Wednesday Nov 2016
Posted in art, history, London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
This is art outside the British Library in London memorializing Sir Isaac Newton.
The British Library isn’t the most obvious tourist attraction but there are a few noteworthy things to see in the parts of its permanent collection that don’t require a membership.
On the ground floor is a huge room containing dozens of historical documents, including a copy of the Magna Carta, ancient bibles and Qur’ans, books containing the first-known copies of beloved works of fiction, and manuscripts from celebrated classical music composers.
For the philately-minded among you, there is a collection of century-old stamps built into the walls of the ground floor, toward the back of the building.
And of course, there’s a revolving roster of temporary exhibitions. I visited too early to catch this forthcoming exhibition on cartography, which runs from Friday, Nov. 2, 2016 until Monday, March 1, 2017.
There is a lot of seating for reading and studying, as you would imagine.
And if none of those things interest you, you might consider popping in anyway: the facility has a cafeteria/café and there is public wifi (naturally).
31 Tuesday May 2016
Posted in photography, Portland, random, Travel, urban
It was surprising enough to find a photo booth at the back of the Holocene (concert room/nightclub/arts venue/event space) in Portland, Oregon. Even cooler to see the booth is an upgraded variety to only take credit cards — with a tap-and-pay terminal, no less! Good to see this old-school technology finding a home in the age of the selfie.
24 Tuesday May 2016
Posted in Phoenix, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
19 Thursday May 2016
Posted in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Portland, random, Travel, urban
Tags
art, Oregon, photography, photowalk, Portland, random, street art, Travel, urban
The idea of a rodent pointing a firearm at me is unsettling … but happily this is just two-dimensional street art in East Portland.
17 Tuesday May 2016
Posted in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Portland, random, Travel, urban
Ricky Leong 