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Can’t stay still

27 Thursday Dec 2018

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

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Can’t be still

From earlier this month: A close-up view of a sculpture called “Shaking Man” at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco.

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Can you see me?

26 Wednesday Dec 2018

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

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San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Here is an unexpected capture, taken as I was trying for a streetscape photo from inside the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco earlier this month.

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Biblio-botany

16 Sunday Dec 2018

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

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Bath, England, United Kingdon

This giant plant-based book was spotted at the Parade Gardens in Bath, England, in May 2018.

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Locked building

06 Thursday Dec 2018

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

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

A really neat piece of street art spotted in Montreal back in February 2014.

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Suspicious rabbit

05 Wednesday Dec 2018

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

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Brighton, England

A neat sticker — which I honestly don’t completely understand — spotted in Brighton back in May.

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Airwalk

03 Monday Dec 2018

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

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A fun, colourful public art installation spotted in downtown Toronto in April 2013.

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At the window

30 Friday Nov 2018

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

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Portland, Oregon

The remnants of a very detailed piece of sticker art spotted in Portland, Oregon, back on March 2015.

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Poet’s gaze

27 Tuesday Nov 2018

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

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Budapest, Hungary

From my visit to Budapest in September 2015: This statue of Hungarian poet Attila József shows him taking in a view of the Danube River and the hills of Buda beyond.

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Not an idol

26 Monday Nov 2018

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

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New York

Some random wall art spotted on the west side (I think?) of New York City back in March 2011.

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Stick figure

22 Thursday Nov 2018

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

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Berlin, Germany

There’s loads of random art applied to the side of some buildings in central Berlin. Here’s one example spotted back in September 2015.

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