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Looking in wonder

28 Tuesday Feb 2017

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

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Look and you shall find

This is a profile view of “Wonderland”, a sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, outside The Bow office tower in downtown Calgary. It’s an interactive piece, as visitors can “enter” the head for a different perspective.

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Holding things together

26 Sunday Feb 2017

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

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Holding things together

Don’t be alarmed! Things look worse than they are, clearly. This very neat implementation of public art was spotted in London this past fall.

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Fancy footwork

23 Thursday Feb 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Arizona, Phoenix, random, transit, Travel

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Public art in Phoenix, Arizona

This is some of the public art embedded in the ground at one of the light-rail stations in Phoenix, Arizona — a really neat way to make such project really accessible to the public.

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More snapshots from Glow

22 Wednesday Feb 2017

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

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Prismatica

Here are a few more images captured in Calgary this weekend from Glow: Downtown Winter Light Festival. From top to bottom are Prismatica, Pulse Quasar, Overseers, Smile and Nibbles.

Pulse Quasar

Overseers

Just smile

More bunnies

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Tempe sandwich artists

19 Sunday Feb 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, food, photography, random, Travel, urban

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Sandwich artists

A well-known international chain of submarine sandwich shops calls its employees sandwich artists. But at this Tempe, Arizona, submarine shop, it’s the clients who are truly sandwich artists.

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Frightful in flight at British Museum

08 Wednesday Feb 2017

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

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British Museum, London

One of the more creative (and unusual!) presentations spotted at the British Museum this past September.

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#FRIEND

03 Friday Feb 2017

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

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Hey friend: Berlin street art

Another piece of Berlin street art, spotted in September 2015.

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Keeping clean

02 Thursday Feb 2017

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

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Keeping clean, public art in Munich, Müenchen

This washing warrior keeps watch over the Viktualienmarkt public market in Munich’s she  appeared in September 2015.

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Hand in hand

30 Monday Jan 2017

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

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Hand in hand: Berlin street art

Another of many fantastic pieces of street art spotted in Berlin. This example was seen back in September 2015.

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Over the edge

24 Tuesday Jan 2017

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

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Over the edge

This was an unexpected find in downtown Rotterdam, seen back in September 2015.

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