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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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alberta, architecture, art, bridge, Calatrava, calgary, canada, design, night, photowalk, random, Santiago Calatrava, skyline, urban

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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Skyward

15 Wednesday Jul 2015

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

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Skyward

The sunset light has a cool (or is that warm?) effect on the oxidizing art at Poppy Plaza, Calgary.

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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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Taste of Cuba

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

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

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art, coffee, Cuba, espresso, food, iPhoneography, mocha, mural, Oregon, photography, photowalk, Portland, random, Travel, urban

Cuba, si!

This colourful mural in Portland, Oregon, fills the wall of a building that’s also home to a Cuban restaurant. The place serves one of my favourite mocha espressos, anywhere. The drink looks almost too pretty to consume.

Almost too pretty to drink

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Deconstruction

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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

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Deconstruction

It’s not too hard to fill in the blanks for this piece of public art. Spotted on Portland’s east side last week.

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Functional art

07 Saturday Feb 2015

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

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art, London, photowalk, rail, railroad, railway, station, train, trains, Travel, Tube, underground, urban

Informative tiles

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

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Spud buds

06 Friday Feb 2015

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

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art, canada, iPhoneography, montreal, photography, photowalk, quebec, random, street art, Travel, urban

Patates, prêtes à être pillées

These potatoes sure look as if they’re having a great time! Spotted somewhere in the Plateau in Montreal about a year ago.

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Lunch time

04 Wednesday Feb 2015

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

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art, california, photography, photowalk, random, san francisco, sculpture, Travel, urban

Out to lunch

From the archives: This ageless schoolboy enjoys his packed meal and a book in a little park-like space at O’Farrell and Fillmore streets in San Francisco.

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