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Indigenous expression

17 Saturday Aug 2019

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

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Indigenous expression, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A beautiful portrait painted on the side of a multi-storey parking garage on the edge of downtown Calgary.

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Deep in thought

16 Wednesday Jan 2019

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

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Deep in thought

Another sample of the awesome murals in Phoenix, Arizona. Spotted this one a few blocks north of Arizona State University in/near the downtown.

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Two towering tributes to Leonard Cohen

27 Tuesday Feb 2018

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

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal artists have painted two giant portraits of singer Leonard Cohen as tributes, after his death in late 2016. The one above is on a building at boulevard Saint-Laurent Boulevard and rue Roy while the one below is found on rue Crescent below boulevard De Maisonneuve Ouest.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Journalist by trade, photographer for fun. I help make newspapers and related multi-platform content at Postmedia in Calgary. Opinions expressed here are my own.

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