Photography is (a means by which we)…
learn to see the ordinary.”
David Bailey
“If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
I would have torn up my formula in 1905.”
Albert Einstein
A-bomb dome (原爆ドーム Genbaku Dōmu) Hiroshima Peace Memorial – April 2015
(Atomic Bomb Dome was located almost directly underneath the explosion, it somehow avoided complete destruction and the remains of the building still stand today.)“Going to Chicago was like going out of the world.”
Muddy Waters
Jay Pritzker Pavilion at the Millienium Park in Chicago – September 2015
“Towns are like people.
Old ones often have character,
the new ones are interchangeable.”
Wallace Stegner
Brama Zielona (the Green Gate), The Old town in Gdańsk Poland – September 2015
“The rainy days that a man saves for usually
seem to arrive during his vacation.”
Unknown
A heavy rainful day in Bruges, Beligum (brigde & chair arches) – September 2017
“On my first day in New York,
a guy asked me if I knew where Central Park was.
When I told him I didn’t, he said: Do you mind if I mug you here?”
Paul Merton
Central Park arch, New York – September 2013
“The church is near but the road is icy;
The bar is far away but I will walk carefully.”
Russian proverb
St Mary’s Chapel, Belfast – January 2016
“Prague isn’t just a city,
but an entity of some kind.”
Sezin Koehler
Prašná brána (The Powder Tower) in Prague – December 2015
Love the image of the old town gate in Gdansk
Very beautiful old town, a very flat city in overall …. with no hills!!!! Would suit you. Thank you so much!
Worth knoŵing!
Lovely compilation of words and arches. That New York quote made me grin and save it. 😀
Thanks, Manja …. it’s a brilliant quite!!!!
What a marvelous gallery of photos for this week. I really like the chairs, such a great out of the box thinking and clever perspective.
A hearty thank you …. I love be a bit outside the box at time.