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Sunday, 23 November 2008

Urban Identity

How can we define a city?

How can a city define us?













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Mareks

3 comments:

Nayereh said...

i have a few comments, but before i do, i can't help but wonder what this post would look like to me having not just spent the last 3 (almost) months here with you. it's such a nice mix of katie pleasures and little pieces of London i will always fancy.

i don't have an ultimate favorite, but the second photo of the train is really fantastic. it carries a theme that is present in most of your photos: color and size. i never realized how colorful london is until now! and it makes total since. not only that, the tight spaces and smaller sizes of things really hit home with me. it's a city, space must be used efficiently!

i hope this makes sense. above all, kudos mate!

Brian said...

Every time I come back to your blog and look at this post, I want so badly to reply. But every time I try, I seem to be at a loss for words. These questions you've proposed are so loaded, I find it impossible to respond with words. Perhaps that's why you chose images.

I think these photos are great examples of how much weight an image can contain. I agree with Nayereh - I especially enjoy the photo of the train. It's a very elegant image. The Tropicana photo confused me at first, as a casual glance seems to indicate placelessness rather than identity, but then I noticed the "with juicy bits" and it made me smile.

As always, I am envious of your grasp on such vivid colour (yeah, I add a "u", what?). I can't wait to see some photos from Austria.

Unknown said...

on a much less-deep note, i need a major life-catch-up, along with an email address cause you left my then only (lame) way of seeing your beautiful face, facebook. but also i finally bought a microphone so im ready to skype asap!