Category Archives: Cities
Times Square at Night
This photograph is a fantastic example of the power of black and white. To me, it almost looks noir-ish. I just love the photographer’s choice to use the marble bench reflecting the light from all the signage and screens and … Continue reading
Every Walkway We’ve Ever Walked
This simple shot is all about framing and mood. It’s clearly depicting a walkway on a bridge or overpass. We can see hints of passive fall protection systems in place to protect pedestrians, behind the railings, that ground us … Continue reading
Peeling Paint and Piston Rings
Doesn’t peeling paint, especially on Brick, just produce the most interesting textures? And it certainly sets a particular sort of mood for a photograph — it is reminiscent of a bygone era, regardless of what that era might be. It … Continue reading
Capturing New York
This photograph captures the very essence New York–there’s no doubt about that. I just love how the Taxi is in sharp focus, and the street, buildings, signs and people are all blurred, but not so much that we can’t tell … Continue reading
Elements of Composition
There is a lot to like about this photo by Marc Dessenis, but I specifically wanted to take a moment to talk about the composition choices that are going on here. Specifically, notice how your eye lands almost exactly in … Continue reading
Concept Contrast can be Everything
This photograph, by Chelsea (no last name given,) does a great job of capturing the essence of New York City. It is the perfect conceptual contrast of neat, clean and moneyed to dirty, utilitarian city. And that is literally all the viewer … Continue reading
Police Box
Police boxes like this one used to be all over the UK. They were tools that the police would use before mobile phones were available. The distinctive blue boxes each contained a telephone, and suspects could be locked inside the … Continue reading
The Leaky Hydrant
You know you’re a photographer at heart when the fire department is on your street, managing an emergency, you have your camera with you and you… take a picture of the hydrant! But, that is exactly what it appears versageek (no real … Continue reading
The School Play
Abandoned buildings are a prime opportunity to create some of the most surreal photography capable without fabricating a scene. There is just something fundamentally unsettling about this kind of urban decay, especially when it pops up in something normally considered … Continue reading
Liliput Art
This photograph of a mural in a Portuguese city was taken by Gabriele Margapoti. The architecture and subject matter of the mural bring Jonathan Swift to mind – I imagine Liliput artists could have created a mural like this after Gulliver’s … Continue reading
