“Paris is always Paris and Berlin is never Berlin!” — Jack Lang There’s a Radio /T.V. tower in Berlin at Alexander Platz. It has been photographed about one billion times. People can’t resist its towering might and priapic pull. There are so many photos of it that the internet groans under the pixellated-weight of the […]
The Flaneur and The Twilight Photographer — Street Photography
Summer is prime time for photo shoots on the street — depending on what your intentions are. Yesterday evening drew in quickly, I was busy reading a good book, one eye ogling the changing light outside my kitchen window. A keen photographer will always have an excuse to get out and take photos. I wanted to catch […]
Time and Imagination through a Camera
To walk, explore, and traverse the streets, the imagination dips in and out of light and shadow, objects loom, then pass as my feet march through time. The city is time. The people are time. They all know it, they watch it, and I watch it too. I have a machine that captures time. Stop and […]
Why Psychogeography Keeps Your Mind Sharp
If you’ve never heard of psychogeography before, I’m not surprised. It’s a personal practice for most people, and they do it out of curiosity. The practice of psychogeography has been around since 1955, when Guy Debord and the Situationist Philosophy movement began to experiment with walking through the streets of Paris. As they wandered aimlessly […]
The New, slightly improved Berlin Bergmannkiez
Bergmannkiez is a tight little area of Berlin. It is situated in Kreuzberg. It edges along Mehringdamm, and goes off at a tangent towards Südstern by connection of Bergmannstrasse, veers off to Geneissenaustrasse, then up hill towards Columbia Damm. Over the years, it has become more popular due to restaurants and cafes opening up. Coffee […]
Walk into Your Neighbourhood
“The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.”-Robert Doisneau Walk into the Unexpected City When we stop and think about it, our own neighbourhood, the local manor, the small side streets and the local square that we tend to take for granted, is […]