photourbanist

London based photographer, writer and urbanist
Dec 04
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“SAI GON CONGLATURATES THE ARMY DEFEATING THE AMERICAN INVADERS”
Well …You don’t see that very often!
Viet Cong propaganda posters.  via the ‘Daily Heller’

“SAI GON CONGLATURATES THE ARMY DEFEATING THE AMERICAN INVADERS”

Well …You don’t see that very often!

Viet Cong propaganda posters.  via the ‘Daily Heller

Dec 02
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change the sweep of rivers and the shape of mountains so that life could flourish in the old bad lands of the world where it had never taken root before
— F. Scott Fitgerald (from ‘The Sensible Thing’, in Bernice Bobs Her Hair, F Scott Fitzgerald, Penguin, 1963) quoted by Brendan O’Neil in his essay on Dubai.
Nov 30
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Nov 26
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Alejandro Cartagena, Suburbia Mexicana; fragmented cities 2006-2009

Alejandro Cartagena, Suburbia Mexicana; fragmented cities 2006-2009

Nov 24
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I am currently reworking / updating my portfolio book. I would welcome any comments.

Nov 23
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Final stages of assembly. CMS experiment. Large Hadron Collider, CERN. photo © David Cowlard 2007

Final stages of assembly. CMS experiment. Large Hadron Collider, CERN. photo © David Cowlard 2007

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Large Hadron Collider, CERN. photo © David Cowlard 2007

Large Hadron Collider, CERN. photo © David Cowlard 2007

Nov 20
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ethel-baraona:

“Space is essentially a mental construct. We imagine space to be there, even if we experience it as a void, an absence we cannot perceive.
Space is always the implication of objects. For an object to exist, we think, it needs some kind of space. So, the first space we can imagine is the space occupied by objects.”
Lebbeus Woods | The Question of Space

ethel-baraona:

“Space is essentially a mental construct. We imagine space to be there, even if we experience it as a void, an absence we cannot perceive.

Space is always the implication of objects. For an object to exist, we think, it needs some kind of space. So, the first space we can imagine is the space occupied by objects.”

Lebbeus Woods | The Question of Space

Nov 19
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Deutsche Bundespost 1971 (via Adapt or Die)

Deutsche Bundespost 1971 (via Adapt or Die)

Nov 18
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Isaac Tobin: from Sketchbooks and Drawings

Isaac Tobin: from Sketchbooks and Drawings