The Urban Environment

Recent Work

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  Lost Your Head? Manchester, England. by David Dutton

  A Native Indian Mask used by a street artist lies on a rainy pavement in Manchester, England.

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  Getting his Kicks - Nice, France by David Dutton

  Two young guys practising their martial arts skills in Nice, France.

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  Remains of our Fathers by GlennC

  Taken on my recent trip to the States, this is one of the windows of a fashion outlet in Soho, Manhattan. When I saw them it was quite disturbing, the cross like shadow was created some sun on a nearby street sign and i thought it added to the feel of the image. / I used my digital pinhole ( a camera body cap drilled with a tiny hole) then de stressed in ps4.

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  In the moment of Awakening…Mana’o …...

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  A Wood Finish #2 by Mark Elshout

  Steph has never modeled before and decided to spend her day in Melbourne’s docklands as the focus for my creativity. I have always loved walking through the docklands area. It is full of contemporary architecture, sculptures and colour. There are an endless array of opportunities for fashion photography. / Shoot photographed using Nikon D700, 28-70mm 2.8 and 50mm 1.4 lenses. Many of my modeling portfolios are in my new 2010 Calendar. Check it out by following this link:

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  Vesper.... today's fashion accessory by Mark Elshout

  Steph has never modeled before and decided to spend her day in Melbourne’s docklands as the focus for my creativity. I have always loved walking through the docklands area. It is full of contemporary architecture, sculptures and colour. There are an endless array of opportunities for fashion photography. / Shoot photographed using Nikon D700, 28-70mm 2.8 and 50mm 1.4 lenses. Many of my modeling portfolios are in my new 2010 Calendar. Check it out by following this link:

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  Descending by Robert Meyer

  Shadow of railing on stairs. / Knox United Church, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Pentax K7/SMC 16-45 ƒ4 SMC ED-AL / 1/90 sec, ƒ9.5, 45 mm, ISO 100 / /

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  TIMES UP! by dvande1

  canon eos 20d 24-105 Another sign of the times. Another business gone! / More history lost. / An HDR shot processed my way, but with a CLOCK!

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  Dusk at Port Melbourne Beach : photograph by Roz McQuillan

  Dusk at the beach at Port Melbourne, Port Phillip Bay, with the Spirit of Tasmania and the Westgate Bridge as backdrops, in a panoramic format. My favourite time of day! / This photograph was voted into the top ten of the Mornington Peninsula & Port Phillip Bay group challenge ‘Boats in the Bay’. / /

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  Belfast and Bridge by Andrew S

  Taken on our first night in England, here is the HMS Belfast (a Light Battle Crusier) from WW2 and she still looks like she is on duty now protecting the Tower Bridge as she is anchored in the Pool Of London on the Thames River. / Belfast is now a museum ship and part of the Imperial War Museum in the UK. She is still a formidable site with her 6 inch guns capable of firing a shell 20Kms (12.5 miles) Taken handheld (didn’t take a tripod, big mistake) using a Canon EOS 450D – / Shutter – 1/16 / Aperture – f4.6 / ISO – 800 / Exposure – -1.67eV / FL – 37mm / WB – Cloudy

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  The Gravensteen Castle - Ghent Belgium by Gilberte

  GHENT: The Gravensteen (Castle of the counts) The GRAVENSTEEN is the Dutch name for the ‘castle of the count’. The counts of Flanders had castles built in the principal cities of the county. Because they had to maintain law and order, they continuously had to move from one city to the other. Therefore, they disposed of a castle in most cities where they wanted to stay for a few months. The castle of Ghent is the only one which survived the centuries more or less intact. Archeological excavations have proved that three fortified castles constructed in wood must have stood on the site of today’s Gravensteen. Already around the year 1000 the first stone castle must have been erected here. Parts of this, such as the chimney and the fireplace, can still be found in the walls of the lower floors of the main tower. The Gravensteen, like we know it today, has been constructed by Fillips of Alsasse who was count of Flanders between 1157 and 1191. He took part in one of the crusades and died during the siege of Akko in the Holy Land. The opening in the form of a cross, right above the main entrance gate, proves that he already had taken part in a crusade when the Castle was built around 1177-1178.The Gravensteen functioned as the center of the Count’s power during the early Middle-Ages. This is somewhat symbolized by the main keep or ‘donjon’ (tower) from where one can have a panoramic view over the city. Next to the castle lies the Veerleplein (Veerle square), the place where public executions took place. The Gravensteen has been used in later times for different purposes. After the counts moved to more comfortable mansions in the later centuries, it was used as the Mint and later as the main prison of Gent. In the nineteenth century a cotton plant was installed here. In the inner court little houses where built for the textile workers of the plant. Today, the Gravensteen has been beautifully restored. It is still partially surrounded by the medieval moat. It can be visited all through the year. Inside of the rooms is a museum about the history of prison life and organization, with a very instructive (?) collection of medieval torture instruments. /