Rambla del Mar
People waiting for the sliding bridge on the Rambla del Mar, Barcelona.
Ghosts
Panning hand-held low-light street photograph, taken outside of the Liceu, Barcelona. I took several shots like this, trying to get a balance between motion blur on the background with a reasonably sharp subject. I think this needs more practise, although film tends to discourage experimentation…
Street Clichés IX
… and easier still when there are (almost) no people. This is the last of the sequence. There were a few interesting photographs from the short walks that yielded the photographs, which I have added below.
Street Clichés VIII
It is always easier from behind…
Street Clichés VII
One of the many mobile phone shops in the Raval area.
Street Clichés VI
More light and shadow on Carrer dels Tallers, Barcelona.
Street Clichés V
But maybe Apple would be better off releasing some gafas de sol here instead…
Street Clichés IV
Taken next to the Apple Store, in Plaça Catalunya. Everyone is looking very grim this week, perhaps because Apple decided not to release its new watch here in Spain…
Street Clichés III
Street scene, Barcelona. The light at this time of year is great for the narrow streets.
Street Clichés II
This has to be the hardest job – many of the flats the gas is being delivered too lack elevators and have tiny, cramped stairwells. It is astonishing that in 2015 there are still numerous people in Barcelona that rely on these deliveries for cooking and heating, rather than on piped gas.
Street Clichés I
The first of a sequence of street photographs while I wait for the last batch of films to finish processing. They are part of an ongoing project for street photography in Barcelona. Street photography is an odd genre, so wide, ill defined and extensively shot that it often feels like its own cliché. Keeping this in mind, this sequence will do its best to use high contrast black-and-white processing, and hackneyed techniques such as pointing at a poster and waiting for someone to walk past. To reinforce the modernity of the cliché, these are all shot […]
Darwin and the Monkey
Metal statue portraying Darwin as a monkey. This is the mascot associated with the popular ‘Anís de Mono‘ – a version of the popular mediterranean liqueur that has been distilled at the seafront in Badalona for more than a century. The statue is gazing contentedly at a bottle of anís (shown below). I am unclear if this is intended as either statement for or against evolution. However, what it says about anís drinkers seems fairly clear!
Sea VI: Forum
A view from Port Forum towards the power-stations at the end of the river Besòs. Composite of two images, to remove pedestrians.
Sea V: Piscina
At the sea-front in Badalona. Panorama of 5 images – as stepping back to get the framing would have included a lot of street furniture that obscures the view.
Sea IV: Towers
A view towards the old (partially dismantled) power station at Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona (and by way of a minor milestone, the 200th post on this blog). The station is quite characteristic, and hopefully the towers will be preserved as a landmark. Some more images of the structures in the gallery below.
Sea III: Beach
Rather battered beach area at Sant Adrià de Besòs. The very strong storm winds have blown a lot of material from the sea here, and being out of season the beach has not been cleaned recently.
Transient Eye 