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Before visiting Singapore, I had this picture in my mind of a modern, very orderly and clean city, like a small Switzerland at the equator. I also came prepared to see and photograph some stunning futuristic architecture. Of course, Singapore is all of that but, as I discovered, it is also much more. For a start, it is home to …
By Simon Patterson turd (noun) : A lump of excrement One of the advantages amateur photographers have over pros is that the only pressure we experience is self imposed. We can shoot anything we want, experimenting to our heart’s content. If we come back with nothing from a shoot, there is no real cost apart from our own disappointment. No big …
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is located in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, and is considered to be the key site for worship in the country. I spent a few hours inside this magnificent monument. While it is quite an impressive building during the day, it becomes almost magical at night, when the lights come up. …
The old fanatical and sombre town is bathed in the gold of all this sunlight; spread out at my feet, on a succession of hills and dales, it has taken on an aspect of unalterable and radiant peace; it looks almost smiling, almost pretty; I scarcely recognise it, so much has it changed; a kind of ruddy radiance sleeps on …
I have been to Venice many times, but for some reason I never took the chance to visit the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, an amazing masterpiece of Renaissance architecture and painting. All the paintings in the building are by Tintoretto or other members of his school and they decorate every wall and ceiling, especially those of the great hall on the …
The Clyde Auditorium, familiarly known as “The Armadillo”, is a concert venue and auditorium in Glasgow, Scotland. The building sits on the site of the now infilled Queen’s Dock on the River Clyde, adjacent to the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre. (From Wikipedia). Scotland, land of lochs, glens, castles and daring modern architecture. From afar, my expectations for a visit …
