journal

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the rest

it’s been a while …

i haven’t gone, or died, … yet … in fact i’ve been very busy this past year with one thing and another including lots of

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france

pompidou panorama

there was a time when photography in art galleries was very strictly controlled and usually forbidden. with the widespread use of phone cameras these prohibitions have been largely abandoned.

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london

hackney walk

starting from stratford westfield shopping centre, then across the olympic grounds and over to the complex of waterways comprising the lea river basin, the hertford

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asia

kyoto international conference centre

located in the north west of kyoto, the kyoto international conference centre (国立京都国際会館) is an arresting and dramatic design, foregrounds a modernist approach to technique and

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the rest

toto seawind awaji island

awajishima | toto seawind resort awaji awaji island or awajishima is japan’s fifth largest island. traditionally a farming and fishing area, the greying population and increasing

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asia

lee ufan museum

while visiting naoshima earlier this year i visited the purpose built lee ufan museum, designed by tadao ando

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asia

the hiatus

there’s been something of a gap, and my apologies for that. i was travelling in japan for about seven weeks during july and august. consequently i have a huge

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london

mayfair and soho

from green park to hanway street <p>just an afternoon in early summer — or maybe it’s late spring, in the west end. from a very

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