New York
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Fear
I’m standing on a windswept cliff top, everything below is whipped into a rage by the winds, the sea throwing itself against the rocks. I’m cold, wearing only the jogging clothes I came up in, damp with sweat. Slowly I turn back to the thing that frightened me, your face, crushed by the conversation we’re…
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USA – Urban Monuments
Post number six in my collections from the US; urban monuments. There are some places that just inspire photos, and a lot of them that are from New York! It’s like I’m all about the east coast. I like the idea that these are man made objects that have become the object of worship and…
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USA – Food
As the fourth in my instalments of themed photos from my trip, I present FOOD. Yes I was one of those people who whipped out the DSLR at restaurants and cafes and fast food stops, and you know what? I don’t care! I was on holiday and I wanted photos of what I ate. I…
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USA – Arty
The third in my series of photo essays from my travels in the USA. I like to think of these as the ‘arty’ shots; here I put less emphasis on what the photo is of, and more emphasis on the aesthetically pleasing elements captured in the image. Given this, I’m not going to tell you…
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USA – Urban Decay
In the spirit of thematically grouping my photos from my travels, I now present to you photo essay number two: Urban Decay. This sign was on the wall of a public housing building in uptown New York. I found it fascinating for two reasons, firstly because it speaks to a cold war heritage that we…
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USA – Ordinary People
While I was on my travels I took an enormous number of photos. I have been back for a couple of weeks, but life got in the way a bit and I am only just getting on to organising my photos into themed photo essays for this blog. I am starting with a theme I’m…
Fleur Blüm 