Tag: Architecture
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Masjid India Kuching
The newly built one and only floating Mosque in Kuching is located on the banks of the Sarawak River, close to the newly built Harmony bridge whose shape symbolizes the balance of cultures living together in harmony.“Harmony among our different religious traditions is essential for world peace” –Dalai Lama –This is the Old State Mosque,…
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A Day trip to Valletta
It’s not often that I visit Valletta but a few days ago I took the ferry to Malta’s capital. Here, most of the side streets are narrow and some also very steep. The best way to get around is on foot, which I did.The entire city of Valletta has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site…
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Rectangles & Warm Colors
Small details on a wall with at least more than one rectangle. Franks weekly Photo Challenge – Rectangles
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Lost…
Imprisoned… …or impressed.…among the high-rise buildings.Pjazza Tigné, Sliema, Malta.
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Today’s Architecture
When comparing this type of architecture with my header showing the view of Valletta, it’s hard to imagine that when I took that picture I had these high-rise blocks just behind me. Valletta is today one of the most concentrated historic areas in the world. It doesn’t seem likely that today’s buildings will have such a…
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Places People Live
Both images above are from a suburb outside Stockholm in Sweden. I myself prefer the one with the blue sky. Although both images give an exciting impression of the difference between seasons in the northern Europe.A farmhouse in Gozo, Malta. Maltese residential buildings.This was how it looked when I grew up outside Stockholm and this…
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Which Way…
In Ta Qali National Park, there aren’t only lots of different kinds of plants, trees, birds, insects and picnic areas.There are also many stairs, leading to nowhere, except from where you came.Posted for Son of a Beach’s Which Way Photo Challenge
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Angels & Lines
Yes, I’ve been away, again. This time I went to my hometown in Sweden for a few days. I had lots of ideas what to do and what to see, but in three days I didn’t make much of it. I met my three sisters and I met a blog friend that I never met…
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Every picture tells a story…
…I walk, I look, I see, I stop, I photograph! Every picture tells a story, even though the viewer doesn’t always know what lies behind.
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Maltese Architecture
When I moved to Malta in 2000, there was no such modern architecture on the island. The old houses are often well-preserved with a genuine Maltese architecture. Today, modern structures at Tigné Point strongly contrast with the buildings in Valletta as well as with most of the towns on the island. The only building that…
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Unknown
Why did I photograph an unknown man who for an unknown reason walks in an unknown place.Memories – Santa Monica – Los Angeles 2014. OWPC
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Follow me to Valletta…
It’s not often that I visit Malta´s capital but last week I a took the ferry and spent some hours in the city. Valletta is designated as the European Capital of Culture in 2018.Some tourists and one of the public art installations depicting Maltese proverbs.To the left you see the new Parliament Building in Valletta.The architecture…