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Photographs: England, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

London Eye

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London Eye
“London Eye” — Looking upwards at the London Eye on a cloudy day.

I usually have a good sense of direction, and I can often navigate without maps. But I also have an occasional directional problem. When arriving in a new place I sometimes make an incorrect assumption about the compass directions. Once I do, it is darned near impossible for me to fix it. London is one of the places. For some reason, the first time I visited I reversed north and south, and I’ve struggled since then to get it right. I’ve gotten a lot better — when I look north across the River Thames these days it looks like it is north. But this photograph came about due to the residue of my prior confusion.

When we set out from our lodgings to walk to the nearby Borough Market, I went with my gut instead of logic and headed out confidently in the wrong direction. (To her credit, Patty suspected that I was going the wrong way, but went along.) We walked and walked and instead of finding the Market we were (or I was) surprised to walk up to the London Eye, which is in exactly the opposite direction!

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Photographs: France, Photographs: People, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Je Suis Bleu: Bicycle Man

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Je Suis Bleu: Bicycle Man
A man rides past a wall covered with street art, Le Marais.

Je Suis Bleu: Bicycle Man. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

A man rides past a wall covered with street art, Le Marais.

I have been writing a new installment for my “A Photograph Exposed” series, where I write in depth about one of my favorite photographs. The photograph in question, which I regard as one of my best, features a group of three women photographed in front of this street art-covered wall. As part of the writing process, I went back to view other files made at about the same time — for reasons that will make sense when I share the article. In doing so I found other photographs of this scene that I like. In fact, if the “three women” photograph had not turned out, I might well have shared this one years ago!

I am fascinated by the experience of going back to forgotten image files and “discovering” work for the first time. There is a difference in how we see photographs that we have just made (and which we associate with the immediate experience of making them) and how we see the same photographs after time has passed. I think that, in some ways, we see the images more objectively in the latter case — perhaps we can “see” them as what they are more than as what we expected them to be.

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Photographs: France, Photographs: Travel

Ferris Wheel, Clouds

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A ferris wheel silhouetted against a sky full of puffy clouds, Paris.

Ferris Wheel, Clouds. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

A ferris wheel silhouetted against a sky full of puffy clouds, Paris.

Back in 2016 as we strolled through the park next to the Louvre in Paris, this large Ferris wheel beckoned above a pool at the far end. It was a beautiful, wam day, and we weren’t really in any hurry to get anywhere, and the scattered clouds broke up the summer light.

I made several photographs of this feature — the Ferris wheel itself and the pool at its base, with people wading in the water and relaxing around it. For such a striking sort of feature, I find these structures to be difficult to photograph. (The night photographs are often the most effective.) I went with monochrome here to emphasize the silhouette of the steel structure against the cloud-studded sky.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.

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Photographs: Italy, Photographs: Night, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Night Cyclist, Florence

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A man on a bicycle rides a down a narrow street at night, Florence, Italy

Night Cyclist, Florence. © Copyright 2019 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A man on a bicycle rides a down a narrow street at night, Florence, Italy.

The curve of this narrow street, with its backwards “HOTEL” sign, turned out to be a productive spot for photography during our 2016 visit to Florence. Florence is a popular and crowded place during the tourist season, but very early in the morning and late and night the crowds thin and it is possible to find empty and near-empty streets.

Imagine it is a very hot Italian evening. People are out walking in the narrow streets, stopping to get something to eat or drink, and sitting in the warm outdoor air. It is not deserted by any means, but things are slowing down and most streets, especially those away from the main points of tourist interest, are quiet. A cyclist emerges from around the curve and passes by, and it is quiet again.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.

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