One of the most amazing locations I’ve been given a chance to shoot at :D! Yes, whoever’s been there knows exactly what I’m talking about :). The coastline near a little village of Uttakleiv is full of rocks, stones and many different formations you could use to capture interesting image. Even when the weather plays around and doesn’t want to cooperate or you have a couple of minutes left to take a shot (same as I did due to heavy rainfall approaching from the right), you’re able to find THE RIGHT SPOT to show the beauty of the place :).
Today, I’d like to introduce you a famous “Eye Of Uttakleiv” :). Quite interesting spot… :D!
Amsterdam is a stunning city. Almost every turn leads to a bridge over the canal system, and every bridge has a beautiful story to tell. My adventure in the city was a brief one, spent with my favourite travel companion and excellent photographer Nadia Schweimler (she is on 500px too – check her out). This is another of my infra-red photographs taken around the world and shared with you exclusively on 500px. I hope you enjoy them.
Oscar Niemeyer’s modernist icon, the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (MAC) in Brazil, recently played host to the Louis Vuitton 2017 Cruise Collection showing. The show coincided with the museum’s 20th anniversary, marking its reopening after extensive renovation. The remarkable nature of the building has drawn crowds to the outlying site, across the Guarana Bay from Rio de Janeiro, since its inauguration in 1996. The convergence of the fashion community to the landmark shows its smaller scale Bilbao effect in force.
Courtesy of Louis Vuitton
The building’s form is often described as futuristic and space-like, and perches atop the rocky cliffside allowing full panoramic views of the Guarana Bay. The iconic swirling red-carpeted ramp, which bridges the elevated museum to the paved ground proved the perfect catwalk, coming alive with the rhythmic procession of models. Spectators were arranged in twisting rows, extending the trajectory of the ramp and staying true to Niemeyer’s original design intention, for the building to emerge “from the ground” and “continuously grow and spread.”
Louis Vuitton (LV) are no strangers to staging their shows in an architecturally iconic settings; the 2016 collection was shown at another modern icon, John Lautner’s Californian Estate for Bob and Dolores Hope. Nicolas Ghesquière, the Artistic Director of Women’s Collections at LV and orchestrator of both shows explained the selection of Niterói as the continuation of “the architectural journey that is so particular to the Maison Louis Vuitton.” This convergence of architecture and fashion is however, a first for the MAC, which will go on to host four exhibitions supported by Vuitton over the next year, according to a story by The New York Times.
“I so admire the power of Oscar Niemeyer’s conviction. His vision, his radicality, his utopia even,” said Nicolas Ghesquière. “Being able to show a fashion collection in such an architecturally powerful space is a sensorial experience. In Rio de Janeiro, what I saw most of all was movement and an explosive energy that lives somewhere between modernism and tropicality. I was fascinated by the constant duality between nature and urbanism and the pictorial explosion it creates.”
The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, also know as the MAC, was designed by the famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and completed in 1996. This iconic saucer-shaped structure, situated on a cliffside above Guanabara bay in the city of Niterói, brilliantly frames the panoramic views of the city of Rio De Janeiro and encapsulates the simple, yet brilliant signature aesthetic of Niemeyer.
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I left after work to head up to Mount St. Helens. The wildflowers are at peak bloom. I stopped at a local fast food place to grab a burger and fries. As I pulled into the parking lot, I saw a homeless man. So, I did what I normally do. I drove around to the other side of the restaurant.
But, there wasn’t a door over there so I had to go back. As I walked to the door, the homeless man approached and asked if I would buy him a strawberry milkshake. I gave him the customary smile and head nod and then ducked inside the door.
As I stood in line, I rationalized how many homeless could get out of their situation but choose not to help themselves. Some are pushy and intimidating. Many are drug addicts and in and out of jail.
But, I just kept thinking that there’s another human being out there in record breaking heat. And he just wants a strawberry milkshake. So, I ordered one. Just as I turned to leave, I ran into the man. I gave him the milkshake and said it was for him. His face lit up as he told me he didn’t think anyone would buy him one. I looked him in the eye and wished him a good day. And, then I left.
I’m not looking for a compliment. Usually, I don’t make eye contact with the homeless, let alone buy them food or carry on a short conversation. But, maybe I can do better from here on out.
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