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Weatherproof

Weatherproof

This child looks happily weatherproof sitting well-wrapped in its plastic covered pram at the tram stop at Kungsportsplatsen. … Continue readingWeatherproof

A form of steps

A form of steps

The filled wooden forms for concrete steps up to the city library near Göta platsen, currently undergoing renovation … Continue readingA form of steps

Football practice 2

Football practice

Football practice as a club of youngsters warm up by dribbling balls around one of the public pitches on Heden on Monday afternoon. … Continue readingFootball practice

Pipes

Perspectives

Above: Transport pipes – a part of the Gryaab water filtration plant on Fågelsrovägen.
Below: Up and down perspective – this sloping path takes you in one zigzag from Astris Gatan on the hill to Monsungatan by Eriksberg basin.

When I was a child, one of the TV programmes I enjoyed was Vision On – a purely visual programme made, I believe, principally for the deaf. I think it helped form my visual imagination. These two photos could both have appeared in a section of the programme where Tony Hart flicked through pictures of everyday objects photographed from unexpected angles. … Continue readingPerspectives

Young gull

Young gull

A young gull – a herring gull, I think, still mostly in it’s youthful plumage. It was hanging around with a number of other teenagers at Brunsparken waiting for som action. Or food. … Continue readingYoung gull

Cykel sugen

Cykel sugen?

If you feel “cykel sugen” you feel like taking a ride on your bike. Sugen (“the suction”) is also the name of this building which presumably housed – perhaps still houses – the pumps for a ventilation system. … Continue readingCykel sugen?

Anna say yes!

Anna say yes!

Anna säg ja! A Valentine’s Day declaration created by Cassius and friends as a surprise and encouragement: Anna say yes! The letters are marked out with plastic sheeting and then built up with snow. Cassius proposed to Anna up in the 23rd floor bar of the Gothia Towers Hotel overlooking the sign. She said yes.

For people who can understand Swedish, the whole project is described in this article – with accompanying video clip – from Göteborgs-Posten, our local paper.

Below: There was heart under Anna’s name that didn’t really come through in the above picture.
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