Flora, bicycle helmeted against the rain
Flora stands in the fountain on Flora’s hillock and the rain runs down her back, but some kind soul has given her a bicycle helmet to keep her hair dry.
Photo of the week
This sub-category of Images collects all my posts containing a photograph I was particularly pleased with making. Some of the photos come from the week when I posted them, others are drawn from the same week, but from the archives. Usually the posts contain one single photograph and some text.
The man (and the woman) from 3
A young woman talking on her mobile telephone walks in front of an advert for the mobile telephone company 3 painted street-art-style on the shutters of their shop on Kungsgatan in October 2013
Early afternoon light over Linnégatan
A misty morning hung on late, but was just breaking up to allow an early afternoon sun through when I took this photo – from 5 October 2014.
Autumn sunrise – a photo of the week
Autumn sunrise. The rising sun through turning leaves on the path up to Keiller’s Park from Kvillesta’n, a dog and its owner. About 7:30 in the morning.
Blu reflected fragments – photo of the week
The Photo of the Week this week is this almost abstract picture of reflected fragments of the facade of the Radison Blu Riverside hotel.
Plein-air street art – photo of the week
Plein-air means painting in the open air, and this is all going on in the street, so it’s a form of street art, right? Photo of the week from 14 Sept 2013.
Nollning: Fresher student activity in Gothenburg
Nollning at Swedish universities is what initiation, fresher week or hazing is at British and American seats of learning.
A spider’s web pearled after a heavy mist
A heavy morning mist over Ramberget, lifting, leaves a spider’s web pearled with droplets of condensation.This photo from late August 2014.
Opera in distress – photo of the week
Is Gothenburg’s Opera house in distress? Pennants flying from the nest of flagpoles outside Gothenburg’s opera, originally published August 2014
Making a dash
Making a dash (from 14th August 2014) – a blurred figure dashes across the frame crossing a busy pedestrian street in a torrential downpour.