Tag: Prague
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curves #2
#1 Marfa, TX #2 Johor Bahru Feb 2016 #3 Calgary 2016 #1 -3 Clay Ellis exhibition, Third Stake Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, July 2016 #4 Sun Studio, Memphis, TN, September 2013 #1 Waxworks Museum, Melantrichova St #2 Rudolf Kremlička, mural in Fénix Palace arcade, Wenceslas Square #3 Prague Castle #4 Jan Štursa, statues…
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greenery
kauri forest, Northland, New Zealand November 2000 #1 Siena March 2001 #2 Tokyo fish market September 2010 #3 Philadelphia April 2008 #4 Houston July 2011 #5 Whangerei, December 2000 #2 Prague June 2004 Mariánské Lázně June 2004 Amsterdam July 2004 Singapore January 2006 #1-2 Garstang, Lancashire #3 Sissinghurst, Kent June-July 2013
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horizontals #3
Straits of Johor, Malaysia 8 February 2016 Prague (#1-3, 6 Karlín, #4 Holešovice, #5 Nusle Bridge) April 2016 Medicine Hat, Alberta 16 July 2016 Calgary June–December 2016
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ashes to ashes (Prague cemeteries #3)
The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague’s Old Town, with its picturesque gravestones leaning drunkenly on one another, is a familiar stop on the tourist trail. The New Jewish Cemetery established in 1890, adjacent to the Christian cemeteries at Olšany, is less well known, though pilgrims do come here in search of Franz Kafka. Aside from…
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always with a smile (Prague cemeteries #2)
Established in 1680, the complex of cemeteries at Olšany, on the borders of Vinohrady and Žižkov, is the largest in the Czech Republic. According to Wikipedia “there is evidence of 230,000 people buried, 65,000 grave sites, 200 chapel graves and six columbariums in Olšany Cemeteries.” Many famous Czechs (and Slovaks) are buried here. But Prague has never…
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a beautiful garden next door to history (Prague cemeteries #1)
A post mostly for Czech and Bohemist friends Maestro! You have brought to an end a great work and are departing to eternal sleep. The Czech nation and Prague are burying you in the most sacred place, in Vyšehrad, in the most noble place … In Vyšehrad, seat of the Princess Libuše, you will talk…
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diagonals #2
Prague #1-3 Kampa Museum #4 Franz Kafka Square #1 + 6 Baba #2 Na Příkopě #3 Ovocný trh/Fruit Market #4-5 Trade Fair Palace, Aero poster by František Zelenka) #1 Palladium mall #2 + 3 Prague metro #4 Hradčany Karlín Vyšehrad (#5 apartment block on Neklanova St, Josef Chochol, 1913-14) #1 Smíchov (exhibit in David Černý’s…
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Prague after COVID
These photos were taken in Prague between August 15–25, 2021. Travel had just reopened after the first wave of the COVID–19 pandemic. The streets were eerily empty. Though social life was tentatively starting to resume, the economic devastation is palpable, the sadness overwhelming. Old Town/Staré Město Old Town (#1 + 2 Jilská, #3 Na Perštýně)…
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