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A unique store which carries many well designed products and authorized as a Japan Good Design Award Partner Shop. |
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A unique store which carries many well designed products and authorized as a Japan Good Design Award Partner Shop. |
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A portrait of a carpet repairer taken as he is sitting in his shop. Kaleici, Antalya, Turkey.
This is one of a series of 360-degree photographic panoramas I am shooting in the streets of the old city of Antalya for my Kaleici360 project. I discovered this carpet repair shop at the entrance of the narrow Karanlik Street, and found the shopkeeper arranging rugs and carpets in preparation for the first customer of the day. Initially, I set up my camera opposite the shop with the intention of doing a panorama of Karanlik Street, when I noticed the carpet repair shopkeeper watching me with interest. I couldn’t help noticing the atmosphere within his small shop and decided to go in to discover what else lay inside. Having liked what I saw, I asked the carpet repairer for permission to take a series of photographs that would make up the panorama of the interior of his shop, to which he agreed. As I prepared my equipment I looked around the interior noticing that the shop couldn’t be more than 16 metres square and was bursting with traditional Turkish carpets and kilims. In addition there were bags, seat covers, handmade cushions and other items hanging from the walls and taking up any remaining available space. As I made further adjustments, the shop owner kindly offered me tea, and as we sat drinking the tea we had a chat. It transpires that the shop’s owner had come to Antalya from Ankara, and he specialised in repairing old carpets and kilims using the traditional materials, but, that he did not weave the carpets himself, and nor did he sell them. I asked him about the paintings that I had noticed hanging on the walls, thinking that he was an artist and photographer in his spare time. But it transpired that his daughter was a painter and an art teacher, and he proudly stated that those are examples of her work On visiting the street several months later (looking forward to giving the old man a copy of the photographs I had taken, and to have another chat over a glass of tea) I was disappointed to find that the carpet repair shop had closed for business. Click here to see the virtual spherical panorama tour of the Kaleici, ANTALYA http://www.kaleici360.com |
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Tama Jewellry by Tamarind tree goldsmiths, thailand
A unique artistic creation of gold. since 1910 more info at tamajewelry.com |
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SeaWorld Orlando is one of the eight world class theme parks in Central Florida. Of all the parks, this is one of my favorites for a fun relaxing day in a beautifully landscaped area with all sorts of neat sea animal exhibits and shows. It also features a couple adrenaline rides like the coaster Kraken and the Journey to Atlantis water ride. The free beer samples at the Annhauser-Busch Hospitality House doesn't hurt either. This area is part of the recently renovated Sky Tower area. The Sky Tower goes up something like 50 stories and rises out of the building that is the closest in the foreground. Later on I will try to get a picture of it, but didn't have time on this visit. Across the water you can see the Atlantis Bayside Stadium while most prominent are the shops and restauraunts which make up the 'Waterfront at SeaWorld' area. |
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Coca Cola no doubt intended for this park to be used by business types, or perhaps for the students of the local university, Georgia Tech. Alas, Atlanta does not take good care of its citizens and the park is used as a place to sleep for the many homeless. And Georgia Tech students are kept from the park by a fence, or perhaps the residents of the park are kept from Georgia Tech. |
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Nutcrackers of various sizes from all around the world.
Can you find the snowman amongst all of the nutcrackers? |
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Here is the patio of my wife's furniture shop in Rouen, France
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Rich, Spencer, Jack the Dog, Jay, Molly and Spencer hanging out in the wood shop at Steamboat Ed's. Spencer took this gigapan! |
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testing out/showing off the gigapan for some friends while I got my pre-work coffee. http://www.quietstormcoffee.com |