Postcards from the Monestir de Poblet
“Monestir” means “monastery” in Catalan and this one, with its beginnings way back in the middle of the 12th century, happens to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site…
Barcelona & Catalunya
Postcards from Montblanc, Catalunya
This gorgeous little village is located in the Tarragona province and is the capital of the comarca (county, roughly) of Conca de Barcerà . You can get there easily by train or bus from Barcelona.
Lots to see here–the medieval town walls are some of the best preserved–and you are not far from the Monastery of Poblet, a UNESCO world heritage site…
Just Odd
Lots of touristic passersby photograph this particular wall (above, and behind the box) with its 19 different, apparently random, objects glued thereon. If you pay attention, you'll find the unusual urban art “exhibit” near the beach in the colorful Barceloneta section of Barcelona…
Barcelona Year End Odds And Ends
As a reminder, the end of Pope Greg XIII’s calendar year is certainly a great time to back up all of your digital images onto at least one or–even better–two or three separate portable hard drives…
The Foixarda Climbing Tunnel, Barcelona
Is this perhaps a new project that is bubbling up from my amygdala?
Documenting what goes on at this urban, open-air, climbing site could be interesting…
An “Almost” and an Abstract
I always keep the little Sony RX100 in my jacket pocket whenever I walk around the city. You never know what you might see.
This image is an “almost”…
The Ghost Women Return
As in previous such photographs, it’s about juxtaposition of odd, found elements (in the detritus of old posters) that seem to work together (at least for me) to carry a story or message about women and their experiences…
Horny for Art!
Somewhere in the labyrinthian streets and alleys of the Gothic Barrio of Barcelona…
La Model (La Modelo) Prison, Barcelona
I would call La Modelo sort of the Alcatraz of Barcelona, and free public visits were recently offered as it is now out-of-date, closed, empty, eerie, haunted, and scheduled for a major gutting and/or demolition. So off we went.
Both Alcatraz and La Modelo (la Model in Catalan) are islands of a sort…the first surrounded by water, the latter surrounded by city. And both are historical icons for their respective cultures…
The Long Shadows of Autumn
Yes, fall has been felled. But, in my view that gives us outdoor photographers yet more opportunities to create…