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Ten5: Good post! Great portrait of Alberta St. ...

in response to: Alberta Arts Corridor by serlingrod

EvilGentleman: This was one of the more educational posts that I have done, at least in the sense that I learned a lot from doing this post. When I initially shot the photos, I was focused on......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

anon (77-98-187-194.cable.ubr02.blac.blueyonder.co.uk): possilpark people are always taken stick for the way it is portraid regaurds of being run down i myself was born and bread in possilpark and have a lot of fond memories. you see its......

in response to: Glasgow Schemes2 by kobie

Peter: not one but two {NY} shirts, heh... the shot with the frayed wire is cool... there are a few stainless steel fences like the one in that shot in my neighborhood... one of them is......

in response to: Compilation Part Five by chiamattt

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Jenny and Janet(Sutton), I lived at No 42 Harewood Road and I do remember you living there also I remember the field that belonged to your granddad, it came at the side......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

tasha: i curently reside in the projects the philadelphia housing auth. i go to school and have a job but still proverty stricken i believe the book portrayed good image of the projects. people who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

MP: I moved here from a suburb of a very large city. I love the peace, quiet and the people. The photos, while very well done, don't portray the heart of the town and the......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 13 by Scott Sargent

iheartretards: Pho Viet Anh on lower Queen Anne next to Bamboo Garden and down the block from the Opera house. It's the best Pho in town, I can't even palate nasty Than Brothers anymore. That shit......

in response to: Pho in Seattle by Peter

Tamia J.: I'm from the Southside of Chicago. Many of my Dad's family members lived in the Robert Taylors ('97-'05) until the day they were forced to leave because of demolition. The RT's were considered my second......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

noname: I work in a business that allows me to see the finest of Hutchinson and surrounding areas. Hutchinson it's surrounding population consist of the following: Retirees, poor families, meth addicts, leeches. No more no less.......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Dino: I worked in Tarrytown for 15 yrs.Started in Hard Trim,then Soft trim after the 1982 layoff. I use to be a floater when I first started and I really enjoyed it a lot.I worked in......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Anonoymous: I will try to be succinct with my words. The symbols, ideology, artwork, whatever you prefer to call it serves one grand purpose, and this purpose, I will reveal in the conclusion of this......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Paul R Taylor : In its heyday Liverpool was the richest city in the world and was the gateway to Europe, Asia, Australia, south America, north America and the world. The River Mersey, the Irish Sea......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

jack: a self portrait of me....

in response to: Graf Face: by Peter

Dan Bertrand: If the Nancy Chartrand who posted here is the same person that I was buddies with when I moved away from Montreal in 1991, I'd like to say hello.. I lived on Fielding when I......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Tyfoid Kid: Both sides of the aisle have ignored this issue. My point is more to the line of thought that if the Dems had been in charge the Repulicans would have howled foul 'The Tax......

in response to: Bridge Collapse 1 by Tyfoid Kid

D.Bennet-lived in 1943 apt 606: I grew up in the Henry Horner Holmes a.k.a. the Hornets i live in 1943 4 trey i also grew up with pharoah and laffy and that movie portrayed them as innocent fun loving children......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

JJ: Broadway/ J-train/Halsey theater / 14 Holy Martrys / Wetson's hamburgers/ Pretzels from Starr st./ egg creams from the fountain shops/ greasy spoon diner and stickball. You guys shud hv seen Broadway in the early......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Carmen Milagros Matias: My dearest sister, I came across this article while on a search of some questions of my own past. I was unaware of so many things and upon reading this article, I was consumed with emotion.......

in response to: 180 Central Avenue: What Was Lost by upfromflames

Graham McKnight: Peter, Here is the website of the Art gallery that I bought 'So Long Sucker' from: http://www.artrepublic.com/posters/productpage/showposters.asp?sku=op04944...

in response to: Operation Magic Kingdom by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jeeff: technically not a ##self##-portrait, but i can't resist: [[img:21116]] ...

in response to: Obscured Self-Portraits? by Peter

EX HAMC MEMBER: I was a Hells Angel for 30 years and quit. I became a born again christian. most of them were meth dealers or crank dealers. Hells Angel member Kenny Owen still a member in......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Peter: eg: id love to see your take. you guys could go head to head! i love that there are folks on here that portray the same cities, etc, but with just a bit of a different......

in response to: Tour of Montreal’s Chinatown by CE

EvilGentleman: I want to try your technique, but your camera is an SLR, and mine is a point-and-shoot with a retractable lens, so if the lens is out, people know my camera is on. I will......

in response to: Hyehwa to Mia by chiamattt

Jamie: I'd like to see more of {St. Louis}. I'm sure not all of the city is quite as clean cut as your photos portray. That's not to say i haven't enjoyed them though. Let's see......

in response to: Lemp Brewery by maybetoday

Gerald Chartrand: I am 41 yrs and born on the project, it was the place that I will always keep in my heart.It was a safe and very home type of place to grow up in,everybody knew......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Nice reflected self-portrait!...

in response to: If Ever a Truck Was Built to Kill by upfromflames

Marc: BJ my guess is the 50s, when Hatley developed the area. Check out "Eanes: Portrait of a Community" by Linda Vance- it came out in 86, contains lots of interviews. I think they have a......

in response to: And so this is winter at Bandit\'s Cave by Marc

jack: my two favorite girls, prancing about in london, the next thing you know citynoise will have a convention in manhattan, oh my, oh my, i don't want you to see me and lose the illusion......

in response to: Out and About with Elaine by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

upfromflames: Well, its a continuum of controversy, on which I, as a young historian working with FDNY vets and active figures in city politics, am trying to place myself on the safe side of. I'll tell......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

jack: where those quonset huts used by the pilots? but why would they run you kiddies through emergency procedures in the 70's, there was not much going on. england, that mighty fortress, that island, sorry,......

in response to: The End of the Brotherhood Winery Collection by jack

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Russel Lamont: Hey, Ngodwana is my home town! My dad Jack worked at Sappi for nine years as a fitter. Now we live in Ausrtralia I miss Ngodwana! Russ...

in response to: Mans Contribution to Nature by Guy McLaren

Mike: Peter, I just had my portrait sketched in 2 stops last friday. I'm wondering if it was the same guy. Not the same M.O. but then it's 3 years later. My guy was a light skinned black dude.......

in response to: Getting Off: by Peter

RobertR: sorry for being Dutch...acadamy = academy...

in response to: Advertisements on Rietveld Art Acadamy by RobertR

Ringo: Ok Susannah lets read what you wrote to begin with! "I like Harley's but I think that men who join groups like that are sick neanderthals." Is that not making a judgement? "Tell you what, they treat women......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

susannah: Ringo,I never said anything to indicate any of the things that you seem to believe I think, except that HA treat women badly. Maybe its not HA per se, but biker popular culture. I'm not......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

JNJ: Again. The problem isn't your, "whiteness". Human phenotypes don't necessarily always reflect the genotypes. "White", just like Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, is just a generic term used to separate people for the......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Osloman20plus: I just want to say.. All in all, Oslo is still 'nothing' compared to larger and more international cities. But yeah, no doubt it has become worse over the last 15-20 years. But in fact,......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Sirhcbre: I think these pictures are much more powerful than they're supposed to be. They remind me of war photos that should feel horrifying yeat they are all pictures of people having fun. It's......

in response to: Gun Farm. Part Two by chiamattt

colavitos ghost: peter, i've always meant to ask you if you've read "the fortress of solitude" by jonathan lethem. it's a really wonderful book, and is set in prospect heights (it takes the gentrification issue head-on). anybody......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

aer suzuki: odd. i always pictured a fortress having doors that were more...formidable. or something....

in response to: No Saints, No Sinners, No Devil As Well. by zagg

nancy chartrand: wow it is hard to believethat we all lived here at one time,it is so run down.,it is actually hard to see our once lived in homes so lonely looking.this was a great......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Mike: I like how you didnt even actually go into town...at all. But stayed about 4 miles outside of town to take a picture of an old run down light factory and a warehouse and claim......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 12 by Scott Sargent

jeeff: great entry! you really convey the strong sense of place in these photos. i've seen venice beach portrayed in movies and video games, but never before has it been "real" to me....

in response to: Venice Beach by adam

Sirhcbre: Keep in mind that there's a big difference between what the media portrays as "goth" and the real meaning of a person who is a member of the goth subculture. This kid is just your typical......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

susannah: GGP: If he's trying to point out beauty- he should say so. It seems to me he's just trying to portray the obvious. I'd like to put the challenge to him to take......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 13 by Scott Sargent

aer suzuki: by the way, this series goes down really well while listening to the smith's "every day is like sunday" even though the photos hardly portray a dreary place...just in case anyone was wondering....

in response to: Everything Looks Perfect from Far Away by zagg

aer suzuki: we have a house like that in seattle too. it used to have a rainbow windsock hanging on the front porch, last time i passed it, it had a tele-tubby hanging there instead. i've never......

in response to: Pink House by CE

jeeff: i really like the style of motorbike in #1. i wish we had them in north america. the sculpture (stylized mountains?) in #4 is pretty cool for a piece of institutional art. ......

in response to: A Random Walk by chiamattt

Karlo: Well observer,i have to be honest and say they are not all tattooed thugs. There are assholes and hardmen where-ever you go,but regrettably,the macho thug image certainly is synomonus with Loyalism. There are however,huge efforts on the......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

EvilGentleman: Dammit! I thought from his [[4845:self-portrait]] that joey was younger than me, but if he can remember the 60's, then he is older for sure, since I was born in 1969. This can mean only......

in response to: Dew Drop Inn by GGP

RobertR: This picture was taken in the year 200o by the way.......

in response to: Bosphorus Bridge by sen

RobertR: [[img:15287]] Another picture of the bosporus bridge which connects the European with the Asian continent. This pic I shot out from the car window heading to the bridge. We drove with our Dutch car a......

in response to: Bosphorus Bridge by sen

RobertR: Wauw, beautiful picture! It looks like the sony bravia commercial......

in response to: Counter Funeral by belgrade billy

RobertR: for some university is like jail.......

in response to: University View by RobertR

EvilGentleman: Looks like Ted Koppel or Humphrey Bogart to me, but with GW's lipless smile and no hat or poofy hair. I guess realistic stencil portraits are really hard to make....

in response to: Impeach Tyrants by Brad

jeeff: [[img:14315]] i caught my sony dsc-p100 taking this sexy self-portrait in the washroom yesterday. the camera was mortified....

in response to: The Cameras of Citynoise by ksedge

t@ngent: [[img:13111]] So the remaining wall of the {Roman} fortress of Banovallum really does run through the {library}!...

in response to: Another Small Town by Jamie

EvilGentleman: If only you could see me laughing right now, jack. I suppose the spurned girlfriends made the idea of active duty a lot less scary, by comparision. At least, at the time. And don't blame......

in response to: End Gender by Biff

jack: is that a 'pot' plant in the first pic? i have no comment on homosexuality. i definitely do not like the way drag queens and weirdos portray the gay community. i'm from a......

in response to: End Gender by Biff

Peter: {self-portrait} {shadow}: [[img:12789]] ...

in response to: Cameraphone: Shadow Epiphany by Jamie

Autumn: All of this is very interesting until 4 of those cute, cuddly coons which, by the way, can rip a dog apart, find your pet door. I boarded up the pet door, so they......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

CHORO: Peter Caine - The boy with the boxing gloves jumping in the puddle has been there for almost a year now, it is a self portrait. It is a good coninsidence that your green wall......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

peace: i did like the first few fotos, very well captured through perspective. someone saying that there must have been better architects around when those buildings were build must remember, styles change.and with the amazingly rapid......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

EvilGentleman: True enough, sherri. But police officers also have to learn to be in control of their emotions at all times. Powertripping or "teaching a lesson" seldom works, it tends to breed contempt, not respect. And......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

jack: ggp you took a great shot in that third pic. very artistic. you guys are making it a contest to see who takes the most photographic portraits of landscape. this is better......

in response to: More Astoria by GGP

Peter: awesome post... the text as well as the photos! also: have you heard of bernd and hilla becher? [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_and_Hilla_Becher]] they did a series of water-tower portraits... [[http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=becher%20water%20tower&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wi]]...

in response to: Travelogue by ea

GGP: wafer fortresses--a metaphor for our times!...

in response to: Ditmars Avenue, Sweets by GGP

arkon1: heres some info from tacoma news trib. about the trailer on 56Some of the most exquisite work around is by the late Plus, who painted for 10 years before he died at 25 about......

in response to: graffiti trailer by fuzzytank

EvilGentleman: Lyle, Sorry about that. I just responded to part of your post, and did not also mention how grateful I am for your tips and advice. While I know that each photographer has their own distinct......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

Chuckles: G'day Sean: Appreciate your response and interesting comments. The great thing about photography is it truly allows the "shooter" to express themselves in ways that are really quite remarkable. There is no right way / wrong way......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Ow... I shall mourn the demise of AJ's in much the same way as I mourn the passing of the last A&W drive-in that I ever saw. (It was in Saint John, N.B. near the......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Lyle, thank you very very much for the compliments/advice/vote of confidence. I do not know if I have it in me to achieve a professional level of photographic talent, but I am sure hoping to......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

elaine: weeeel you know, i like a bit of modern, but i think it's interesting that trellick is seen as being the last word in glamourous living while it's identical twin in poplar is portrayed in......

in response to: Bauhaus My Ass by FlamingRRose

Chuckles: Hi Sean: Congratulations on your most excellant photographic eye. I am a Prof Photographer who started shooting in the 50's and I still get excited about my latest project, my most recent image, my 'cookin'......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

elaine: thanks cat huzzah! jamie! - yes, they are ALL, HORRIBLY very much self portraits (not the mirrory kind)...

in response to: Silly Cow, the Exhibition by elaine

Jamie: so is this a self portrait elaine?...

in response to: Silly Cow, the Exhibition by elaine

Billy: Having lived in both the USA and England, let me tell you a few things. Both countries electoral systems are fucked! None has real proportional representation. And in terms of laws probably both have an equal......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Observer: First of all, the moment he stepped out to attack Leah, he made it evident that he wasn't a man. Where I come from, in my culture, the moment you hit a woman, a girl,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Sertraline: I ride a bike in Toronto and I've seen more couriers do dumb aggressive shit than automobiles. Most of the posters, in typical neo-hippy style, assume that this incident is the man's fault. ......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

bertro: I think this courier totaly esclated things to the point of silliness...Yeah, littering is not cool - but anyone with an I.Q. over 70 knows that when you throw garabge back......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

To White Vest Girl?: The Police at the scene reported a mark on your car of a little over a centimeter,,,if that...The Officers, of, the, Law, would call you a liar to your face if you try to claim......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

robin: I spend my working hours immersed in legal minutiae, so I know whereof I speak; Leah cannot choose to press charges. Driver cannot choose to press charges. The only individual that has the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Samantha: One of the things I sometimes stay up all night doing is collage - recently i have covered every book and container on my desk in collage - the reason I am saying this of......

in response to: st clement\'s from the hip by elaine

elaine: ta, myke, i liked it too and put a portrait of it in [[2258:abject objects]] peter, i don't mind being a bit obviously not perfect about it, but at the same time get a jag of......

in response to: Full of Gas by elaine

Jef Aerosol (Lille, France): Hi Peter, thanx for your kind words... I'm not the one who designed that record cover ! You know, I don't seem to be the only one who's had the idea of that "mickey's ears" thing ! I've......

in response to: My Works on Brick Lane (London, GB) by Jef Aerosol from Lille

colavito's ghost: Hool, I wonder how you conceive of your photos. You seem to focus on people, landscapes, and people in landscapes. Do you consider these works portriats? Urban landscapes? A combination? ......

in response to: Dec 13 2005 Toronto by hool

anon (217.205.0.17): Full Listing here SANTAS GHETTO OPENS IT DOORS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR AND IS OPEN FROM TODAY UNTIL DECEMBER 24TH. The ghetto is a street level free-for-all art gallery that brings you some of the most feared names......

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

ELLIS G. 2007: The concept and practice of tracing shadows as an art form has existed for a very long time. (Do your research, it originated in France). Any attempts to take credit for the idea of tracing......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter

Carmack: He looks like he is begging for a light for his smoke. Perhaps taking in the radiant sunlight. Perhaps being a crazy street person. Perhaps all three. Or none. Tell us, Hool. Indulge us in......

in response to: Dec 07 2005 Toronto by hool

Jamie: Thanks lainey, and srprisingly succulent looking for this time of year. The fag-ends are a nice touch also. These {east london} city floor portraits are becoming quite ##your thing## aren't they. i'm thinking you could......

in response to: Motel sign by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Spanky: Hmmm that stuff is ok....but why would people just attempt public art if they arent actually THAT good. Hopefully those are just first drafts and those artists will come back later on and improve on......

in response to: Bad Graffiti Hall of Fame by Jamie

Peter: hahaha. that would be the utmost of lameness... selling your spokecard. you get the card for racing in the race. if you'd like to have your own monstertrack spokecard, come race in it next year.......

in response to: Monster Track 6: NYC Messenger\'s Race by Peter

hool: your connection with the people in your photos is clear and personal. i liked this post very much. please post more. the portrait of the elderly lady is great. it's very genuine....

in response to: Soweto Market by Amy

Mr Norway..: Well jeeff... maybe i have missunderstood the whole thing.. idea of what this cite is all about.. i belived that you could post anything you'd like here.. even start an discussion about somthing you "burned......

in response to: Ms Jorun Stiansen by Mr Norway

SadStateOfAffairs: Those two buildings on LeMoyne are the ugliest fortresses I have ever seen. They are for sale and nobody wants to buy, I wonder why. The Blue Light is off for a few days because......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: heh. i like the little orange tv. and of course, the brain slice photos... often, we get so caught up in the sweeping portraits of cityscapes here, the graf, bridges, etc that we forget that some......

in response to: stir crazy by elaine

stillseeingred: that is a stellar portrait in the middle! ...

in response to: rock glen conservation park by zagg