Shopping time
Mondays: Walking down the street
As every Monday, we return to the theme of “walking down the street”.
This week with the title of “Shopping time”, I upload this picture of people shopping in Madrid.
People appear somewhat blurred, probably due to the rush to buy.
Looking for the next photo
“I never shot on sets, but if I was traveling somewhere or on location, I would always have my camera, and I’d always be – it’s that kind of fly on the wall approach to photography, though. I don’t engage the subject. I like to sneak around, skulk about in the dark.”
The 4 Cats
Here is my entry for Norm’s Thursday Doors Challenge. Thanks Norm for hosting this challenge.
This is one of the six doors found in the bar restaurant The Four Cats (cat, Els Quatre Gats) in the street Carrer de Montsió, 3 (Barcelona)
Els Quatre Gats (The Four Cats), often written Els 4 Gats, was a café in Barcelona (Catalonia) which opened on 12 June 1897. It also operated as a hostel, a cabaret, a pub and a restaurant. Active until 1903, Els Quatre Gats became one of the main centers of Modernisme in Barcelona. The artist Ramon Casas i Carbó largely financed this bar on the ground floor of Casa Martí (1896), a building by the architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch in Carrer Montsió near the center of Barcelona. Els Quatre Gats was reconstructed in 1978.
Pablo Picasso visited this pub–restaurant often in his early art career.
The 4 Cats
“Four Cats” is a colloquial Catalan expression for “only a few people” and the name of Els Quatre Gats is derived from this saying. The four founders of the café—Pere Romeu, Santiago Rusiñol, Ramon Casas, and Miguel Utrillo—also chose this name as a tribute to Le Chat Noir, “The Black Cat,” a celebrated Parisian café whose creator, Rodolphe Salis, had recently died. They modeled Els Quatre Gats largely after the Parisian café.
More info in Wikipedia.
The 4 Cats
The 4 Cats. Entrance:
The 4 Cats. Entrance
Old street Vielha (Val d’Aran)
This is my contribution to the Cee’s Which Way Challenge. Thanks you Cee for hosting this challenge.
My entry this week is for this old street in a small town in the Pyrenees mountains.
Vielha e Mijaran is a municipality in the comarca of the Val d’Aran in Catalonia, Spain. It was created in 1970 by the merger of the municipalities of Arròs e Vila, Betlan, Escunhau, Gausac, Vielha and Vilac: the former municipalities retain some privileges as “decentralised municipal entities” (entitats municipals descentralitzades, EMD), as does the village of Betren. Mijaran literally means “Middle Valley” in Aranese, as the inhabited part of the municipality is situated in the valley of the Garonne (Garona). The Noguera Ribagorçana has its source on the territory of the municipality, on the opposite side of the watershed. The ajuntament (town hall) is in Vielha, spelled Viella in Catalan and Spanish, which is also the capital of the comarca.
The municipality is linked to France and to the rest of Catalonia (via the Vielha tunnel) by the N-230 road. The C-28 (old name: C-142) road continues up the valley to Naut Aran, and on over the Port de la Bonaigua(2,072 m) to the comarca of Pallars Sobirà. This road, the higher stretches of which are impassable in winter, was the only route between the Val d’Aran and the rest of Spain before the opening of the Vielha tunnel in 1948.
Pyrenees
Famous for the sky sports in winter and rural tourisme in summer.
The Val d’Aran, Aran Valley in English, is a valley, 620.47 square kilometres (239.56 sq mi) in area, in the Pyrenees mountains and a comarca (county) in the northwestern part of the province of Lleida, in Catalonia, northern Spain. Most of the valley constitutes one of only two areas of Spain, and the only part of Catalonia, located on the northern side of the Pyrenees.
The car on the wall.
This is my contribution to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge week’s topic: Perspective (Unusual angle or point of view).
The car was hanged on the wall of a shop in Berlin. I don’t usually see cars in this surprising position!, it was a funny situation and deserved to make a couple of photos. Two perspectives, the second reveals clearly the car position on the wall. I hope you like it.
The car on the wall. Another perspective.
Walking down the Street
Mondays: Walking down the street
Starting last week this series of photographs devoted mainly to people who wander the cities, people who like to walk, needs it or want to help the environment moving around on foot.
It’s also a small homage to all who walk to be more agile, stronger and healthier, although they are in cities full of cars…or because of it..
Each monday I will continue publishing a photo on this topic. Thanks for patience…
Walking down the Street
Today three variations: the first photo is showing one of the stardard simple editing (minor retouching). The second one shows a different, a bit more creative and risky version. The third is a B&W.
I encourage you to do a small survey as usual, Which do you prefer? Why?
Location: Madrid, Puerta del Sol.
Walking down the street
Dog digging under the table
This surprising photo was taken in an interesting store, Vinçon, in the Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona. It deserves a visit.
1941 Vinçon opens its doors to the public
In 1941 Enrique Levi and Hugo Vinçon founded their first shop in Paseo de Gracia named Enrique Levi, which was later changed to Regalos Hugo Vinçon.
Ties between the Amat family and the business began a year later when Jacinto Amat was hired as a sales assistant.
1973 La Sala Vinçon opening
Since this space was opened works of artist, architects and designers from all around the world are displayed.
1995 The national design prize
Vinçon has been awarded significant prizes over the years.
1997 Online shop
Vinçon acquired the http://www.vincon.com domain although we did not launch the website until mid 1998. The design concept was kept simple and functional and has evolved over the years to the point of becoming Vinçon’s second shop.
More info about this store here.
door
Here is my entry for Norm’s Thursday Doors Challenge. Thanks Norm for hosting this challenge.
Doors seen in a little town near Barcelona called Rupit. I’ve already post some things about this town. The first one has the owner’s family name up the door.
Interestingly, the painted wooden door has different thicknesses of paint, ranging from more to less as we approach the ground…
The second door is from the same town, but but more recently painted.
door
the bar
The B&W version:
the bar
Which one do you prefer??
Enveloped: by a huge photo
This building was enveloped during a work by a huge picture of some models. A big announcement in fashion covering its body…
This is my contribution this week to the Weekly Photo Challenge. I think it is another interpretation to the concept of this week “enveloped”.
Walking in step down the street
Walking down the street
Starting today a series of photos devoted mainly to people who wander the cities, people who like to walk or environmentally it moves around town.
It’s a small homage to all who walk to be more agile, stronger and healthier although they are in cities full of cars.
Each monday i’ll publish a photo on this topic.
I know I’m late, but is only a belated contribution to this interesting Norm’s Thursday Doors Challenge.
I always liked taking photos of doors that have caught my attention. A door is the face of a housing and, basically think reflects its owner’s face.
I hope you like my selection for this week’s doors. Thanks Norm for hosting this challenge. I hope to participate in the future. Thursday will be alert…
Door in Madrid
Agustín. Cosas de Arte (Things Art). Compra y Venta (Buy and Sell), found walking Madrid. Interesting tiling and door.
Details:
top door
Glazed tile
Glazed tile
bCL Photography 