Since I wasn’t able to take any new photographs for this section and to keep the site’s content original I decided to look through my albums to find, what I consider to be a true urban landscape, that I hadn’t uploaded on the internet before.

Although I admit it’s rather uninspiring I liked the way the eye is drawn first to the tops of the factories and then to the silhouettes of buildings in the distance. It’s a shame that weather was bad as I think the photo could of been improved by a little less cloud! Anyway here it is;

i shot this one hand-held , resting the camera on the rail-as the CTA doesnt allow tripods. standing on the crossover bridge looking north through the Chicago “Loop” towards Trump Towers which is finished now. Fuji MF rangefinder-Fujifilm Neopan Acros100

On a recent walk around the warehouse district of Minneapolis, I found this interesting puzzle of buildings. I just liked how all of the buildings were sort of stacked like the game tetris, creating a nice grid. This serves as a nice example of many areas of downtown Minneapolis that are inhabited by old buildings and serve as a vital part of the urban landscape.

London skycrapers. Don’t know if it’s a real “landscape” but whatever, when all i can see is towers and skycrapers, for me it’s an urban landscape, especially because in my country there’s nothing like that in the sky!

Sloten, or ‘Sleat’ as the Frisian people call it, is the smallest city of the famous eleven ice skating cities of Friesland, one of the most northern provinces in the Netherlands. Every winter the Dutch people hope for long lasting freezing temperatures so that the tour of all ice skating tours can be held, the tour of the eleven Frisian cities. Unfortunately the weather hasn’t allowed it since 1997. I took this shot last saturday when I was sailing the Frisian waters and needed groceries.

Unfortunately, this is an example of what downtown Minneapolis has turned into over the past few years due to the housing/loft/condo boom in many urban areas throughout the city. There are far too many units/buildings available and not a lot of demand, so these buildings remain barely filled. This new architecture is sprinkled throughout the city and either encroach on, as seen here or have taken over space once occupied by old, some times historic buildings. Block after block, our streets are lined with these new structures that have helped create an entirely new downtown skyline.

I passed through Le Treport on my way to Dieppe, a city in Normandy in northern France. Although laying underneath an enormous cliff the city appeared quite normal to me at the time, without any extraordinary features. However, it could have been the dreary weather that didn’t show the city in its full potential.

Ruud, it seems that we’ve been in the same place.
Did you see me? :)

I took this shot a while back when I was stimulating the economy in Las Vegas. I remember this night very well, I had my D200 with me, my tripod and my remote. When all others had gone to bed I strolled around the main strip area, amongst others, taking a few photos on the bridge connecting the MGM grand and New York New York. This shot basically shows the intersection where the so called “Strip” ends. I would like to post this one on full resolution, but unfortunately that doesn’t fit the standardized model we have all adapted to. Keep them coming lads!

This shot is one out of my archive,  3 months ago in Barcelona. I hope it fits in the the theme by you guys.  It shows you a part of the port of Barcelona. The Port of Barcelona is set up as a large network of facilities and services spread out throughout the region, accessible to clients and offering comprehensive door-to-door logistics services.  (read more)