Category Archives: Walking

Regardless of the weather and at no particular time, I’m strolling the streets camera in hand from the same starting point, home, waiting to see what turns up and relying on the gift of serendipity. I want to explore the often messy nature of urban walking. Maybe the pictures will also say something about the strange times in which we are living.

Walking 19

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Brian

‘…the only living mammal, that is an obligatory striding biped.’

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Walking 18

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Brian

‘…the reliable value of putting one foot in front of another.’ 

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Walking 16

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Brian

‘We are not at home in the streets of our cities.’

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Walking 15

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Brian

‘…urban walking elicits unpredictable social encounters.’

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Walking 14

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Brian

‘He wanted to speed into the future at 60 m.p.h.; I wanted to walk there.’

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Walking 13

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Brian

‘…walking can be a form of self-avoidance…’

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Walking 12

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Brian

‘And then even the places I once knew intimately, I’ll walk over them again and know them in a different way.’

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Walking 10

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Brian

‘Learning to see meant not being able to look away…’

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Walking 9

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Brian

‘Few of us see through the shining riddle of the street…’

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Walking 8

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Brian

‘…a culture that does not walk is bad for women.’

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Walking 7

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Brian

‘Streets are the dwelling place of the collective.’ 

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Walking 6

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Brian

‘…how easy it is for the flaneur to depart from the ideal of the philosopher out for a stroll, and to assume the features of the werewolf at large in the social jungle.’

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Walking 5

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Brian

‘…the street, the site where private and public experiences intersect…’

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Walking 4

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Brian

‘…to notice the unexpected beauty of the quotidian…’ Walking quotes come from three main sources: Wanderlust – A History of Walking, Rebecca Solnit (2001), Flaneuse, Lauren Elkin (2016) and The Walker – On Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern … Continue reading →

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Walking 3

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Brian

‘You are not alone.  You walk in the city side by side with the living and the dead.’ 

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