life of sundays

glass buildings

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:18:00 +0000

...look out, look in

as a self-confessed architecture junkie, frankfurt was like a poppy field of glass and steel...

broken glass

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:04:00 +0000

...mind the glass

on the periphery of a demolished factory, ripe for skateboarding...

frankfurt city

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:11:00 +0000

...away from downtown

this is downtown frankfurt retreating behind a tree as we were gradually getting lost in the suburbs...

frankfurt taxi

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:40:00 +0000

...get a taxi

recently i've become addicted to getting taxis...

no diving

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:33:00 +0000

...stating the obvious

or maybe it isn't, but jumping off the pier at pretty much the low tide line doesn't seem wise...

streetcourse

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:09:00 +0000

...get off the street course

a peek of people on the street course in frankfurt, unlike the classic skate video quote making this post's title, everyone was more than welcome to mix it up with the visiting pros...

shelter

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:24:00 +0000

...under shelter

due to the constantly unpredictable weather of the uk all beaches have shelters along their sea front. normally protecting pensions napping in the winter, shelter from the sun when it's occasionally too hot or sun bathers caught in a shower in the summer, they seem to be an intigral part of great british beach life...

docklands

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:07:00 +0000

...keep on building

as a kid in the 80s i visited docklands (still known as just the isle of dogs back then) when it was still just a building site, 20+ years on and the place still has cranes up and construction continues...

top floor

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:33:00 +0000

...up top

the top apartments of the building must have great views...

gull

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:14:00 +0000

...hover

it has been really windy recently and the birds love it, i've always secretly envied birds when in high winds they can hover on the spot, the wind providing the lift they need...

demolition

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:18:00 +0000

...demolition

this was once a popular cafe and row of novelty and food shops down on the seafront, been a bit tatty for years and now it's set to be demolished, once they figure out what to do with the asbestos first...

loiter

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:35:00 +0000

...before

i really like waiting for bands to play, that just arrived, first pint, talking with friends and the anticipation of the music to come...

barbwire fence

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:34:00 +0000

...no entry

there are more than a few military sites scattered around portsmouth, this one has some large radar arrays right on the beach...

downstairs

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0000

...downstairs

take a peek downstairs, don't slip on the flyers...

stalk

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:34:00 +0000

...stalk

got thrown around the back of a van in frankfurt, felt like I was mi5 on surveillance duty...

frankfurt outside

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:16:00 +0000

...every window

in a new city (frankfurt), in a new building (new to me) i wanted to see what i could see out of every window...

guarded beach

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:15:00 +0000

...fort walls

these are the fort cumberland walls protecting the fort from beach invasion. these days this beach is for nudists...

path to clouds

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:35:00 +0000

...sky, that way

really like these little day to day optical illusions...

skate wastelands

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:59:00 +0000

...skate wastelands

just like in many other cites and towns frankfurt has a wasteland spot that's an old factory that has been demolished leaving behind a perfectly smooth floor that skaters have built their own stuff on top. it reminded me of colchester and the hythe knives...

watchers

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:58:00 +0000

...watchers watching

in the central courtyard of the old frankfurt police station they set up a course anyone could skate, professional skateboarder or young kid. for most of the weekend american pros would skate it for fun and the rest of the trade show watched them and the fellow watchers...

frankfurt lampposts

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:19:00 +0000

...to you to me

frankfurt is meant to be the the heart of Europe's finances and the architecture reflects that with impressive glass structures at every turn. Something about these lamp posts caught my eye though, i've been working on a long term project where inanimate, every day objects seemingly express affection and love for each other and i think embracing street lights might get included...

party lights

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:18:00 +0000

...this is no party

the christmas/fairy/party/garden lights looked so sad in an empty garden...

italian cheese

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:41:00 +0000

...where to begin

once every six months the italian farmers and produce makers land in portsmouth and sell their amazing food, it's hard to make a decision with too many amazing choices...

empty benches

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Gonella) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:56:00 +0000

...empty and watching

in the same way living room furniture points towards the tv, benches on the coast all point towards the sea, when empty it's like they are taking in the view just like people do when they sit on them...