Friday, January 06, 2012

Looking Up

One of the things that sometimes happens when living in a city year after year, is that you forget to look up.

It’s so easy to get involved with the hustle and bustle of city life down below; forgetting to notice the beauty that’s above you.

With pedestrians busy walking while talking on their cell phones or text messaging, and not paying attention to what’s in front of them - often CRASHING into you - looking up seems to be the last thing on most urbanites minds.

I, however, am thoroughly enthralled with the view above city life. I love looking UP. And I must look like a tourist who’s never been to a city before because I’ll point and vocally say out loud, “Oooo….ahhh….look at that!”

City life, no matter how long I live it, still excites me because it forces you to get out there and MINGLE with people. I enjoy quiet time alone, but there’s a part of me that equally enjoys interaction time with other people.

Also, I’m a very visual person, and city life always gives me something unusual to look at and observe.

And photograph.

I love seeing all the various architectural angles and textures of the buildings, as they appear to be a work of art sketched across a canvas sky.

I’ve lived in both Philadelphia and Manhattan.

Philadelphia is a much smaller city compared to Manhattan, therefore there’s more ‘open space’ above you.

Manhattan feels as though you’re walking through a dense jungle of HUGE urban gorilla buildings.

Whereas, Philadelphia is much more spread out; not as tight. More like a European city.

For me, BOTH cities are architecturally beautiful and enjoyable, but with two completely different feels.

Earlier this week, I took my camera into the city streets and snapped several images of what was ABOVE me.

And since I adore viewing urban life in black and white, I changed my camera setting to fit my vision.

Please enjoy…..