Postcode: vivez
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‘horizon hunter’, promenade des anglais nice, fr
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‘wooden ships’, promenade des anglais, nice, fr
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‘pelican snap’, promenade des anglais, nice, fr
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6d photography on the promenade (‘6 dimensional’ = photography in reflections)
not using a tripod – and not relying on the crop – the focus, frame and perspective must be judged by feel, breathing east
a backlit washwater puddle allows exploration before evaporation (you choose which way around – upside down?)
but the essense of 6d is lining up the tree, the fire, you and me – a rectangular house built by the sea
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‘breathe east’, promenade des anglais, nice, france
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‘something in the water’, promenade des anglais, nice, fr
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‘heaven and hell’, promenade des anglais, nice, france
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before it was urbanized, the coast at nice was just bordered by a deserted band of beach
starting in the second half of the 18th century, the english took to spending the winter in nice, enjoying the panorama along the coast
when a particularly harsh winter up north brought an influx of beggars to nice, some of the rich englishmen proposed a useful project for them: the construction of a walkway (chemin de promenade) along the sea
the city of nice, intrigued by the prospect of a pleasant promenade, greatly increased the scope of the work
the promenade was first called the camin deis anglés (the english way) by the niçois in their native dialect nissart
after the annexation of nice by France in 1860 it was rechristened a promenade des anglais, replacing the former nissart name with its french translation
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 ‘flat sky drill bit’, nice, fr
originally uploaded by james koch
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 ‘last tide’, nice, fr
originally uploaded by james koch
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