Green Lane, Walsall, West Midlands, England by Leon Daley

These photos were all made on March 6th 2013

They offer a view of the state of retail in one of the less fortunate streets in the in the once prosperous industrial town (iron foundries and leather) Green Lane has become isolated from the main body of the town by the A 4148 duel carriageway which speeds traffic through the town but, discourages stopping, and is difficult to cross.

Green lane was a once a local high street of about 60 retail units (all independent traders I would guess) serving the foundry and tanning district (now gone)

I have included one serviving shop (Walsall2-ns selling second hand goods) and the only local pub (Walsall2-c) as the 1 to 4 ratio of open to closed would reflect the make-up of the street.  The other three I have chosen to reflect the progressive state of the streets decline ,All the open shops were well fortified
The street offers extensive free parking and has a free car park (now derelict and surrounded by steel shuttering), but has very little footfall.

Green Lane 1

Green Lane 2

Green Lane 3

Green Lane 4

Green Lane

Laszlo Bilki

I have always been surrounded by cameras.

My father was a press photographer in Communist Hungary. As you can imagine, this proved to be tricky. My brother also is a very accomplished ‘tog. I remember as a small child using my dads Nikon F, which I have to this day. So it was inevitable that I loved photography from a very young age.

After a series of hand-me-downs, and point and shoots, I purchased a D200 and never looked back.

As far as my photographic style goes, I am yet to settle on a genre, but I love the soft light of night, and making something beautiful out of something that is not. The more I travel down this path, the less “generic beauty” appeals to me. Occasionally I still feed my soul with a beautiful vista, or the splashing of waves, but generally, give me a dirty alley or a minimalist urban scene any day. “

Ikea Colour 2

Grown Ups Lego

Classification Staion

Chep

Blue Pallet

City Focus: Miami by Minno Ramirez

Miami by Minno Ramirez

Miami by Minno Ramirez

Miami by Minno Ramirez

Miami by Minno Ramirez

Miami by Minno Ramirez

http://www.flickr.com/photos/minno975/

City Focus : Zurich by Nicco Bra

Nicco Bra

Nicco Bra

Nicco Bra

Nicco Bra

Proportion.

Architecture is all about proportion, the human body grows proportionally, as the human product known as “city” where architecture and human beings meet each other everyday is proportional. The rules that links one to another are often unknown or hardly understandable. Combining these aspects in a single shot, condensing everything in a frame is the real challenge: it can be really hard to find the perfect balance between so many aspects of a complex living organism, however the city, with multiples urban landscapes, guides the eye of the photographer or of the observer till he can find the right perspective and the perfect spot.  Zurich in this case is a good example: succession of void and full spaces, different neighborhoods, mixed architectural styles of different ages coexist side by side in a pulsing and evolving bustling city.

Nicco Brand http://www.flickr.com/photos/niccobra/

Warsaw, Poland

My name is Jarosław Kisieliński. I live in Warsaw, Poland.

Most of my photos are taken in Warsaw, the spaces  inspire me a lot. I don’t like talk about my photos and believe that a good photograph can create its own contexts  and meanings. I prefer abstract and lyrical aspect of photography –  it’s documentary function is not very important for me.

Warsaw by dzarro72

Warsaw by dzarro72

Warsaw by dzarro72

Warsaw by dzarro72

Warsaw by dzarro72

City Focus: Tel Aviv, Israel by Iconicturn

“Eternity is this brightness, this unforeseeable width, this dissipating euphony on the fluff of castaways, and your dream beyond all justice and injustice. Eternity is this wave, which tirelessly breath to your mortal feet.” (Dušan Matić, The Sea)

Have look at more of  work by iconicturn  at http://www.flickr.com/photos/iconicturnphotography/

By Iconicturn

By Iconicturn

By Iconicturn

By Iconicturn

By Iconicturn

Shanghai – China by Florian Delalee

Shanghai – China, a city crossed by elevated roads bright of thousands of lights. I like take a long walk and get lost in this city to catch the dynamisn of this asian city. The following long exposure shot testify that surprising dynamism where everything is possible !
Find more of Florian ‘s work at http://500px.com/FlorianDelale/sets/urban .

Florian Delalee – Shanghai

Florian Delalee – Shanghai

Florian Delalee – Shanghai

Florian Delalee – Shanghai

Florian Delalee – Shanghai

Detroit By Christian Gates St-Pierre

Detroit, Michigan. A city in a much advanced state of dereliction. The epitome of a failing economy and a falling America. Is it still possible to write something about the misfortune of Detroit that has not been said already? Hardly enough. It may be even more challenging to illustrate the socioeconomic difficulties of Detroit through pictures of abandoned places, those places that became famous precisely because of their spectacular state of decay and their striking abundance in a single city that was once a prosperous one. Today Detroit is without a doubt the Mecca of “urbexers”, those intrepid explorers and photographers of contemporary urban ruins, the ruins or our civilisation’s industries, businesses, houses, hospitals, schools, churches or train stations, among a much longer list of abandoned places that haunt Detroit and many other cities of the Western world. The archaeologist that I am is naturally attracted by those urban ruins. I tried to select the most representative and evocative of my pictures from Detroit, but I can only worry about the incomplete image they can give of the city’s tragedy. Despite the absence of people in those recent photographs, what they illustrate is the material impact, the desolated scenic background of what is indeed and above all a deep social tragedy.

Greyhound Bus Station – Abandoned

Michigan Central Depot – Abandoned

Apartments & Packard Plant

Abandoned Housing

Abandoned Residential Towers

More work from Christian can be found http://christiangates.tumblr.com/

City Focus: Cincinnati by Gene Dow

Cincinnati. It doesn’t get much more American than this city on the north bank of the Ohio River. Often referred to as “The Queen City”, Cincinnati is well known for it’s Italian architecture, cultural diversity, baseball team and steaming hot plates of spaghetti, piled high with chili and cheese.

In this series, I photographed in the Western side of the city, an area called Price Hill. It is forlorn, lonesome and deserted, but still has many stories to tell. I tried to capture some of the subtle beauty in the aging structures and the deep, rich colors that go unnoticed. I searched for and found age, patina, history and the traces of the many folks that have passed by over the years.

I’m always amazed at what treasures can be discovered when you actually take the time to look. Enjoy!

Gene Dow / 2013

By Gene Dow

By Gene Dow

By Gene Dow

by Gene Dow

by Gene Dow

Rebecca Sims – Chicago

Reflection – Rebecca Sims

Ravenswood Metra – Rebecca Sims

Ravenswood Alley – Rebecca Sims

Nothing is Permanent

Fences

I am a stranger to this city, even though I call it my home. Everything is alien still: The architecture of the towering buildings, the way the streets run in straight lines and the cars that drive on them, the smells of food drifting from restaurants, elevated trains rumbling overhead. Even the overheard voices of the people who live here.

Find more of  Rebecca’s work at http://www.bumblesandlight.com/journal/