URBAN INFLUENCE                                                               in 29 pictures    (apr 2015)

 

eindhoven. the evoluon

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The “uban-influence” section forms part of a series observing aspects of human behaviour. The other parts are “individuality”, “love&joy” and “togetherness”.

 

siërra de guara. deer. 15.000 bc

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Animals have the habit changing bits of their environment into places to hide, rest or breed. People developed this habit in so much greater extend, sometimes transforming urban surroundings into places of art. In Europe no place is untouched by men, except the high mountains and some woods.  In their turn those men-created habitats have profound effects on the way people behave. Since the invention of agriculrute, and in effect of that the human necessitie of permanent settlement, a cycle of mutual influence between people and their urban surroundings is in motion, with different outcomes over time and places.

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swiss alps. balance

 

 

natural materials

 

 

extremadua. all agricultured yet rural

 

 

 

loarre castle. Guarding the ebro valley

 

 

powers of the word and the sword. longtime neighbours

 

 

metz. cathedral for modern art

 

 

berlin. cathedral for money

 

 

urban tentacles into nature

 

 

urban animal adaptation

 

 

sevilla. modern curves and squares

 

 

the artist. curves and squares

 

 

early urban transport

 

 

contemporary urban transport

 

 

andalucía. dawn

 

 

nature almost taken over

 

 

nature always taking back

 

 

function changed. former islam minaret now christian belltower

 

 

bonn. mosque-like artmuseum

 

 

dressed for the city

 

 

slamanca. city to admire

 

 

granada. city to fiest

 

 

tsevilla. city to meet

 

 

nepal. rural function in the city

 

 

pyrenees. the shepherd. old nomadic tradition still holding

 

 

eindhoven. the needle

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Black&White section  in 2 pictures

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jewish family. some groups stopped adapting

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While some people withdraw from the process of urban development, others are fiercly modern-urban supporters, and there are groups standing up for the importance of nature. Together creating a colourfull diversity of people and their urban surroundings, in an ongoing cycle of change. An inexhaustible photographers Paradise.

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the cattleman

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