Slices Of A City

THE PICTURES BELOW ARE PARTIAL SEGMENTS OF THE PHOTOGRAPH USED IN THE PREVIOUS POST TITLED, ‘PRACTITIONER’S PERCH’.

Residential Highrises in the distance, only two of which are visible in the afternoon haze.

IT IS AMAZING HOW MUCH A NAKED EYE CAPTURES THAT MY CAMERA CANNOT. IT COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMETHING THAT IS DYNAMIC – THE LIVING EYE – THAT ADJUSTS ITS POWER TO SAMPLE DEPTH AND BREADTH, AND THE STATIC – THE CAMERA – THAT ‘FREEZES’ THE FRAME ON THE SHUTTER CLICK.

IN REALITY YOU CAN SEE THE CITY’S TEEMING RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS GO ON IN LAYERS PAST THE REACH OF THE NAKED EYE.

Transmission pylons carrying power lines to the city.

TRANSMISSION LINES POWERING THE CITY COME FROM A HYDROELECTRIC DAM – THERE MAY BE MORE THAN ONE BY NOW – A LONG WAY OUTSIDE THE CITY.

GROWING UP IN A HYPER DENSE CITY I WAS ALWAYS GLAD TO SEE ONE – IT MEANT THAT THERE WILL BE SOME OPEN SPACE BELOW AND AROUND IT – AND ITS FRAME CONFIGURATION WAS A DEMONSTRATION OF TRUSS DESIGNS IN STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING CLASSES IN ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL.

Residential mid- and low-rises on the edges of the forest.

THERE ARE APARTMENTS (FLATS IN CITY PARLANCE) ALL THROUGHOUT IN BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL TOWERS AND THESE MID-RISES AND LOW-RISES. THE FOREST LIES IN THE FOREGROUND IN TWO DISTINCT LAYERS.

IN SPITE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE CITY, THE CAVES AND THE FOREST ARE USUALLY SPARSELY VISITED – ONLY THE YOUNG AT HEART SEEM TO WANT TO VISIT THEM.