Posts Tagged: Travel
Photography (Geomgraphy): 2006 China Travels
Tuesday: Photo-art (by me) One from the latest series and photo-project aimed at digitally editing photographs taken during my China travels throughout 2006. It’s called geomgraphy (geometry + photography). All photographs are Ⓒ Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography (Geomgraphy): 2006 China Travels
Tuesday: Photo-art (by me) One from the latest series and photo-project aimed at digitally editing photographs taken during my China travels throughout 2006. It’s called geomgraphy (geometry + photography). All photographs are Ⓒ Roberta Cucchiaro
A Glass-Bottomed Plane? Why Not?
Friday: Design & Co. It was an April’s Fool, but what if it were to become reality? Haha! Guess what? No passengers anymore would get up and go to the toilet! I find it hilarious. What am I talking about?
A Glass-Bottomed Plane? Why Not?
Friday: Design & Co. It was an April’s Fool, but what if it were to become reality? Haha! Guess what? No passengers anymore would get up and go to the toilet! I find it hilarious. What am I talking about?
Photography (Geomgraphy): 2006 China Travels
Tuesday: Photo-art (by me) One from the latest series and photo-project aimed at digitally editing photographs taken during my China travels throughout 2006. It’s called geomgraphy (geometry + photography). All photographs are Ⓒ Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography (Geomgraphy): 2006 China Travels
Tuesday: Photo-art (by me) One from the latest series and photo-project aimed at digitally editing photographs taken during my China travels throughout 2006. It’s called geomgraphy (geometry + photography). All photographs are Ⓒ Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography (Geomgraphy): 2006 China Travels
Tuesday: Photo-art (by me) Three from the latest series and photo-project aimed at digitally editing photographs taken during my China travels throughout 2006. It’s called geomgraphy (geometry + photography). All photographs are Ⓒ Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography (Geomgraphy): 2006 China Travels
Tuesday: Photo-art (by me) Three from the latest series and photo-project aimed at digitally editing photographs taken during my China travels throughout 2006. It’s called geomgraphy (geometry + photography). All photographs are Ⓒ Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: Distortion
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Distortion (Summer Palace/China) – Photography © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: Distortion
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Distortion (Summer Palace/China) – Photography © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: The colors of Autumn
Tuesday: Photography (by me) The beauty of Autumn – in Gdansk Oliwa All photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: The colors of Autumn
Tuesday: Photography (by me) The beauty of Autumn – in Gdansk Oliwa All photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: Blinded by the lights
Tuesday: Photography (by me) In dedication to the musical poetry of Archive – Lights All pictures have been taken in Gdansk – Poland on Sunday, 7 October 2012. All photography is © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: Blinded by the lights
Tuesday: Photography (by me) In dedication to the musical poetry of Archive – Lights All pictures have been taken in Gdansk – Poland on Sunday, 7 October 2012. All photography is © Roberta Cucchiaro
The voice of nature: Studio Weave has a solution: The Hear Heres!
Friday: Design & Co. I was expecting it to be a project related in some way to an East Asian background, and in fact the London-based Studio Weave is headed by Korean-born Je Anh. As part of Kedleston Hall’s art initiative
The voice of nature: Studio Weave has a solution: The Hear Heres!
Friday: Design & Co. I was expecting it to be a project related in some way to an East Asian background, and in fact the London-based Studio Weave is headed by Korean-born Je Anh. As part of Kedleston Hall’s art initiative
When Neil Denari Meets Taiwan: The New Keelung Harbor Service Project
Thursday: ArTchitecture When Taiwan meets architects and meets Mac fashion and meets avant-garde: NEIL DENARI plans Taiwan’s largest Port and a small city. The New Keelung Harbor Service Project by NMDA In September 2012 NMDA (Neil M. Denari Architects) won the international
When Neil Denari Meets Taiwan: The New Keelung Harbor Service Project
Thursday: ArTchitecture When Taiwan meets architects and meets Mac fashion and meets avant-garde: NEIL DENARI plans Taiwan’s largest Port and a small city. The New Keelung Harbor Service Project by NMDA In September 2012 NMDA (Neil M. Denari Architects) won the international
Sayaka Maruyama’s Japan Avant-Garde Series
Wednesday: (Photographic) Art Sayaka Maruyama In other words… Sayaka Maruyama’s practice traverses the mediums of photography, film, drawings, installation and performance. Drawing on classical Japanese references and Surrealist motifs, her work explores contradictory contemporary understandings of Japanese notions of beauty,
Sayaka Maruyama’s Japan Avant-Garde Series
Wednesday: (Photographic) Art Sayaka Maruyama In other words… Sayaka Maruyama’s practice traverses the mediums of photography, film, drawings, installation and performance. Drawing on classical Japanese references and Surrealist motifs, her work explores contradictory contemporary understandings of Japanese notions of beauty,
Photography: Doors
Tuesday: Photography The door to a thousand roads. (China, sometime in 2006)
Photography: Rome
Tuesday: Photography (by me) The Eternal City: Rome, Italy – Summer 2012
Photography: Summer’s Reflections
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Summer’s reflections.. by the sea.
Tired of your mobile? Go to São Paulo!
FRIDAY: Design & Co. And because it’s Friday, and because it’s a cool day, and because we need cool stuff in our lives.. in Brazil they’ve gone crazy cool! … and so, one hundred completely useless or just vandalized booths
Tired of your mobile? Go to São Paulo!
FRIDAY: Design & Co. And because it’s Friday, and because it’s a cool day, and because we need cool stuff in our lives.. in Brazil they’ve gone crazy cool! … and so, one hundred completely useless or just vandalized booths
Photography: Lineality Series/Shanghai in B&W (Part 3)
Tuesday: Photography (by moi) Memories of a Shanghai which seems now far away. All photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License
Photography: Lineality Series/Shanghai in B&W (Part 3)
Tuesday: Photography (by moi) Memories of a Shanghai which seems now far away. All photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License
The Z Boat by Zaha Hadid
Friday is for D. E. S. I. G. N. Zaha Hadid is one of the, literally, “coolest” architects of our time. Now, the Z Boat can’t get any cooler! The Z Boat: Zaha Hadid has been commissioned by the london-based art dealer
The Z Boat by Zaha Hadid
Friday is for D. E. S. I. G. N. Zaha Hadid is one of the, literally, “coolest” architects of our time. Now, the Z Boat can’t get any cooler! The Z Boat: Zaha Hadid has been commissioned by the london-based art dealer
the image maker: Thomas Hoepker
Wednesday: Photographic Art Thomas Hoepker “I am not an artist. I am an image maker”. Thomas Hoepker is one of the most acclaimed Magnum photographers. His pictures of heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, his shots from the USA in the 1960s, as
the image maker: Thomas Hoepker
Wednesday: Photographic Art Thomas Hoepker “I am not an artist. I am an image maker”. Thomas Hoepker is one of the most acclaimed Magnum photographers. His pictures of heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, his shots from the USA in the 1960s, as
Photography: Lineality Series/Shanghai in B&W (Part 2)
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Lineality Series cont’d Shanghai heights
Photography: Lineality Series/Shanghai in B&W (Part 2)
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Lineality Series cont’d Shanghai heights
Photography: Lineality Series/Shanghai in B&W (Part 1)
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Shanghai in B&W. Part of the Lineality Series © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License.
Photography: Lineality Series/Shanghai in B&W (Part 1)
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Shanghai in B&W. Part of the Lineality Series © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License.
Photography: This will be a canvas
Tuesday: Photography (by me) London is an amazing place. Here is the proof: Photography © Roberta Cucchiaro. Copyright under the Creative Commons License
Photography: This will be a canvas
Tuesday: Photography (by me) London is an amazing place. Here is the proof: Photography © Roberta Cucchiaro. Copyright under the Creative Commons License
Photography: Beautiful Gdańsk
Tuesday: Photography (by me) A postcard from Gdańsk in Poland, one of the most beautiful surprises in this world! Photo © Roberta Cucchiaro (App used: Photosynth)
Photography: Beautiful Gdańsk
Tuesday: Photography (by me) A postcard from Gdańsk in Poland, one of the most beautiful surprises in this world! Photo © Roberta Cucchiaro (App used: Photosynth)
Photography: Munch in Brick Lane
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Long time no see! As some of you might already know, I am now not based in London anymore and for the sake of the old times… One of my favourite shots from the East End:
Photography: Munch in Brick Lane
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Long time no see! As some of you might already know, I am now not based in London anymore and for the sake of the old times… One of my favourite shots from the East End:
Photography: London under the rain
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) A rainy day in London and an iPhone in hand (Mattebox and Instagram apps): All photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License.
Photography: London under the rain
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) A rainy day in London and an iPhone in hand (Mattebox and Instagram apps): All photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License.
Renzo Piano behind Europe’s tallest building: The Shard London
Thursday: Ar(T)chitecture Renzo Piano: The Shard London Height: 309.6 m (1,016 ft) + Architect: Renzo Piano = Europe’s tallest skyscraper and an astonishing one. The Shard, also known as the Shard London Bridge, is a glass (recalling a shard of glass) pyramid-shaped
Renzo Piano behind Europe’s tallest building: The Shard London
Thursday: Ar(T)chitecture Renzo Piano: The Shard London Height: 309.6 m (1,016 ft) + Architect: Renzo Piano = Europe’s tallest skyscraper and an astonishing one. The Shard, also known as the Shard London Bridge, is a glass (recalling a shard of glass) pyramid-shaped
Nobuyoshi Araki’s “Subway Love”
Wednesday: (photographic) ART Nobuyoshi Araki (荒木経惟) or simply Araki (アラーキー) is one of Japan’s leading photographers. His collection “Subway Love” is dazzling. From 1963 until 1972, the young Nobuyoshi Araki obsessively photographed his fellow passengers during his daily commute on
Nobuyoshi Araki’s “Subway Love”
Wednesday: (photographic) ART Nobuyoshi Araki (荒木経惟) or simply Araki (アラーキー) is one of Japan’s leading photographers. His collection “Subway Love” is dazzling. From 1963 until 1972, the young Nobuyoshi Araki obsessively photographed his fellow passengers during his daily commute on
Photography: Tate Modern versus Saint Paul Cathedral
TUESDAY: Photography – Iphoneography (by me) London from the Millennium Bridge, Tate Modern on one side and Saint Paul Cathedral on the other. All photography © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License
Photography: Tate Modern versus Saint Paul Cathedral
TUESDAY: Photography – Iphoneography (by me) London from the Millennium Bridge, Tate Modern on one side and Saint Paul Cathedral on the other. All photography © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License
Photography: Beijing’s Soho
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) Beijing’s Soho District. 2007. Photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro as stated under the creative commons license.
Photography: Beijing’s Soho
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) Beijing’s Soho District. 2007. Photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro as stated under the creative commons license.
Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Infinity Pool
THURSDAY: Ar(t)chitecture I think I now reached the conclusion that when architects meet in Asia and think of what new project to undertake, they simply go totally crazy and come up with the craziest (and coolest!) ideas ever! If you
Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Infinity Pool
THURSDAY: Ar(t)chitecture I think I now reached the conclusion that when architects meet in Asia and think of what new project to undertake, they simply go totally crazy and come up with the craziest (and coolest!) ideas ever! If you
Ben Heine: Pencil vs Camera
WEDNESDAY: Art (..creativity to the maximum) Ben Heine Ben Heine, born in the Ivory Coast, is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist. While he started off as a political cartoonist, he has now become widely known for his 2011 project “Pencil vs
Ben Heine: Pencil vs Camera
WEDNESDAY: Art (..creativity to the maximum) Ben Heine Ben Heine, born in the Ivory Coast, is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist. While he started off as a political cartoonist, he has now become widely known for his 2011 project “Pencil vs
Photography: London’s Brick Lane
Tuesday: Photography Graffiti art over here in London’s East End, around Brick Lane, change at an incredible rate! It was just a month ago that I took the picture you can see displayed on my iPhone and it was few
Photography: London’s Brick Lane
Tuesday: Photography Graffiti art over here in London’s East End, around Brick Lane, change at an incredible rate! It was just a month ago that I took the picture you can see displayed on my iPhone and it was few
35mm Photography: The Himalayas
TUESDAY: Photography (35mm) The Himalayas, part of the greater Himalaya, West China – Photography by Roberta Cucchiaro © Roberta Cucchiaro
35mm Photography: The Himalayas
TUESDAY: Photography (35mm) The Himalayas, part of the greater Himalaya, West China – Photography by Roberta Cucchiaro © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: The famous street barbers – Xinjiang, China
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) On the streets. The street barber. Xinjiang. West China. Summer 2006 This photograph is by Roberta Cucchiaro © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: The famous street barbers – Xinjiang, China
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) On the streets. The street barber. Xinjiang. West China. Summer 2006 This photograph is by Roberta Cucchiaro © Roberta Cucchiaro
4-5 February 2012 – SNOW in London!!!
SUNDAY: OK GO for Photography! Hello to all Londoners! It SNOWED in LONDON! I have finally stopped being jealous of everyone in Rome for the incredible massive snowfall they experienced between the 3rd and 4th February 2012, which has made
4-5 February 2012 – SNOW in London!!!
SUNDAY: OK GO for Photography! Hello to all Londoners! It SNOWED in LONDON! I have finally stopped being jealous of everyone in Rome for the incredible massive snowfall they experienced between the 3rd and 4th February 2012, which has made
Cybertecture: The iPad Tower (Architects in Dubai are crazy-in a good way of course!)
THURSDAY: Ar(T)chitecture And here we are again, guess where? DUBAI! Yes, in the United Arab Emirates where architecture is totally going crazy! The UAE is a paradise for architects, after the Burj Al-Arab and the palm islands and the floating
Cybertecture: The iPad Tower (Architects in Dubai are crazy-in a good way of course!)
THURSDAY: Ar(T)chitecture And here we are again, guess where? DUBAI! Yes, in the United Arab Emirates where architecture is totally going crazy! The UAE is a paradise for architects, after the Burj Al-Arab and the palm islands and the floating
Photography: The Life of a Lotus Flower
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) and a new life is born.. All photographs are by Roberta Cucchiaro © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: The Life of a Lotus Flower
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) and a new life is born.. All photographs are by Roberta Cucchiaro © Roberta Cucchiaro
App Review: “Disposable Hipstamatic” Photo App
FRIDAY: Design & Co. (Tech and Curiosities..) Sometimes I wonder how crazy we are. We are living in the 21st Century, yes twenty-first, more exactly in the year 2012.. and we keep on wanting to take those extremely low-fi photographs,
App Review: “Disposable Hipstamatic” Photo App
FRIDAY: Design & Co. (Tech and Curiosities..) Sometimes I wonder how crazy we are. We are living in the 21st Century, yes twenty-first, more exactly in the year 2012.. and we keep on wanting to take those extremely low-fi photographs,
Photoessay: The story of Chinese New Year in Beijing
TUESDAY: a Photoessay a day in Beijing’s Chinese New Year celebrations.. Today is the second day of the New Year of the Dragon and I would like to recall the beautiful Chinese New Year atmosphere I experienced last year
Photoessay: The story of Chinese New Year in Beijing
TUESDAY: a Photoessay a day in Beijing’s Chinese New Year celebrations.. Today is the second day of the New Year of the Dragon and I would like to recall the beautiful Chinese New Year atmosphere I experienced last year
Deuter: New Age Music
MONDAY: Music and not just about music ..it’s a melody that follows you deep in your soul. Deuter From the music video description: Born in postwar Germany, Deuter taught himself the guitar, the flute, harmonica and just about every instrument
Deuter: New Age Music
MONDAY: Music and not just about music ..it’s a melody that follows you deep in your soul. Deuter From the music video description: Born in postwar Germany, Deuter taught himself the guitar, the flute, harmonica and just about every instrument
新年快乐！！！！
SUNDAY: Photo & Music 新年快乐！ 新年快乐！That’s “Happy Chinese New Year” in Mandarin Chinese! Tomorrow the 23rd of January, well it’s already “today” in China, will be the New Year of the Dragon and I wish you all, wordpress readers and
新年快乐！！！！
SUNDAY: Photo & Music 新年快乐！ 新年快乐！That’s “Happy Chinese New Year” in Mandarin Chinese! Tomorrow the 23rd of January, well it’s already “today” in China, will be the New Year of the Dragon and I wish you all, wordpress readers and
The NEW London buses!
FRIDAY: Design & Co. New year, new buses.. With the new year London has introduced a new design for their famous red double-decker buses. While before it was like this: Now it’s going to look like this: The new design
The NEW London buses!
FRIDAY: Design & Co. New year, new buses.. With the new year London has introduced a new design for their famous red double-decker buses. While before it was like this: Now it’s going to look like this: The new design
Steve McCurry and the power of colour
WEDNESDAY: Photographic art …photography is an intriguing art because it speaks in silence and leaves the viewer free to interpret it. STEVE McCURRY The magic of colour Steve McCurry is an American photojournalist whose talent and photographs are universally acknowledged
Steve McCurry and the power of colour
WEDNESDAY: Photographic art …photography is an intriguing art because it speaks in silence and leaves the viewer free to interpret it. STEVE McCURRY The magic of colour Steve McCurry is an American photojournalist whose talent and photographs are universally acknowledged
Photography: 3 pictures from Beijing
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) A temple, an infinity of windows and a forbidden city. lo-fi photography. All pictures © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: 3 pictures from Beijing
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) A temple, an infinity of windows and a forbidden city. lo-fi photography. All pictures © Roberta Cucchiaro
The monk with an “iPod”
SUNDAY: Photography and Music At the Songzanlin Monastery ..in the dreamy County of Shangri-la Yunnan Province China Photo © Roberta Cucchiaro When I went to visit Yunnan several years ago (I’ll post more picts from this trip later on), I took
The monk with an “iPod”
SUNDAY: Photography and Music At the Songzanlin Monastery ..in the dreamy County of Shangri-la Yunnan Province China Photo © Roberta Cucchiaro When I went to visit Yunnan several years ago (I’ll post more picts from this trip later on), I took
OMA/Progress and Beijing’s CCTV Tower
THURSDAY: AR(t)CHITECTURE In late November I wrote a review piece for The Beaver, the LSE Student Newspaper where I was the Visual Arts Editor, on a splendid exhibition on now at the Barbican Centre in London. The exhibition is entitled OMA/Progress
OMA/Progress and Beijing’s CCTV Tower
THURSDAY: AR(t)CHITECTURE In late November I wrote a review piece for The Beaver, the LSE Student Newspaper where I was the Visual Arts Editor, on a splendid exhibition on now at the Barbican Centre in London. The exhibition is entitled OMA/Progress
René Burri
WEDNESDAY: Art = Photographic Art René Burri “I never thought I would become a photographer” “I never thought I would become a photographer”. This is what he said, but I would reply, you don’t become a photographer, you are born
René Burri
WEDNESDAY: Art = Photographic Art René Burri “I never thought I would become a photographer” “I never thought I would become a photographer”. This is what he said, but I would reply, you don’t become a photographer, you are born
Photography: Travelling on the Karakoram Highway
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) On the road. Xinjiang, West China Travelling from China to Pakistan on the Karakoram Highway, the highest paved international road in the world. At 4000 m. high, the road swirls across the Karakoram Mountain range, part
Photography: Travelling on the Karakoram Highway
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) On the road. Xinjiang, West China Travelling from China to Pakistan on the Karakoram Highway, the highest paved international road in the world. At 4000 m. high, the road swirls across the Karakoram Mountain range, part
App review: Photosynth
FRIDAY: Design & Co. (Tech and Curiosities..) I just recently found out about an amazing iPhone app, amazing, incredible. It has always been one of my photography-dreams to have the wide-angle lens and be able to capture with one shot
App review: Photosynth
FRIDAY: Design & Co. (Tech and Curiosities..) I just recently found out about an amazing iPhone app, amazing, incredible. It has always been one of my photography-dreams to have the wide-angle lens and be able to capture with one shot
Photography: Magic of light
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) The magic of the beam of light travelling through the closing shutter in the same way an adventurous archeologist has to escape a tomb’s ancient door closing on itself by an unexplainable mechanism. © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: Magic of light
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) The magic of the beam of light travelling through the closing shutter in the same way an adventurous archeologist has to escape a tomb’s ancient door closing on itself by an unexplainable mechanism. © Roberta Cucchiaro
The Bosco Verticale is growing in Milan
THURSDAY: AR(T)CHITECTURE GREEN ARCHITECTURE Imagine 50,000 square meters of land and 10,000 square meters of woodland all combined together into two towers. Impossible? No. This is what is becoming reality right now in Milan, Italy. The BOSCO VERTICALE It is
The Bosco Verticale is growing in Milan
THURSDAY: AR(T)CHITECTURE GREEN ARCHITECTURE Imagine 50,000 square meters of land and 10,000 square meters of woodland all combined together into two towers. Impossible? No. This is what is becoming reality right now in Milan, Italy. The BOSCO VERTICALE It is
Photography: Proud to be Chinese
TUESDAY : Photography (BY me) It was the 1st October 2010, the National Day of China and me and thousands of Chinese gathered in the vastness of Tiananmen square in Beijing to see the flag being raised at sunrise, hear the
Photography: Proud to be Chinese
TUESDAY : Photography (BY me) It was the 1st October 2010, the National Day of China and me and thousands of Chinese gathered in the vastness of Tiananmen square in Beijing to see the flag being raised at sunrise, hear the
