Psychedelic Polski Fiat 126 KR90691, Krakow, Poland
Psychedelic Polski Fiat 126 KR90691, Krakow, Poland – Photo By Simon Kirwan
Morskie Oko, Tatrzański Park Narodowy, Polska
Morskie Oko, Tatrzański Park Narodowy, Polska – Photo By Simon Kirwan. Literally ‘Eye of the Sea’, legend has it that the lake, situated at 1,405 meters above sea level in the Polish Tatra Mountains, connects to the sea through an underground passage.
Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks, Nowa Huta, Polska
Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks, ArcelorMittal Poland S.A. Oddział Kraków, Nowa Huta, Polska – photo by Simon Kirwan. Formerly known as Vladimir Lenin Steelworks, opened in 1954 during Communist rule, now owned by Arcelor-Mittal, the largest steelmaker in the world.
Handlowa Spółdzielnia JUBILAT, Kraków, Poland
Supermarket Jubilat, Kraków, Poland – Photo By Simon Kirwan. Handlowa Spółdzielnia JUBILAT is the oldest supermarket in Krakow, opened in 1969 during the Communist era. It also houses the Restauracja Panorama on the roof, offering spectacular views of the Old Town and Wawel Castle.
Hotel Forum, Kraków Poland – Soviet Brutalism
Hotel Forum, Kraków Poland – Photo By Simon Kirwan. Standing on the banks of the Wisla River in Kraków, the architecture of the former Forum Hotel is a classic example of Soviet-era modernist brutalism. The hotel comprised 280 rooms on 6 floors, and was completed in 1988, but has been closed since around 2000. For […]
Aerial view of Mount Everest, Lhotse & Nuptse
Aerial view of Mount Everest, Lhotse & Nuptse from Nepal & Tibet border
Railway Bridge Over River Daugava Riga Latvia
Railway Bridge Over River Daugava, Riga, Latvia – photo by Simon Kirwan
Hohenzollernbrücke Köln Hohenzollern Bridge Cologne Germany
Hohenzollernbrücke Köln – Hohenzollern Rail & Pedestrian Bridge – Cologne, across the River Rhine, Germany – photo by Simon Kirwan. Famous for the thousands of ‘love locks’ attached to the fence between the sidewalk and the railway. Originally constructed between 1907 and 1911, destroyed by German military engineers in 1945 during World War 2, reconstruction […]
Nový Most New Bridge Bratislava Slovakia from Castle Hill
Nový Most (New Bridge) asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge road bridge over the Danube in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, from Castle Hill – photo by Simon Kirwan. Opened in 1972, from 29th August 2012, it will revert to its former name Most SNP, Bridge of the Slovak National Uprising. Features a restaurant shaped like a flying […]
Wehende Fahnen Waving Flags by Gero Schwanberg, Bundesamtsgebäude, Vienna
Wehende Fahnen – Waving Flags – by Gero Schwanberg, Bundesamtsgebäude, Vienna – photography by Simon Kirwan
Fred & Ginger The Dancing House Prague by Frank Gehry
Fred & Ginger The Dancing House Prague – architect Frank Gehry in co-operation with Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunić – photo by Simon Kirwan
Chinatown Point Singapore
Chinatown Point Singapore, a retail mall and a 25-storey office block in the central business district – photo by Simon Kirwan
Daniel Libeskind’s Reflections at Keppel Bay Singapore Under Construction 2010
Daniel Libeskind’s Reflections at Keppel Bay Singapore Under Construction 2010 – photo by Simon Kirwan
Darwin Ghost Town, California, USA
The Darwin Community Library, Darwin ghost town, California, USA – photography by Simon Kirwan
Peyto Lake from Bow Summit, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Peyto Lake from Bow Summit, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada – From Banff to Jasper via Icefield Parkway. Photograph by Simon Kirwan
Monumento al rey Alfonso XII de España, Estanque del Retiro, Madrid
Monumento al rey Alfonso XII de España, Estanque del Retiro, Madrid – photography by Simon Kirwan www.lightboxphotography.com 2012
The Solitary Walker Reconnoitering
“The photographer is an armed version of the solitary walker reconnoitering, stalking, cruising the urban inferno, the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the city as a landscape of voluptuous extremes… The flâneur is not attracted to the city’s official realities but to its dark seamy corners, the neglected populations—an unofficial reality behind the façade of bourgeois […]
Trompe l’Oeil building, Calle de la Montera, Madrid, Spain
Trompe l’Oeil building, Calle de la Montera, Madrid, Spain: Photo By Simon Kirwan