IwanBaan iconic pic 1

This picture was taken by IwanBaan in NEW YORK city. its all ready become one of the most iconic images of new york city post-hurricane sandy. The photo, captured by Dutch photographer IwanBaan, shows the city's powerless southern end mostly blacked-out in the wake of Sandy, and the more fortunate midtown and northern areas still lit. Baan shot the image "wide open" with Canon's new EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM with the 1D X set at ISO 25,000 and 1/40th of second shutter speed.

he have photographed Manhattan from above many times in the past, so when he set out to shoot, he had already in mind his approach. he also thought, the only way to truly show how the island, which was now divided by those with power, and those without, was to find a helicopter, and shoot it from the sky.

he began calling on all of the heli-pilots he could think of in the Manhattan area, but each of them were either without fuel, on recovery efforts, or without power themselves. To his relief, after nearly exhausting all efforts, he managed to get a hold of a pilot who he had met just a week prior, and he said yes, he was able to fly.

The day after Sandy struck, he had reserved a car in Manhattan – just in case. But to his demise, the rental company had already given away his reservation, leaving him without a car, and without a means to getting to the helipad.

After a bit of negotiating, he finally found a rental at JFK. And 4 hours of standstill traffic, closed bridges and a $2,000.00 USD price tag later, he made it to the airport and had the car keys in hand.

Before he could shake off a bit of the frenzy that was going around, his phone rang. It was New York Magazine calling, and all that he could make out through the broken network reception was the word helicopter. With the phone lines being as bad as they were, it was completely impossible to hear what they were saying, but he figured he’d make his way to the heliport no matter what. he had already made his 4-hour trek out of Manhattan, so he could make it there in a breeze.

Without doors on the heli, it was a freezing cold, hour-long ride to fly into Manhattan. he  spent about an hour above the city, where he knew he wanted to capture these two cities – one, a vibrant and pulsating Manhattan that we recognize so vividly, and it’s antonym – a life-less city turned pitch-black and ominous.

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Iwan Baan is known primarily for images that narrate the life and interactions that occur within architecture. Born in 1975, Iwan grew up outside Amsterdam, studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and worked in publishing and documentary photography in New York and Europe.

pic1 bullring

pic1 bullring 


 this picture was taken in bullring Birmingham, people thinks it is boring as it looks but it is not that boring  as it looks.   the shops are good and they are all in the city centre. On the 2nd floor of the bullring is a cut into the Pallisades shopping centre so the whole thing is continuous. For Birmingham don't expect it to be beautiful - but there are a lot of decent shops and places to eat in the city centre. It is very good for a day out shopping. Think tank is supposed to be good because you can see a lot of science stuff in 3D and they give you the glasses. Look that up and its in the city centre. Just outside the city centre are some nice parks and open spaces so you  can go and chill there in the summer time.  

pic2 Factory

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 Factory



image ID, dimensions 465 x 300, width 465 pixels, height 300 pixels, horizontal resolution 96 dpi, vertical resolution 96, bit depth 24. The Custard Factory, Birmingham is revolutionary arts and media quarter is  10min  from the Bull Ring.  factories was built 100 years ago by Sir Alfred Bird, the inventor of custard. At one time he had a thousand people making the stuff. Some even say it helped create the British Empire. they began to restore the buildings and announced open house (and studio) to the best of Birmingham is young creative talent. The second phase has seen the Custard Factory grow even further, with Zellig adding 101 new offices, studios, retail units and galleries to the quarter. Our community becomes more diverse every day, from fine dining restaurants to skate board ramps creating a dynamic and thriving quarter in Birmingham.

pic3 south Birmingham college

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south Birmingham college

this picture was taken in digbeth using Nikon camera. south birmingham college is one of the biggest college in birmingham and it is not that far from the city centre.South Birmingham College has now merged with City College Birmingham to form South & City College Birmingham. South & City College Birmingham is a further education establishment in Birmingham. 

Providing full-time and part-time courses.

      
 Fusion Centre on Digbeth High Street, which has rejuvenated what was two run-down car dealership buildings to make a new creative centre for students at the College.   The College has taken a five year lease on the two car show rooms and spent thousands on converting them into the Fusion Centre. The centre, which opened to students in September, now houses fashion and textiles, hairdressing and barbering and performance arts courses. Costa coffee which is open to the public, and an area where  students fashion ans textiles courses can display and sell their items.                                                                         

pic4 car park

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car park

This wall is made up of crushed cars & it is a car park in Digbeth. Through a towering brick arch over Heath Mill Lane in the old Birmingham industrial district of Digbeth, someone has put their artistic talents to work on a lot of old car parts. They have compacted the rusting gearboxes and hubcaps into blocks and stacked them neatly in two tall piles. The pair of towers flank the entrance to a car park. At the far end, the giant word FORWARD is painted on a brick wall. The whole set up screams "artistic rejuvenation of former factory city". The only problem is, the car park is just that – an empty lot ringed by metal spike fencing. You can't go left or right, let alone forward. It's a dead end. and a lot people thinks it is just a made up picture they don't think it is real.

PIC5 COACH STATION

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COACH STATION

this picture is Birmingham coach station, it was taken by Nikon camera. The National Express coach station is located in Digbeth in Birmingham city centre. there is WHSmith in side so you can buy sweets, drink, sandwich or newspaper. The original interchange was built on the site by Midland red in 1929 to be used as a bus depot. This was later converted in to Digbeth Coach Station. The original building was dark and dingy as it was not originally intended to serve passengers as a coach interchange.
Plans were initially developed for a new coach station on Great Charles Street, as Digbeth was considered by National Express to be an "undesirable" location. However, after the completion of the new bullring and the planned Eastside  redevelopment, it was decided to demolish the old structure and build a new coach station on the same site. 

PIC6 Sabway

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Sabway

Subway (Digbeth) is one of many takeaways in Birmingham. Located at 77, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands B5 6DY, they can be phoned on 0121 634 3530 .  Subway is an American restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches (subs) and salads.Subway was founded as Doctor's Associates in 1965. Fred wanted to start a business to save money for college and become a doctor, so he borrowed $1,000 to start the business from Doctor Peter Buck. They named the company Doctor's Associates, even though it had no affiliation with any medical organization or treatment. The first Subway outside of north America opened in Bahrain, in December 1984.